Quit rent rolls,1688/9, 1788-1793

Mss.974.8.P38p

Date: 1688-1798 1788-1793 | Size: 2 volume(s), 2 volumes, 60 p.
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Abstract

These volumes are lists of quit rents due in Philadelphia County, 1 March 1688/9, and in Philadelphia and Lancaster Counties, 1788-1793.

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Collection Information

Physical description

2 volumes, 60 p.

Provenance

Presented in part by Arthur Bloch, 1952. Philadelphia and Lancaster list accessioned 1959. See in-house shelf list for additional accession information.

Early American History Note

The Penn Family Estates Collection consists of two volumes that contain quitrent data for land the Penns owned. The first is what appears to be a copy of a rent roll from 1688/1689. It lists names of individuals and their status (first purchaser, renter, etc.) and their tax information. The second is a large ledger book from 1788 that contains the names of individuals in Lancaster County who apparently leased land still owned by the Penn family.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Business Records and Accounts
  • Official Government Documents and Records

Geographic Name(s)

  • Lancaster County (Pa.)
  • Philadelphia County (Pa.)

Subject(s)

  • Land and Speculation
  • Pennsylvania History
  • Philadelphia History
  • Rent -- Pennsylvania.


Detailed Inventory

 Quit rent rolls
1688-1689 1 volume(s)

Abstract: This, the first of two volumes, is a list of quit rents due in Philadelphia County, 1 March 1688/9. It lists names of individuals and their status (first purchaser, renter, etc.) and their tax information.

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