Florida Land Grant fragment, bearing the rare signature of Patrick Tonyn Dated 1777 a grant for 200 acres of land to Edward Marlen, located eight miles west of St. Augustine with plat. H 11.5in W 11. 25in * Provenance: Patrick Tonyn, governor British East Florida from 1774 until 1783, was an important figure in Southern frontier history He supported the use of Indians in the initial attacks by the British against Georgia and South Carolina in 1775 at the beginning ofthe American Revolution. This grant from the Lanneau family, of Charleston ,SC.