| Description | Enclosure, petition to the King, 3 Jul 1775, London, from the Reverend Doctor John Ewing and Doctor Hugh Williamson (two of the Trustees of the Academy of Newark in the County of Newcastle upon Delaware), desiring a grant of a tract of land towards the establishment and support of their seminary to assist in diffusing Christianity among parts now much neglected and strengthening and preserving their allegiance to the King at this critical time as well as in the future |