Object Details
- Description
- This land grant signed by Governor Thomas Penn deeded 350 acres of land in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Alexander McCammont. Landowners and successful artisans made up the “middling sort” in colonial societies. There were also “the better sort” and “the poorer sort,” but the colonies had a higher percentage of “middling men” than Britain did. Since property owning bestowed political rights, those men became accustomed to a voice in colonial politics.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1733-12-14
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/4 in x 12 1/4 in; 18.415 cm x 31.115 cm
- Object Name
- land grant
