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Eliot (London) to Richd. How II (Aspley) Gives copy of letter from J. Hunt in Philadelphia,...
Catalogue reference: HW/90/7
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This record is a file about the Eliot (London) to Richd. How II (Aspley) Gives copy of letter from J. Hunt in Philadelphia,... dating from 1 June 1769.
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HW/90/7
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Date (When the record was created)
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1 June 1769
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Description (What the record is about)
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Eliot (London) to Richd. How II (Aspley) Gives copy of letter from J. Hunt in Philadelphia, 4 May 1769 : Thos. Farmborough was a joint purchaser with many other persons of many thousands of acres of land of Wm. Penn. These joint purchasers were called the Free Society; but disagreeing, their whole interest was sold many years by order of this assembly here. & the money thence arising divided to the members of that society, whence tis clear it was upon this account that M. Briggins received the money (in 1732). No record that the land was ever sold, & it still stands in his name. It will probably be allotted, if applied for, in the new purchase made of the Indians, but more than 500 people have already applied for warrants to locate lands in this new purchase. Demands a share in the land if the claim is successful.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/1854e518-3a9e-4300-924f-ad318f7376da/
Series information
HW/90
Letters about land in Pennsylvania claimed by descendants of Thomas Farmborough.
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How White Papers
Within the series: HW/90
Letters about land in Pennsylvania claimed by descendants of Thomas Farmborough.
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Eliot (London) to Richd. How II (Aspley) Gives copy of letter from J. Hunt in Philadelphia,...