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John Penn

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John Penn

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Auction Date:2012 Apr 18 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Descendant of the Penn family who served as Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1762–1776. Partly-printed DS, one page, 12 x 8, October 28, 1768. Lieutenant Governor Penn grants Alexander Blaine a “License to trade with the Nations or Tribes of Indians, with whom his Majesty is connected, and who live under his protection.” The license stipulated that Blaine was "not to trade or traffick with; or vend, sell, or dispose, of any Goods, Wares or Merchandizes of any Kind whatever, to any Indian or Indians within the Country of any the Indian Nations aforesaid, beyond the Settlements of the Inhabitants, except at Fort Pitt & the Forts or Posts which are already, or shall hereafter by established by his Majesty, and garrisoned by his Troops.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, rough top edge, a few partial fold separations, and some scattered toning.