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PETER MUHLENBERG
(1746-1807) Revolutionary War brigadier general and clergyman who served under von Steuben and aided in the assaults on Stony Point and Yorktown. Manuscript D.S. as Governor of Pennsylvania, 1p. oblong folio on vellum, [Philadelphia], Feb. 11, 1788, a land certificate granted to Rachael Jones for "a Tract of Land called -- 'Widowhood'" in East Nantmeal Township in Chester County adjacent to the "Mark Bird Mine". Countersigned by CHARLES BIDDLE as Secretary of State. With nice, intact paper seal at upper left. Usual folds, light to moderate soiling, else very good.

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