Resultados de búsqueda: an explanation of the map of de reed john

Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010-05-28. Paperback. Good.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-06-29. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 9x0x7. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

4to. 24, [8], 23, [9] p. Recent marbled paper wrappers, printed label on upper wrapper. Title stained, lightly worn. Browning.
FIRST EDITION. This pamphlet was published in conjunction with "Reed's Plan of First Purchasers," a large and now rare landownership map, documenting the "First Purchasers" of Pennsylvania. The text includes copies of the original abstracts of communications from William Penn to the "first adventurers and purchasers in Pennsylvania," abstracts of the charter of the city, reasons why the plan of the city was altered by Benjamin Eastburn, an alphabetical list of the first purchasers, and the courses, distances and dates of surveys of all the lots in the city of Philadelphia. Reed prepared this valuable document to bolster his family's claims to land in the Philadelphia area.
Provenance: a succession of owners have signed the books, in this presumed order: "Andrew Cape His Book 1780 Market Street 10." — "Andrew Cape" and "Andrew Cape his book" likely a different… Leer más