{"product_id":"1815-pennsylvania-land-patent-to-joseph-noegle-upper-paxton-township-dauphin","title":"1815 Pennsylvania Land Patent to Joseph Noegle—Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAn original Commonwealth of Pennsylvania land patent issued to \u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Noegle\u003c\/strong\u003e, also historically spelled Nogle, Noggle, or Naugle, for an 82-acre tract in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDated May 26, 1815, the patent conveys \u003cstrong\u003e82 acres and 26 perches\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the customary allowance for roads. The tract had been surveyed under a warrant dated November 2, 1812, after Noegle paid $21.53 into the Pennsylvania Treasury. The patent was officially enrolled in Patent Book H, Volume 11, page 339.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe document is signed by \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Cochran\u003c\/strong\u003e, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Land Office, and retains its impressive embossed paper seal displaying the Commonwealth’s ship, plow, wheat sheaves, and motto. A second Land Office signature, apparently that of Richard Crain, appears along the lower margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe engraved document features an elaborate calligraphic “Commonwealth of Pennsylvania” heading and an early printed state coat of arms. Its manuscript metes-and-bounds description identifies vacant mountain land and neighboring Upper Paxton properties. A later hand-drawn ownership diagram attached at lower left accompanies the patent as genealogical research material but is not original to its 1815 issuance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe patent has substantial losses, including a large vertical area affecting the state arms and portions of the manuscript, additional edge losses, staining, folds, and extensive old paper-tape repairs on the reverse. Despite these faults, much of the text remains legible, Cochran’s signature is clear, and the large Commonwealth seal is exceptionally well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn evocative early record of German-American settlement, Pennsylvania land administration, and the Noegle\/Nogle family in Dauphin County.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44601201393742,"sku":"EB-52733036429594","price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/8155\/9630\/files\/57_6f16ad6c-2880-49a4-ae1d-8f4c9247bed4.jpg?v=1792409880","url":"https:\/\/thearchiveauthority.com\/products\/1815-pennsylvania-land-patent-to-joseph-noegle-upper-paxton-township-dauphin","provider":"The Archive Authority","version":"1.0","type":"link"}