REVOLUTIONARY WAR FINANCIER ROBERT MORRIS SIGNER OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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A rare original and historic printed and manuscript completed Pennsylvania land transaction document, dated March 4, 1793, where Jasper Eckman, the owner of a 400 acre tract of land in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, transfers ownership of his property to ROBERT MORRIS of Philadelphia for the sum of five shillings. Witnessed by Henry Patterson and Benjamin Young....Size 8" x 13 1/2", folds, heavy watermarked rag paper, printed by Joseph Cruikshank, folds, docketed on reverse, very good co...ndition, .........ROBERT MORRIS [1734-1806] was a Pennsylvania banker, financier, merchant and land speculator who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and was known as the "Financier of the Revolution". After the war, he invested heavily in the purchase of land grants made to unpaid veterans of the war who found they had no use for them and could use the cash instead. This document is for the purchase of one of those grants, and may have been completed in the text by Robert Morris. He eventually went bankrupt from his many speculative ventures and died a pauper......An original document for your collection from a "Founding Father"......Guaranteed original.......$7.50 priority mail shipping............ Over forty five years in business. 14 day return. Check our feed backs and buy with confidence. New York residents add 8.625% sales tax. Payment expected within five days unless other arrangements are made. Foreign orders are not insured and all customs regulations are followed. Thank you for looking........
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