Original 1793 LAND DEED Robert Morris PENNSYLVANIA PA

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INTERESTING HISTORICAL LAND DEED DOCUMENT FROM 1793 PHILADELPHIA. Partially printed document on fine laid paper with watermark. EXCELLENT CONDITION. Full sheet measures 16 1/2" by 13 1/2", which was folded in half and then folded in quarters. No splitting at the folds, very minor staining. Printed by JOSEPH CRUKSHANK. (Joseph Crukshank 1747 - 1836 ran a successful Publishing and Bookselling business in Philadelphia on Market Street. Well known for publishing BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES in 1772 and POOR WILL'S ALMANAC in 1790.) This document is for the purchase of 400 acres of land from Joseph Clinton by Robert Morris. "KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that Was application hath lately been made by me JOSEPH CLINTON to the Land Office of Pennsylvania, for a tract of land, Containing 400 hundred acres, adjoining land granted to Paul Clinton by warrant of the 10th day of February 1793 in the County of Luzerne - State of Pennsylvania." The land is being purchased "for the consideration of five shillings specie to me in hand paid by ROBERT MORRIS of the City of Phila., Esq. Hand Signed and Sealed by JOHN RICHE and JOSEPH CLINTON. The seal is a small diamond shaped piece of paper held in place by red wax. The deed is witnessed and affirmed on 22nd day of December 1795 by one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Lycoming. Hand Signed and Sealed by WM. HEPBURN. This document is from the Family Estate of Samuel Wallis, a well known figure in Lycoming County. Wallis served as a land agent for the Holland Land Company, a group of Dutch capitalists that also advanced large sums of money to ROBERT MORRIS, one of the major financiers of the American Revolution and a signer of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution. I have included much information about both men below. INTERESTING HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. I guarantee this document to be original and as described. Shipping will be $4.50 in the USA. Insurance optional at Buyer's Request at standard USPS rates based on final price. Check out my other listings for more. SAMUEL WALLIS was among the giants of early Lycoming County history -- probably the largest landholder in the area in the last 30 years of the 18th century.According to John F. Meginness' monumental "History of Lycoming County" written in 1892, Wallis was "the most energetic, ambitious, persistent, and untiring land speculator who ever lived in Lycoming County. His energy was marvelous, and his desire to acquire land became a mania which followed him to the close of his life."Among those great holdings, Wallis used 7,000 acres near Muncy to locate his estate anchored by a solidly built stone mansion. It was built in 1769 on the high ground near the mouth of Carpenter's Run. "The location was well chosen," Meginness observed. "A few hundred yards north of the house Fort Muncy was afterward erected and became a rallying point for the settlers. Their home became a haven of rest for weary travelers . . . They dispensed a liberal and elegant hospitality for the rude times in which they lived."The solid, fine homestead played a key role in an episode known as "The Great Runaway."According to historian Paul A. Wallace in "Indians of Pennsylvania," that event in the summer of 1778 followed a "series of heavy Indian raids directed at the Susquehanna Valley above Shamokin."A captured American Indian prisoner reported that it was the intention of the Indian war parties to murder all white inhabitants on both branches of the Susquehanna River. That revelation produced a great panic among the white settlers of the area, and they fled to various places that were perceived to be strong points. People living above Lycoming Creek fled to Antes Fort. Those at the mouth of Bald Eagle Creek went to a place known as Harris Fort.A Formidable HomesteadPeople at Muncy were sheltered at Capt. John Brady's and those settlers located from above Muncy to Lycoming Creek sought refuge at Wallis'.Wallis' formidable homestead was one of the ... read more

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