EDWARD SHIPPEN 1797 SIGNED Philadelphia Doc. BENEDICT ARNOLD Father In Law
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:55676016 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Signed: Yes | Original/Reproduction: Original |
| Industry: Historical | Signed by: EDWARD SHIPPEN |
Large part-printed document, approx. 15-3/4" x 13", dated at Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 28, 1797, an agreement to rent a lot of land in the town of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pa. from Edward Shippen and his brother, Joseph Shippen, to Patrick Cochran, an Inn Keeper in Shippensburg, for which Cochran agrees to pay the year sum of "four Spanish milled pieces of eight, or dollars, weighing at least seventeen penny weight and six grains of silver each".
Signed by Edward Shippen... twice (one for himself, and again as "attorney in fact" for his brother Joseph Shippen, (1731-1810).
A scarce autograph of EDWARD SHIPPEN IV, (1729-1806), a prominent figure in Colonial and post-Revolutionary Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia to wealthy merchant Edward Shippen, he was a prominent lawyer and was a moderate Loyalist or Tory during the Revolutionary War, attempting to stay neutral. Father-in-Law of the traitor Benedict Arnold, who married his daughter Margaret in 1779; Arnold's great need of money to maintain the lavish lifestyle his wife was accustomed to, was a factor in his offering his services to the British. After the Revolution, Shippen served as a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice, 1791-1804. and as Chief Justice, 1799-1804.
Also signed by two witnesses, Joseph Knox and John Shippen (1771-1805, son of Joseph Shippen).
Condition: There is a panel missing from the document, at left, measuring approx. 7-3/4" x 3-3/4", and a few partial fold splits. Tape stains at the left and right edges. (see photos).
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NO SHIPPING OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.
Signed by Edward Shippen... twice (one for himself, and again as "attorney in fact" for his brother Joseph Shippen, (1731-1810).
A scarce autograph of EDWARD SHIPPEN IV, (1729-1806), a prominent figure in Colonial and post-Revolutionary Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia to wealthy merchant Edward Shippen, he was a prominent lawyer and was a moderate Loyalist or Tory during the Revolutionary War, attempting to stay neutral. Father-in-Law of the traitor Benedict Arnold, who married his daughter Margaret in 1779; Arnold's great need of money to maintain the lavish lifestyle his wife was accustomed to, was a factor in his offering his services to the British. After the Revolution, Shippen served as a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice, 1791-1804. and as Chief Justice, 1799-1804.
Also signed by two witnesses, Joseph Knox and John Shippen (1771-1805, son of Joseph Shippen).
Condition: There is a panel missing from the document, at left, measuring approx. 7-3/4" x 3-3/4", and a few partial fold splits. Tape stains at the left and right edges. (see photos).
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NO SHIPPING OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.
