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Excerpt from Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 4: Selected and Arranged From Original Documents in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Conformably to Acts of the General Assembly, February 15, 1851,& March 1, 1852 This Indenture, made the Fourth Day of July, in the Thirty-fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty, Between The Right Honourable Frederick, Lord Baron Of Baltimore, in the Kingdom of Ireland, only Son and Heir at Law, Devisee and Residuary Legatee of the Right Honourable Charles, late Lord Baltimore, deceased, and as such, or under some or one or the Settlements hereinafter mentioned, true and absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Province of Maryland, in America, of the one part, and Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, Sous and Devisees, under the Will of William Penn, Esquire, their late father, deceased, and true and absolute Proprietarys of the Province of Pen- Silvania, and Three Lower Counties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, on Delaware, in America, of the other part. Whereas the said Frederick Lord Baltimore, under and by virtue of a certain Charter or Letters Patent, bearing date on or about the Twentieth Day of June, which was in the Eighth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King Charles the First, and made and granted unto Cecelius then Baron of Baltimore, since deceased, the Great Grandfather of the said Frederick Lord Baltimore, and to his Heirs and assigns, stands seized of and well entitled, unto the said Province of Maryland, bounded and described and restrained as in the said Charter is mentioned. And Whereas the said Thomas Penn and Richard Penn; under and by virtue of a certain other Charter, or Letters Patent, bearing date on or about the Fourth Day of March, which was in the Thirty-third year of the Reign of His late Majesty King Charles the Second, and made and granted unto the paid William Penn, since deceased, late Father of the said Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, and to his Heirs and Assigns, stand seized of and well entitled, unto the said Province of Pensilvania, bounded and described and restrained as in the said last mentioned Charter is expressed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.