1786 Solomon Hedges Land Grant

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The Great Bend Museum

Name/Title

1786 Solomon Hedges Land Grant

Entry/Object ID

1979.05.02

Acquisition

Accession

1979.05

Source or Donor

Marion McKenney

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Grant, Land

Archive Items Details

Title

Land Grant

Description

A sum office treasury warrant - granting to Solomon Hedges ten acres - granted by Patrick Henry Governor of the Common Wealth of Virginia 11-12-1781. Grant is sealed on parchment paper - hinged tape surrounds the document. It has been restored. Ink is faint. Document reads: Patrick Henry, Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Va. To all whom these presents shall come, greeting: know ye, that by virtue and in consideration of part of a sum office of treasury warrant number eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-six (upon) the twelfth day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty one there is granted by the said commonwealth unto Solomon Hedges a signee of Benjamin Davies a signee of of Samuel H Robert [Purviance?] & William McClory a certain tract or parcel of land containing ten acres. By survey bearing date the fourteenth day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty five, lying and being in the county of Ohio, on Buffalo Creek and bounded as follows to wit: beginning of a dogwood and chestnut on the bank of the creek in Busherk's line, and with said line sough eighty degrees east forty six poles to a beach, thence North sixty degrees east twenty seven poles to a white oak on the bank of the creek, thence down the creek according to the several measures there of binding thereon one hundred and thirty-five poles to the beginning.

Date(s) of Creation

1781

Notes

note - virginia library lists this land grant under solomon hedges, jr. 5 July 1786. John McIntyre owned 100+ acres on Buffalo Creek adjacent to Solomon Hedges land, granted 19 June 1792. Ephraim Wells' wife Margaret's grandparents were John McIntire and Charlotte Hedge. they had a son, John (1759-1815) who must be the John McIntire of this grant. Solomon may have been a cousin or grandparent? John married the following summer so this may have been him preparing for that life change...

Condition

Notes

Printed on parchment, the land grant is a combination of letterpress printed form in a black, oil-based ink and manuscript handwritten in iron gall ink. There is a paper seal at the bottom left corner. The document was also folded multiple times: there is one central vertical fold and three evenly space horizontal folds. The majority of conditions issues present are related to a lengthy exposure to water, in restrained drying, and extensive mold growth. The parchment was framed in direct contact between a black construction paper backing and the glazing when it was wet. This framing held the water in place for an extended length of time before it was discovered by museum staff. The recto of the document, within the lower fourth, has extensive colored staining caused by mold. There are large red stains at the lower left quadrant and at the bottom center. Multiple black circular stains are present throughout the lower right quadrant. Other stains are less remarkable on the recto and are related to mold growths primarily on the verso. There are small losses within this area - two within the left and two within the right - possibly related to insects but more likely mold-related. The same water exposure that enabled the mold growth also caused the lower one-fourth of the parchment to harden and shrink, ripping the skin along the central central vertical fold within this lower fourth. The iron gall inks present within the upper three-fourth of the document are dark in color while those in the water-damaged lower one-fourth are lighter in color. There is some flaking in the areas of heaviest ink application. The lower one-fourth of the verso is heavily mold damaged, and a significant amount of the mold-related staining visible on the recto is due to corresponding mold growth on the verso. There are circular black mold spots about 1/2” in diameter throughout the bottom left quadrant of the parchment and small spheres of a different mold that created major red stains at them bottom center and lower right quadrant. There are small sphere of another black mold scattered throughout the lower one-fourth of the parchment but primarily concentrated at the bottom center. There are also areas of a fibrous white mold over top areas of staining and colored molds. In non-mold damaged areas, the verso of parchment is somewhat discolored unevenly overall. When the parchment was folded, areas exposed to the light, oxygen, and potential sources of dirt, are more discolored than the unexposed areas. These more discolored areas are all on the left side of the parchment. The parchment was secured into its prior framing situation with acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive tape donuts. Remnants of these tape donuts are attached to the verso at the top left corner, left center edge, and bottom right corner.