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Handwritten Vellum Indenture for Sale of Woodland in Providence Township Montgomery Co. by Margaret Cauffman to Isaac Overholtzer
18140082991814. Near Fine. On 25 March 1814 Margaret Cauffman of Philadelphia gentlewoman sold to Isaac Overholtzer of Norriton Township Montgomery County for $650 a lot of woodland of almost 5 acres in Providence Township Montgomery Co. on the road leading from the Germantown and Perkiomen turnpike and on the Norristown Road. Signed by Margaret Cauffman; witnesses Sarah A. Cauffman Catharine Wiseman and Alexander J. Uhlyn; and Delaware County Judge Mark Willcox. Mark Willcox 1743-1827 was the son of Thomas Willcox 1689-1779 the founder of Ivy Mills which produced the paper used for early currency of the United States. He continued to run the paper mill after his father's death in 1779; he also served as an associate judge for Delaware County from 1791 to 1823. His second wife was Anna Mary Cauffman a sister of Margaret Cauffman. In Near Fine Condition; 1 x 10 cm. section lacking at lower left-hand corner with minor loss of writing; otherwise clean and bright. unknown
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