PRINTED DOCUMENT, COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT, APPOINTING A MANAGER OF THE COMPANY ERECTING A BRIDGE OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER: "IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, WHEREAS, IN AND BY AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE SAID COMMONWEALTH, PASSED ON THE TENTH DAY OF APRIL, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX. . . AND WHEREAS, THE STATE HOLDS A MOIETY, OR MORE OF THE BONA FIDE STOCK, IN THE COMPANY INCORPORATED BY THE NAME STYLE AND TITLE OF THE PRESIDENT, MANAGERS & COMPANY FOR ERECTING A BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER SUSQUEHANNA AT THE BOROUGH OF WILKESBARRE. NOW KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I DAVID MANN AUDITOR GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA HAVE APPOINTED WILLIAM SWETLAND OF LUZERNE COUNTY TO BE MANAGER ON PART OF THE STATE, IN THE AFORESAID COMPANY UNTIL THE FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF PENNSYLVANIA, THIS 23RD DAY OF FEBRUARY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY. [signed] DAVID MANN, AUDITOR GENL.
[Harrisburg? 1830. Folio broadside, 13" x 16". Old folds from prior mailing. Addressed on verso to "William Swetland, Wilkesbarre, Luzerne County, PA" with postal rubberstamp of Harrisburg, Penn. Wax seal remnant with small tear in bottom blank margin from opening. Light toning and mild wear. Very Good.. The bridge, known..... More