PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.

PHILADELPHIA COUNTY AND CITY.

Note. The Proprietor wants a list of all the old warr'ts for the County that lie in your office; I am making one now from the old warr't book that must go by Stedman, but as there appears to be a good deal of irregularity in the Entries be would have one made from the warr'ts themselves, viz: Dates,. To whom granted,. . . . .

County,

No. of Acres.

Y'rs,

Monday, 10 March, 1734.

J. GEORGES.

1. Thomas Callowhill, warr't, in right of Sundry 1st Purchases Lib. land & lots, dated 20th 2d m., 1706.

2. Thomas Callowhill, Warr't in right of Edw'd Martindale, 2,000 acres, 21st 2 m., 1707.

3. Thomas Callowhill, Draft 3 Tracts on one paper in Southampton, Bucks Co'y, on w't the 20th 2 m., 1705. 15th 9 m., 1706.

4. Thomas Callowhill, Accomp't resurveying Lib. land. No date.

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5. Thomas Callowhill, Accomp't surveying 8,560 acres. No date.

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6. Thomas Callowhill, Draft two city lots on warr't, 20th 2 m., 1706.

3rd 3 m., 1706.

7. Thomas Callowhill, Draft city lot on warr't, 19th 1 m., 1701.

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22nd 1 m., 1701.

8. Thomas Callowhill, Return city lot on warr't of 28th 4 m., 1702. 15th 2 m., 1703.

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9. Thomas Callowhill, Warr't city lot & Lib. land, 13th 7 m., 1686.

10. Thomas Callowhill, Warr't city lot, 2nd 4 m., 1702. 11. Thomas Callowhill, Warr't city lot, 20th 12 m., 1700-1. 12. Thomas Callowhill, Warr't city lot & Lib. land, 10th 12

m., 1684.

13. Thomas Callowhill, Draft two tracts at Southampton, willed to Jno. Penn, Esq., & by him sold to Stephen Watts, ret'd, &c., Jan'y, 1734.

14. Thomas Callowhill, Draft two tracts on Neshamany Creek, B. C. Part ret'd, &c., 21st May, 1735, to Alex'r Blackenridge & the residue ret'd, &c., 4th Feb'y, 1735, to Reuben Allen, Surv'd 10th April, 17—.

15. Late Thomas Callowhill, now John Penn, Draft Sundry City lots on warr't, 5th May, 17-.

Note. This draft is not signed, but appears to be in

the handwriting of Benjamin Eastburn, then Sur

veyor-Gen'l.

16. Late Tho's Callowhill, now John Penn, Secretary Tilghman's order respect'g Callowhill's land on Brandywine, 13th Nov'r, 1771.

17. Late Tho's Callowhill, now John Penn, Draft on north Branch Brandywine, 500 acres on Warr't, 21st 2 m., 1707.

18. John Penn, Esq., Draft front lot in right of T. Callowhill. 19. John Penn, Esq., Division of ye front lot..

20. John Penn, Esq., Division of ye front lot.

21. John Penn, Esq., Ret. High Street lot in right of Tho's Callowhill, 26th 1 m., 1734. Warr't 15th 6 m. (?)

22. Prop'rs order to issue a warr't to survey for their use 2 lots on Front St. between Britton & Saltar, dated 4th Feby, 177-.

23. Prop'rs order to lay out water lots at Reading on each side the River to accommodate the inhabitants (on their request), 1st Dec'r, 1767.

24. John Penn, Esq., Warr't (lot) to resurvey it & the addition on Front St., 5th May, 1741.

25. John Penn, Esq., Descript'n of several lots between High & Mulberry Sts. & 1st & 2nd Sts.

26. John Penn, Esq., Warr't (lot) in High Street in right of Tho's Callowhill, 15th Aug., 1733.

27. Tho's Callowhill, Warr't several tracts in right of Sundry persons, 20th 2 month, 1705

28. Wm. Penn, Jun'r, Warr't 10,000 remainder due to him of 50,000 A. granted to his mother in 1 or more tracts in any County or Counties of this province, 15th 7 m., 1701.

29. Wm. Penn, Esq., (nephew) Warr't lot on High Street app't to his Father's purchase of 5,000 acres, 15th 6 m.,

30. Wm. Penn, Warr't 10,000 in the County of Phila. "for a Manor for myself," 24th 2 m., 1683.

31. Wm. Penn, Jr., Warrant resurvey of that tract of land situated on Schuylkill commonly called his Manor, 2nd 3 m., 1704.

