1734 Colonial Pennsylvania Land Survey & Manuscript Plat — Signed by Surveyor General Benjamin Eastburn — Bucks County
An appealing colonial Pennsylvania manuscript survey documenting a 200-acre tract for Samuel Hough in Bucks County, signed “Benja Eastburn Surv. Genl.” and returned to the Secretary’s Office on December 28, 1734.
Prepared pursuant to a warrant from the Proprietaries dated April 4, 1734, the document locates the property near a branch of Tohickon Creek called Deep Run. Its hand-drawn plat records boundary directions and distances, corner markers, an allowance for roads, and adjoining “William Allen’s Land.” The reverse bears the contemporary docket “Samuel Hough—200 a / Bucks County.”
Benjamin Eastburn served as Surveyor General of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1733 to 1741. This survey dates from the beginning of his tenure and preserves a tangible record of land administration under the Penn proprietorship.
The combination of an early colonial date, manuscript map, descriptive text, and prominent official signature offers strong appeal to collectors of Pennsylvania history, early American cartography, and colonial manuscripts.
Condition: Age toning and scattered spotting; old horizontal and vertical folds with small splits and holes at portions of the folds; irregular edges with small marginal losses. Writing, plat, and signature remain clearly legible. See photographs.
An appealing colonial Pennsylvania manuscript survey documenting a 200-acre tract for Samuel Hough in Bucks County, signed “Benja Eastburn Surv. Genl.” and returned to the Secretary’s Office on December 28, 1734.
Prepared pursuant to a warrant from the Proprietaries dated April 4, 1734, the document locates the property near a branch of Tohickon Creek called Deep Run. Its hand-drawn plat records boundary directions and distances, corner markers, an allowance for roads, and adjoining “William Allen’s Land.” The reverse bears the contemporary docket “Samuel Hough—200 a / Bucks County.”
Benjamin Eastburn served as Surveyor General of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1733 to 1741. This survey dates from the beginning of his tenure and preserves a tangible record of land administration under the Penn proprietorship.
The combination of an early colonial date, manuscript map, descriptive text, and prominent official signature offers strong appeal to collectors of Pennsylvania history, early American cartography, and colonial manuscripts.
Condition: Age toning and scattered spotting; old horizontal and vertical folds with small splits and holes at portions of the folds; irregular edges with small marginal losses. Writing, plat, and signature remain clearly legible. See photographs.
