Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1848.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1848.

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Copy of a memorial tracing the history of a Philadelphia land patent, including quotations of earlier documents. The original date of the memorial is 27 December 1838; the present copy is dated 13 September 1848 and is entirely in the hand of William M. Meredith, Esq. The document discusses John Holme, the original planner of Philadelphia and quotes the following earlier documents: a letter dated 4 June 1684 from William Penn to Thomas Holme, Surveyor General, requesting Holme to survey a piece of property (copy of this letter certified 28 May 1816 by Richard T. Leek); and a surveying certification from Thomas Holme, dated 25 August 1684 (copy certified 28 May 1816 by John Cochran).

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Meredith, William M. (William Morris), 1799-1873

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William Morris Meredith (1799-1873) was an American lawyer in Philadelphia, Pa. and politician, serving as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Pres. Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850, and Pa. state attorney general, 1861-1867. From the description of Indenture between William Meredith and Joseph Adams for a town lot in Millheim, Haines Township, Centre County, Pa., 1836. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 441419436 ...

Cochran, John Robert

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Holme, John Francis, 1868-1904

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Newspaper artist, chiefly in Chicago; founder of the School of Illustration, Chicago; also founder of the Bandar Log Press, 1895-1904, located successively in Chicago, Asheville, N.C., and Phoenix, Ariz. From the description of John Francis Holme Collection, 1886-1938 (bulk 1889-1903). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29616354 Holme was the founder of Bandar Log Press in Phoenix, Arizona. From the description of John Francis Holme papers, 1903-1904. (...

Leek, Richard

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Holme, Thomas, -1695

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Penn, William, 1644-1718

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The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn (1644-1718) in 1681 by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn (1621-1670). Under Penn's directive, Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers escaping religious torment in England and other European nations. Three generations of Penn descendents held proprietorship of the colony until the American Revolution, when the family was stripped of all but its privately held shares of land...