July 23rd Books and Works on Paper Auction

Lot Description Low Estimate High Estimate 1 [Slavery] Manumate Petition by William McKennan to set free a 28-year-old slave woman and her four children, dated 27 June 1797, McKennan (1758-1810) served as an officer in a Delaware regiment from 1776 to the close of the war and was a member of the Delaware legislature, he died from wounds he received at the Battle of Brandywine and had endured the dreaded winter at Valley Forge, in excellent condition, framed size 7-1/2" x 9-1/2" $200 $300 2 [Penn's Holdings] Land transfer agreement dated 1761 and made between the executors of the estate...