Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware (1734-1817) who later served as president of the Continental Congress, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania. Superb archive of 18 land grants signed "Tho. M:Kean" and "T. Matlack," all partly-printed on vellum, each one page, dated from May 1806 to October 1806. The documents, all issued to Alexander Baring and his partners, grant large tracts of land throughout Pennsylvania, with names like "Lamb's-Grove," "Oakland," "St. Cloud," "Caria," "Mountcharles," "Rhutupium," "Wilmington," "Franklin," "Camden," "Siota," "Edmond Hill," "Walworth," "Cambden," "Alnwick," "Berwick," "Eyrefield," "Edenderry," and "Eland." Each document is Signed in the upper left by Governor Thomas McKean and endorsed on the reverse by Timothy Matlack, the engrosser of the Declaration of Independence. All retain their complete, original paper seals. In overall fine condition. Taken as a whole, this is a remarkable, comprehensive archive of attractive and well-preserved early American documents.
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