William Penn Land Grant For "The Strand" in New Castle, Delaware, 1708
Item Details
A land grant from William Penn, the colonial proprietor of Pennsylvania, to Richard Clark, concerning a piece of riverfront property known as The Strand in New Castle, Delaware. The document discloses new property dimensions that allows the property line to extend 600 feet past the road and into the Delaware River. In terms of rent, it is written “yearly rent of one bushell of wheat for every sixty foot in breadth”, and improvements to the land or building a wharf must incur within seven years or the land grant would become “utterly void”. The three witness signatures at the bottom belong to Thomas Story (Master of the Rolls), Griffith Owen (Rolls Office Deputy), and James Logan (secretary of proprietary affairs in the Land Office).
| Type | Property/Land Grant |
| Period | Antique, Early 18th Century |
| Date | 1701 – 1708 |
Condition
- some discoloration and smudges; extra wear along creases that includes small holes to the document.
Dimensions
Item #
ITMG110762
