Richard Peters letter to George Stevenson
Content Description
Provincial Secretary of Pennsylvania, Richard Peters, wrote this one-page handwritten and signed letter to Dover surveyor, George Stevenson, requesting a survey of land in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, for Leonard Humphrys, on May 16, 1747. Includes watermark.
Dates
- Creation: 1747 May 16
Creator
- Peters, Richard, 1704-1776 (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 item (1 page)
Abstract
Provincial Secretary of Pennsylvania, Richard Peters, wrote this one-page handwritten and signed letter to Dover surveyor, George Stevenson, requesting a survey of land in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, for Leonard Humphrys, on May 16, 1747. Includes watermark.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, August 1995.
Materials Available in Alternative Format
A digitized copy of the letter is available at the University of Delaware Digital Institutional Repository.
Shelving Summary
Box 2, F0041: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 manuscript boxes
OCLC Number
Processing Information
Processed and encoded by George Apodaca, June 2015.
Subject
- Stevenson, George (Recipient, Person)
- Humphrys, Leonard (Person)
- Peters, Richard, 1704-1776--Correspondence (Person)
- Stevenson, George--Correspondence (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for Richard Peters letter to George Stevenson
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2015 June 1
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository