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Title: Summary of a letter from Heads of Proprietors
Contributor: Penn, Thomas, 1702-1775
Date Created and/or Issued: 1756-12-11
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Manuscripts
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Letter from Thomas Penn to unidentified recipient, perhaps Richard Peters. Mentions William Denny, Thomas Pownall, Benjamin Franklin and his instructions from the General Assembly.
[Identification of item]. Walking Purchase collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Identifier: mssWalking
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/56042
Language: English
Subject: Delaware Indians--History--18th century
Delaware Indians--Land tenure--Pennsylvania--History
Indian land transfers--Pennsylvania--History
Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--History
Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Pennsylvania--Politics and government--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Legal documents United States 18th century. (aat)
Letters (correspondence) United States 18th century. (aat)
Source: Walking Purchase collection, 1700-1962 (bulk 1727-1762).
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Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased for the Huntington from Donald A. Heald Rare Books and Fine Art by the Library Collectors' Council, January 2020.

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