32. Wm. Penn, Jr., Warr't Lib. land app't to 10,000 acres purchase, 13th 7ber, 1683.

33. Wm. Penn, Jr., Warr't for 10,000 acres in any part of the Province, &c., 13th 7ber, 1683.

34. Wm. Penn, Jr., Warr't resurvey of lands on the South Side Potquessink Creek on Delaware and ye overplus, &c., 29th 3 m., 1684.

35. Wm. Penn, Jr., Warrant 5,000 in the most Convenient place on Neshaminy Creek near ye Indian Town called Playwicken, 8th 7ber, 1683.

36. Wm. Penn, Jr., 5,000 Joined to ye town next to Jasper Farmer's land, lately taken up, one half on each side Schuylkill, 3rd 12 m., -.

37. Andrew Bankson & Co. Warr't 50 acres apiece adjac't to Wiccacoe & Moyamensing (Cripple), 26th Octr., 1701. Note. The above is a copy.

38. Wm. Penn, Proprietaries' Warr't for his Tenths, 1st 7ber, 1700.

39. Wm. Penn, Proprietaries' War't to examine proceedings on the general Warr't for Tenths, 25th Nov'r, 1748. 40. Proprietaries' Warr't to make strict examination what has been done in pursuance of orders given to B. Eastburn in 1739 & his successor, Wm. Parsons, in 1742, 25th Nov'r, 1748.

Note. No. 40 dated May, '67. Governor's order to the Surveyor General to prevent his deputy from Surveying a greater excess in Warr't, &c., than 10 per cent. See Cumberland files, No. 40.] 41. Proprietaries' Warr't to examine what has been done pursuant to instructions given in Dec'r, 1745, resp'tg lands within 7 miles from Widow Finneys in Alsace township, 25th Nov'r, 1748.

42. Inhabitants of Dublin Township warr't to Survey a road, 4th 3 m., 1702.

43. Proprietaries' warr't lot on South Side of High St. between Strawberry Alley & the Friends Meeting House, 9th Mar., 1740.

44. Prop'rs warr't 30,000 acres of vacant & concealed land where it may be found in the Province, 23rd, 8 m., 1701. 45. Prop'rs warr't prohibiting resurveys of any lands, &c., without his special order therefor, 11th 8 m., 1691.

46. General warr't to resurvey Dublin Township, 23rd 12 m.,

1702.

47. Governor's Proclamation about Skool kill new Settling, 9th 11 m., 168-.

48. Proprietaries' warr't for Tenths, &c., 31st Dec'r, 1735. On this warr't the foll'g tracts are returned into ye Surveyor's office, viz: 2,990 acres, 9th March, 1750.500 acres, 14th Jan'y, 1760, near Maiden Creek.-6,500 acres, called Indian Tract, 19th May, 1767, North'n County, and 163 acres in Pextang Township, Lanc'r C'ty, 9th June, 1770.

49. Proprietaries' warr't to inspect the returns on former warr'ts, 18th Jan'y, 1733.

50. Prop'rs warrant for Tenths, 14th Nov'r, 1741.

51. Prop'rs warrant to examine the proceedings on the warr't for Tenths, 14th Nov'r, 1741.

52. Prop'rys warr't to resurvey overplus land the 11th of the 3 m., 1767.

53. Memorandum of lands reserved by Survey.

No date.

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54. Prop'rtys use, warr't 62 acres overplus land belonging to the Swedes in Persyan lands, 24th 12 m., 169-.

55. James Hamilton grant warr't 2 lots in the city of Phila., 14th Dec., 1736.

56. Jas. Hamilton, draft of said 2 lots between Dock & 2nd St. & 2nd & 3rd St., ret'd, &c., 26th 10ber, 1736.

57. A Gen'l warr't for resurvey'g Bank & Water lots in the city of Phila., 20th Feb'y, 1734.

58. Conrad Weiser, order of Secretary Peters, to lay out his land at Mahoning, 3rd 8ber, 1749.

59. Wm. Parsons & Edw'd Scull, Surveyor Gen'ls order to them to view the land lately purchased of the Indians between the Branches of Schuylkill & Susquehanna & Survey the Tenth of it for Proprietarie use, 4th 8ber, 1749.

60. Prop'rs use, warr't lots on the Dock, Ret'd, &c., 27th. * ** * 28th day Dec'r, 1757. * * 24th Dec'r,

1757 (for survey, see warrant).

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61. Prop'rs General warr't for tenths, 16th Dec'r, 1763, on which the following tracts are returned into the Sec'ys office, viz:

1,035 acres, called Nottingham, 19th May, 1767.

549 acres, Called Coventry, 20th May, 1767.

804 acres, North'd County, 7th Jan'y, 1775. E, page 556.