Land Purchase
Document 17912500 acre land sale discussed.
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[To John Mc Wendell
at
Albany
Philadelphia
18 May 1791 —]
Philadelphia 18 May 1791
Sr
I have just received your letter of the 27th of April offering to sell me half a [strikethrough: flame] or 250 acres of Land within the Masconeus Patent.
Although I should not be unwilling to purchase the said Land at a publick [strikethrough: price] value of the fee is part of the
to associate or [undecipherable] company
[undecipherable] yet [undecipherable] for the present.
But I may you not confine to
Confider yourselves as under a
case engagement to me but
allow as much for your
land as [undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
2500 acre land sale discussed.
Date
05/18/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1791051800101
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Wendell
Henry Knox
Lincolnshire company
Notable locations
Albany
Philadelphia
Muscongus Patent
Notable items
sell
land
sale
purchase
price
