Land Grant, 1733
date: label: date made
content: 1733-12-14
notes: label: Description
content: This land grant signed by Governor Thomas Penn deeded 350 acres of land in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Alexander McCammont. Landowners and successful artisans made up the “middling sort” in colonial societies. There were also “the better sort” and “the poorer sort,” but the colonies had a higher percentage of “middling men” than Britain did. Since property owning bestowed political rights, those men became accustomed to a voice in colonial politics.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: referenced
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Lancaster
topic: label: general subject association
content: Deed
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.257669.01
label: accession number
content: 257669
label: catalog number
content: 257669.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: land grant
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 12 1/4 in; 18.415 cm x 31.115 cm