Abstract This legal document, written by James H. Stone in October 1871, outlines the legitimization of claim to land for the Educational Home for Boys. The document cites chronological wills from the initial purchase of the land on April 8, 1738 by John Bartram, botanist, to his children and finally their children, specifically Gibson who gave the rights of a portion of the land to the Education Home for Boys. The land in question is situated in Kingsessing, now part of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,...