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Land Indenture between Edward Hand and Francis Howard 1771

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Land Indenture between Edward Hand and Francis Howard 1771
  • Title
  • Land Indenture between Edward Hand and Francis Howard 1771
  • Date
  • 1771
  • Identifier
  • 2018.0240
  • Description
  • Land Indenture between Edward Hand and Francis Howard, both members of the 18th 'Royal Irish' Regiment of Foot. The document outlines the sale by Hand to Howard of 1630 acres of land near Fort Pitt along the south bank of Monongahela River to its confluence with the Ohio River. According to the document, Hand had purchased these lands the previous year from George Croghan. Croghan had acquired the land from the Six Nations of the Iroquois following the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768. The signing of the document was witnessed by two officers of the 18th Foot, Lieutenant Robert Hamilton and Captain Charles Edmonstone, the latter then serving as commanding officer at Fort Pitt.
  • Extent
  • 2 linear ft.
  • Type
  • text
  • Subject
  • Land titles--Registration and transfer--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh
    Pittsburgh (Pa.)
    Fort Pitt (Pa.)
  • Language
  • eng
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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