Patrick Henry land grants
Scope and Contents
Printed, handwritten and signed land grants from the Commonwealth of Virginia. One of the grants is for Daniel Davidson and is dated Aug. 1, 1787. The other grant is for Luther Martin Esquire, Mary "his wife," Elizabeth Cresap and is dated June 20, 1785. Both of the items were issued, witnessed, and signed by Patrick Henry.
Dates
- Creation: 1785-1787
Creator
- Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Land grants must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
American revolutionary leader, orator, and Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Extent
2 items (2 leaves)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Subject
- Cresap, Sarah (Person)
- Cresap, Elizabeth (Person)
- Martin, Mary (Person)
- Martin, Luther (Person)
- Davidson, Daniel (Person)
- Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Register of Land grants
- Author
- Leslie Evens
- Date
- 2011 December 7
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States