Statement of the Committee Appointed by the Convention on Wind-Mill Island

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Excerpt from Statement of the Committee Appointed by the Convention on Wind-Mill Island: Composed of Representatives From the Districts Fronting on the Delaware River, the Board of Port Wardens, and the City Councils In 1746 and '47, John Harding, a miller by trade, obtained possession of this island, then a mass of mud. He, aided by his son, built a wharf and erected a wind-mill thereon, at a cost of about £600. Harding was about taking measures to become permanent owner by legal grant from the proprietaries of the island, when he died of a fever, it is said, contracted whilst working in the mud. His administrators, George Adams and his son, John Harding, conveyed by indenture dated June lst, 1749, the wind-mill with all his rights, to George Allen, ship wright, of the City of Philadelphia. On the 25th July, 1749, George Allen conveyed, by deed poll endorsed on said indenture, the above property and rights to William Brown, in fee simple. William Brown made the pur chase upon the assurance from Richard Peters, Esq., Secretary of the province, that he should have the proprietaries' grant for so much of the island as would include the improvements, and a little more for his better accommodation. He, however, soon finding the whole of the island necessary, obtained a grant for it from Lieut. Governor James Hamilton, dated December 9th. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.