Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 397-100, for Francis Leland, Pennsylvania

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Leland Francis
B.L. No. 397-100.
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Francis Leland
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
W. J. Leland & D. Leland to the Hon. M c Gregg 29. March 1808.

and Cochran Esq. relative to a Warrant for Land for Military services of — Mr John Woodside
Treasury Department City of Washington
Hon d P Col d T. Mattack

Dear Sir
Lancaster October 20 th 1806
I rec d . a line from you last spring enclosing some papers relative to a tract of Land in this State. If there had been a possibility of doing any thing here that would have secured your title to the Land I would have most certainly have attended to it, but agreeably to our present Laws a Warrant cannot Issue for any land unless it has been previously improved and a family is actually residing thereon. And I think it may be considered as almost certain, if this tract is of a good quality, that some other person has before this time procured a title for it from the Commonwealth. I expect however I shall soon see Mr. Harris a surveyor near the spot from whom I will be able to procure more correct information. After seeing him if I find any thing can be done I will inform you of it.
You will recollect I some time ago enclosed you a Certificate of Col. Andrew Porter for the purpose of procuring the Donation Land of an Old Soldier Francis Delano. I wrote to Col. Porter afterwards for the purpose of procuring an Additional Certificate as you desired but never received any answer from him. I have therefore

thought it best to procure a certificate for which I enclose from Mr Elliott, which will prove that he  he was on the first return of those entitled to Donation Land, and that he has actually drawn his Land from the State of Penn- sylvania. This I presume will be answer the pur- pose. I will thank you to pay attention to this bu- siness, and if the Warrant can be procured for Leland be so good as to let me know, and I will endeavor to find you on a Location for the particular tract for which I would wish his Patent to issue.
Our friends in this country are generally in health. It is late and I must therefore close my letter.
I am with much respect your real friend
Sam l Foster am
M c John Woodside

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Wanted the first edition with dust jacket along with that be printed in 1954 by Faber and Faber

I do hereby certify that the name Francis Leland late a Private in the Pennsylvania Line, constituting a part of the Army of the United States is returned in the first return as deposited in my office And that the said Francis Leland has obtained his Donation land from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in conformity to the several Acts of the Legislature of the said commonwealth passed for that purpose
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of the Land office of Pennsylvania, at Lancaster, this eighth day of October eighteen hundred & six.
And w Ellicott Secy L. Off.