1786 Land Patent Signed By Governor Clinton.
1786 Lang Patent
Signed by Gov. George Clinton
Seal intact.
Document itself measures 14 x 16 1/2 not including seal
Matted display 23 x 29 1/2 inches
This document is a land patent issued by the State of New York on August 14, 1786. These letters patent are open declarations by the head of state conferring a grant of land or rights.
Document Details
Grantors: The People of the State of New-York.
Grantee: James A. Stewart, Charles M. Evets Junior, and James Mc Comb, as Trustees of the Estate of Robert Adams.
Date: Signed and dated August 14, 1786. It was approved and passed the Secretary's Office on October 6, 1789.
Signatories: Witnessed by George Clinton, Esquire, Governor of New York from 1777 to 1795 and again from 1801 to 1804. It is also signed by Lewis A. Scott, Secretary.
Location: The land is described as a tract in the County of Montgomery. It is designated as Lot Number Nineteen, containing two hundred and forty-three acres.
Conditions: The grant stipulated that one actual settlement must be made on the land within seven years, or the patent would become void.
Reservations: The State reserved all gold and silver mines, and five acres of every hundred acres for public highways.
Seal: The document features the Great Seal of the State of New York affixed to it, as commonly used in that period (a seal is visible at the bottom of the image).
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1786 Lang Patent
Signed by Gov. George Clinton
Seal intact.
Document itself measures 14 x 16 1/2 not including seal
Matted display 23 x 29 1/2 inches
This document is a land patent issued by the State of New York on August 14, 1786. These letters patent are open declarations by the head of state conferring a grant of land or rights.
Document Details
Grantors: The People of the State of New-York.
Grantee: James A. Stewart, Charles M. Evets Junior, and James Mc Comb, as Trustees of the Estate of Robert Adams.
Date: Signed and dated August 14, 1786. It was approved and passed the Secretary's Office on October 6, 1789.
Signatories: Witnessed by George Clinton, Esquire, Governor of New York from 1777 to 1795 and again from 1801 to 1804. It is also signed by Lewis A. Scott, Secretary.
Location: The land is described as a tract in the County of Montgomery. It is designated as Lot Number Nineteen, containing two hundred and forty-three acres.
Conditions: The grant stipulated that one actual settlement must be made on the land within seven years, or the patent would become void.
Reservations: The State reserved all gold and silver mines, and five acres of every hundred acres for public highways.
Seal: The document features the Great Seal of the State of New York affixed to it, as commonly used in that period (a seal is visible at the bottom of the image).
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