Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 183

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(JUDAICA.) Franks, Isaac. Deed signed by George Washington's aide-de-camp and landlord. Partially printed deed signed by Allice Supplee to Isaac Franks, 6 November 1787, followed by a Document Signed by Isaac Franks and witnessed by Norton Pryor and James Mease, deeding the same land to Benjamin Rush, M.D., 3 March 1792, notarized and docketed on verso with signatures of James Mease and William Bradford. 4 pages, 13 x 8 1/4 inches, on one folding sheet; moderate wear including a short separation along one fold. Vp, 1787-92
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Isaac Franks (1759-1822) was a member of a prominent Pennsylvania Jewish family. As a young man he served as one of General Washington's aides-de-camp during the Revolution. During Washington's presidency, he rented a Germantown house owned by Franks for two extended visits in 1793 and 1794. It still stands today as the oldest surviving presidential residence.
This deed is for 400 acres in central Pennsylvania's Northumberland County. In addition to the Franks signature, it is also signed by William Bradford (1755-1795), the second United States Attorney General, and prominent physician James Mease (1771-1846). The deed was made out to Benjamin Rush (1746-1813), the most important physician of his day, who invested heavily in Northumberland County land.