English-born Quaker (1644-1718) and founder of the colony that became the State of Pennsylvania. Scarce vellum manuscript DS, signed “Wm. Penn,” one page, 26.25 x 20.75, July 25, 1685. An indenture in which Penn sells 500 acres of land in Pennsylvania to George Strodo, in part: "Being within the said Tract of Land or Province of Pensylvania…to be allotted and sett out." In very good condition, with moderate overall rippling, and archival tape repairs on the reverse to separations, tears, and small areas of paper vellum loss.
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