ALLEN, Ira (1751-1814). Partly printed document accomplished and signed ("Ira Allen," in two places), countersigned by SAMUEL CHASE and Jonathan Knickerbocker, Colchester, Vermont, 10 April 1788. 1 page, folio, partial fold separations, upper portion of printed form accomplished by Allen, containing some 95 words in his hand. The brother of Ethan Allen completes a document certifying that he has sold to Titus Bushnell, for the sum of fifty pounds, "a certain Tract of Land in the Township of Georgia" containing 100 acres. The survey, it is noted, "was granted under the Great Seal of the Province of New Hampshire. Allen had been actively interested in the affairs of the New Hampshire Grants (i.e. Vermont) along with broothers Ethan, Herman, Heber and Levi, since 1772. They continued to push to make Vermont a British province, primarily out of commercial interest; Ira also donated some of his land holdings to help in the founding of the University of Vermont in 1789. Vermont remained for the most part an independent republic until it joined the Union in 1791.
ALLEN, Ira (1751-1814). Partly printed document accomplished and signed ("Ira Allen," in two places), countersigned by SAMUEL CHASE and Jonathan Knickerbocker, Colchester, Vermont, 10 April 1788. 1 page, folio, partial fold separations, upper portion of printed form accomplished by Allen, containing some 95 words in his hand. The brother of Ethan Allen completes a document certifying that he has sold to Titus Bushnell, for the sum of fifty pounds, "a certain Tract of Land in the Township of Georgia" containing 100 acres. The survey, it is noted, "was granted under the Great Seal of the Province of New Hampshire. Allen had been actively interested in the affairs of the New Hampshire Grants (i.e. Vermont) along with broothers Ethan, Herman, Heber and Levi, since 1772. They continued to push to make Vermont a British province, primarily out of commercial interest; Ira also donated some of his land holdings to help in the founding of the University of Vermont in 1789. Vermont remained for the most part an independent republic until it joined the Union in 1791.
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