Agreement, 1792 Aug. 22, with Robert Morris and Walter Stewart.

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Agreement, 1792 Aug. 22, with Robert Morris and Walter Stewart.

Levy agrees to locate a tract of at least 40,000 acres in central Pennsylvania for Morris and Stewart and to have it surveyed and the patents drawn up. Signed by all three men.

1 item (2 p.) ; 32 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6724185

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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Stewart, Walter, 1756-1796

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Continental Army officer and merchant of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Walter Stewart correspondence and regimental lists, 1783-1795. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980533 Reputedly the most handsome man in the Continental Army, Walter Stewart emigrated to Pennsylvania from Ireland prior to the Revolution. At the age of twenty, he was appointed Captain of the 3rd Pennsylvania Battalion of the Continental Line, and after various assignments, rose to the Colonelc...

Levy, Aaron, 1742-1815

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