Mifflin, Thomas [Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Patent Deed 1794]

Handwritten manuscript signed by Governor Thomas Mifflin and Secretary of the Commonwealth A. J. Dallas, and bearing the seal of the Commonwealth. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Patent Deed dated January 10, 1794.  12 ½ x 15 ½, floated in two-sided frame 23 ½ x 26 ½.   Top and bottom chips, with minor text loss.   By this deed, Wilhelm Willinck and other Amsterdam investors who composed the Holland Land Company obtained a parcel of property in what had been Northumberland County before 1786, was then Luzerne County, and became Ontario County in 1810, which was renamed Bradford County in 1812, as it now exists. The 437 ½ acre parcel was named “Richmond” in the deed, and was located along the “Towandone” (Towanda) Creek.  The parcel’s Warrant had been obtained from the Commonwealth on March 23, 1793, by Samuel Scott, who then sold the Warrant to Willinck and his Dutch co-investors on September 11, 1793.  By way of explanation, in Pennsylvania a purchaser would obtain a “Warrant” as a rig