Sell or Auction Your William Penn Autograph for up to $5,407 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
FREE ESTIMATE. To buy, auction, sell or consign your William Penn autograph that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).
Sell Your William Penn Autograph
William Penn (14 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans. Under his direction, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed. Philadelphia was planned out to be grid-like with its streets and be very easy to navigate, unlike London where Penn was from. The streets are named with numbers and tree names. He chose to use the names of trees for the cross streets because Pennsylvania means “Penn’s Woods”.
Here are some William Penn autograph items we have sold in the past:
William Penn autograph letter signed, dated 13 July 1697, to Robert Turner, Samuel Carpenter and Samuel Richardson. Penn, who founded Pennsylvania in 1682 and served as its governor, tries to correct an injustice against the sons of his friend, James Claypoole, who had died. The letter reads in part, ”…the Bearer G. Claypoole complaining much of a hardship done him & Brors Jos. & Nat. about their father’s lott. Violating their father’s will, for a debt ye might have been otherwise satisfied, & takeing it away for little more than half ye value. I desire you to look into it & help ye orphans wt may be. For it is oppression when even justice is unjustly done…” Penn signs, ”Wm Penn”. Claypoole was a witness to Penn’s signature on the Pennsylvania charter and served on the Provincial Council. In 1697, Penn was in England, proposing his ”Plan of Union” to unify the northern colonies, an early plan that influenced later movements toward independence. Markings in another hand appear on the single page letter, with address on the verso. Measures 6” x 7.75” on card-style stationery. Tape repair to separations at folds. Overall in very good condition. An early and scarce signature of William Penn. Sold for $5,407.
William Penn Document Signed — Regarding a Financial Agreement Circa 1707
William Penn document signed circa June 1707 from England. As the founder of the province of Pennsylvania, Penn lived in America and England during various periods of his life, and signs this document after returning to England amid an escalating financial predicament. Document in English and Latin is a financial settlement between Penn and a Thomas Cuppage, signed ”Wm Penn.” as the executor of an estate. Reads in part: ”ffoure hundred…pounds of good and lawfull money of Great Britain.” Countersigned by witnesses J. Springett, John Page, and Joseph Davis with docketing in an unknown hand to verso of blank leaf. Document on one page with integral blank leaf measures 8.25” x 13”. Some separation along folds and chips to edges. Toning and foxing throughout. Very good condition overall. Sold for $2,500.
FREE ESTIMATE. To buy, auction, sell or consign your William Penn autograph that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).