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ExAMiNF.D AND DELiVEKKD T h i s 1 11 d 6 n t u re 



Edward Ward, May 30th, 1775 made the eigh- 



teenth day of No- 

 vember in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hun- 

 dred and seventy three between George Croghan of Fort 

 Pitt Esquire of the one part and Edward Ward of the sd 

 place Gent on the other part AV'hereas lohonorissa Srarayadia 

 and Coswantinecea Chiefs or Sachems of the Six United Nations 

 of Indians did by their deed duly executed bearing date the 

 second day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand 

 Seven hundred and forty nine for the Consideration therein 

 specified grant bargain and sell unto the said George Croghan 

 in fee a certain tract or parcel of Land situate lying and being 

 on the South Side of the Monongahela River beginning ten 

 miles uj) the said River above the mouth of a Run nearly op- 

 posite Turtle Creek and then down the said Monongahela 

 River to its Junction with the River Ohio computed to be ten 

 miles then running down the eastern Bank and sides of and 

 unto the said River Ohio to where Racoon Creek empties itself 

 into the said River thence up the said Creek ten miles and 

 from thence on a direct line to the place of beginning by Esti- 

 mation One hundred thousand Acres be the same more or less 

 as by the said Deed may more fully appear And whereas certain 

 chiefs or Sachems fully representing the Six L^nited Nations 

 aforesaid in full Council at Fort Stanwix Assembled did by 

 their Deed Poll duly executed bearing date the fourth day 

 (19) of November One thousand seven hundred and Sixty eight for 

 the Consideration therein mentioned grant ratify and confirm 

 unto his most Sacred Majesty George the third by the (irace 

 of God King of Cireat Britain France and Ireland d'c his heirs 

 and Successors for the Use benefit and behoof of the said 

 George Croghan all the above bounded and described tract or 

 parcell of Land and premises as by the said Deed poll recorded 

 in the Office for Recording of Deeds in the City and County 

 of Philadelphia in Book J Volume the fifth Page the Two hun- 

 dred and thirty ninth ivc may more fully and at large appear. 

 Now this Indenture witnesseth that the said George Croghan 

 for and in Consideration of the sum of Five hundred and 

 seventy seven pounds nineteen Shillings lawfiil money of Great 



