Folder 8: Historical Society of Pennsylvania/William Penn’s Wills, 1997

- 1997 January 27 [letterhead] from Monica Crystal to Dear Researcher RE: Research Fee Schedule - 1997 February 8 [letterhead] Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Laura E. Beardsley, Research Services Librarian to Ms. Nancy Shukaitis RE: request for a 1733 deed [handwritten note: “Aug 29, 1728 - William Penn [grandson of founder Penn] to William Allen. William Penn, grandson of William Penn, who was bequeathed 10,000 acres from his grandfather (Wm Penn), sold for the sum of 741 pounds and 15 shillings paid by William Allen, and Wm. Penn II gave full power and authority in a letter of Attorney to James Logan, Esq. and Jeremiah Langhorne, Esq. to locate 10,000 acres of land according to the custom & usage in the Province of PA Signed & Sealed in Philadelphia, PA April 16, 1729 by Andrew Hamilton Esq Recorder of City of Phila. Signature - Witnesses wer Laborisus? Pearce and Thomas Mountford of Wm Penn II Recorded August 10, 1730 - 1997 March 14 [letterhead] Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Laura E. Beardsley to Ms. Nancy Shukaitis RE: William Penn’s Last Will and Testament - 1997 April 16 [letterhead] Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Laura E. Beardsley to Ms. Nancy Shukaitis RE: photocopies of the three Last Will and Testaments of William Penn, per your letter - The Papers of William Penn Volume Four - 1701- 1718; editors Craig W. Horle, Alison Duncan Hirsch, Marianne S. Wokeck, Joy Wiltenburg, University of Pennsylvania Press 1987; pp. 112-115, 715-719, 757- 766 [ with manila envelope]