Land grant to William Bingham, Esq., for property in Lycoming County from Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1796

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Summary

Abstract:

Collection comprises one land document to William Bingham, Esq., for property in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, dated 17 May 1796, and signed by Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania.

Extent:

0.3 Linear Feet (1 oversize folder)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Land grant to William Bingham, Esq., for property in Lycoming County from Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania. MS-S22. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:

Collection comprises one land document to William Bingham, Esq., for property in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, dated 17 May 1796, and signed by Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania.

Biographical / historical:

William Bingham was born on April 8, 1752 in Philadelphia. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1768 and went on to become a founder and director of the Pennsylvania Bank (later known as the Bank of North America). Bingham was also a trustee of Dickinson College and president of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company. He served in the Pennsylvania Assembly, and was a United States Senator from 1795 to 1801. He owned land in Maine, New York, and Pennsylvania. Bingham died February 6, 1804 in Bath, England.

Thomas Mifflin was born in Philadelphia in 1744. He was a member of the first United States Congress in 1774, was appointed Quartermaster General of the Continental Army in August, 1775, and was also the first governor of Pennsylvania. Mifflin was a member of the constitutional convention and a signer of the United States Constitution. He died at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, January 20, 1800.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Andrew Kosic, 1995.

Processing information:

Processed by Andre Ambrus and description written by Ryan Hildebrand, 2005.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Land grants -- Pennsylvania
Seals -- Pennsylvania -- 18th century.
Names:: Bingham, William
Mifflin, Thomas
Places:: Pennsylvania -- History -- Archives.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection open for research.
Terms of access:: Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.