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Land Grant to William Bingham, Esq., for Property in Lycoming
County from Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania
MS.M.047
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Land grant to William Bingham, Esq., for property in Lycoming County from Thomas
Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.047
Physical Description:
0.3 Linear Feet
(1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1796
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.
Language of Material:
English .
Collection open for research.
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.
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.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Gift of Andrew Kosic, 1995.
Processed by Andre Ambrus and description written by Ryan Hildebrand, 2005.
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.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Seals -- Pennsylvania -- 18th century.
Pennsylvania -- History -- Archives.
Land grants -- Pennsylvania
Bingham, William
Mifflin, Thomas