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Transcript of 1744 Petition to create Amity Townwship and survey map; also plot plan and survey “draught” of Swedes’ Tract

Morlatton

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Series of six digital images: a transcript of the second Petition [the first one was described as “lost”] to establish Amity Township, the accompanying survey drawing. Image #3 and #4 show the original approximately 10,000 acre Penn Grant of the “Swedes Tract” to the Swedish Lutheran Pastor Andreas Rudman, to be divided into parcels for conveyance [by “warrant” and subsequently “patent”] to settlers. Images # 5 & #6 are detail views of Image #4.

Catalog details

Catalog number
1003.01.061
Alternate number
MVTXT8
Accession number
1003.01
Date
03/03/1744; plot plans undated
Creator
Unknown
Object name
Petition
Record type
Archive
Classification
Documentary Artifact

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