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[masthead] Walter R. Benjamin Autographs Established 1887 18 East 77th Street Mary A. Benjamin, Director New York 21, New York

Dec. 6, 1950

M Kenneth Roberts Kennebunkport, Maine.

Dear Mr. Roberts :

I am handling on consignment an item that I think will be of considerable interest to you, thought the price may discourage you . However you who are interested in Maine history, I believe, should at least know that such an item is on the market.

I refer to a Land Deed or Patent, granted by the Plymouth Council, dated March 13th, 1629, and signed by the Earl of Warwick . It is on one sheetof paper, oblong folio, with the original seal preserved, and is framed. The documents granted the rights for about one million acres of what is today the State of Maine to "Jon Beauchamps of London gentleman and Thomas Leverett of Boston in the County of Lincolne gentleman their heirs and associates and assigns." This grant was first known as the "Muscongus Patent" (see Williamson, History of Maine, vol. 1, p. 240, who gives incorrectly the date as March 1630) and was later called the Waldo Patent."

The consigner advises me that there were usually two copies of these grants made, one to be sent to New England and the other one to be kept in England. The vellum copy of this Muscongus Patent is in the Massachusetts Historical Society. The copy I am offering is on paper. I understand that both copies are identical as far as signatures go. The price is $1,000.

Would you by any chance be interested, or would you perhaps know of some Maine person who might be? It is certainly a remarkable item.

Faithfully yours ,

Mary A. Benjamin [signature]

Publisher of "THE COLLECTOR"

Telephone: REgent 4-3902 Cable Address: Weltegraph �

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+[masthead]
+Walter R. Benjamin
+Autographs
 Established 1887
+East 77th Street
+Mary A. Benjamin, Director    New York 21, New York
-EAST 77th STREET
+Dec. 6, 1950
-NEW YORK 21, NEW YORK
-MARY A. BENJAMIN, Director
+M Kenneth Roberts
+Kennebunkport, Maine.
-Dec. 6, 1950
+Dear Mr. Roberts :
-M Kenneth Roberts
-r.
+I am handling on consignment an item that I think will be of considerable interest to you, thought the price may discourage you . However you who are interested in Maine history, I believe, should at least know that such an item is on the market.
-Kennebunkpo rt, Maine .
-Dea r M
-r.
-oberts :
+I refer to a Land Deed or Patent, granted by the Plymouth Council, dated March 13th, 1629, and signed by the Earl of
+Warwick . It is on one sheetof paper, oblong folio, with the original seal preserved, and is framed. The documents granted the rights for about one million acres of what is today the State of Maine to "Jon Beauchamps of London gentleman and Thomas Leverett of Boston in the County of Lincolne gentleman their heirs and associates and assigns." This grant was first known as the "Muscongus Patent" (see Williamson, History of Maine, vol. 1, p. 240, who gives incorrectly the date as March 1630) and was later called the Waldo Patent."
-ent an item that I t hink
+The consigner advises me that there were usually two copies of these grants made, one to be sent to New England and the other one to be kept in England. The vellum copy of this Muscongus Patent is in the Massachusetts Historical Society. The copy I am offering is on paper. I understand that both copies are identical as far as signatures go. The price is $1,000.
-I am handling on cons i gnm
-will be of considerable interes t to you, thought the price may
-discourage you . However you who are interes ted i n Main history , I
-believe, should at lea st know that such an item is on the market.
-I refer tp a Land Deed or Pa tent, gr anted by the
-Plymouth Council, dated March 13th , 1629, and signed by the Ea rl of
-W
-arwick . I t is on one shee tof pa er , oblon~ f olio , with the original
-seal pre served, and is I?ra m
-ed. The documents granted the right s f or
-about one million a cres of what i s to day the Sta t e of Maine to "Joh
-Beauchamps of London gentleman and Thomas Leverett of Bos ton in the
-County of Lincolne gentleman their heirs and as s ociates and assigns ."
-This gr 1:cnt w f i rs t known as the "M
-as
-uscongus .f:'atent" (see W
-illiamson,
-History of M
-aine , vol. 1 , • 240 , who gives incor rectly the da te as
-March 1630) and w later call ed the Waldo Patent."
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-The consi gner advi s es me that the r e were usually
-t wo copi e s of the s e gr ants ma.de , one to be s ent to New Engla nd nd t he
-other one to be kept in England . The vellum copy of this M congus
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-Patent is in the Mass'1chusetts Hi storical Society . The copy I am
-offer ing is on paper. I understa nd that both copie s are identica l a s
-£zr as signatures go .
-The price is $1 , 000 .
-W
-ould you by any chance be interested , or wo uld you
-pe rha ps know of some Maine person who might be? It is certa inly a
-remarka le i t em.
-Fa i t hfully yours ,
-~
+Would you by any chance be interested, or would you perhaps know of some Maine person who might be? It is certainly a remarkable item.
-Publisher of "THE C
+Faithfully yours ,
-Telephone: REgent 4-3902
-Cable Address: Weltegraph
+Mary A. Benjamin [signature]
-I
+Publisher of "THE COLLECTOR"
+Telephone: REgent 4-3902     Cable Address: Weltegraph
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