Manuscripts
Uncas and Mohican deeds to John Mason, Samuel Allen, and Peter Mason
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Blotter B: District record of land grants and deeds in the city of San Francisco
Manuscripts
The blotter includes land grants and deeds processed in San Francisco District from 1847 to 1849. The grants and deeds are signed by alcaldes George Hyde and Thaddeus Leavenworth. The list includes deeds involving Sam Brannan, John White Geary, Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, William A. Leidesdorff, Robert T. Ridley, and J. D. Stevenson. Some of the entries are accompanied by hand drawn plats.
mssHM 68413
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Deeds and title for land belonging to Robert Tweedy and Louis Phillips
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Deeds and title for land belonging to Robert Tweedy and Louis Phillips in Los Angeles. Includes a deed from Phillips to Tweedy (1871), a bond for deed from Tweedy to Sarah E. Tansley for land purchased from Phillips (1882), and a certificate of title to Tweedy describing the location of his land, including that purchased from Phillips (1883).
mssHM 75029-75031
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Pierce Mason Butler papers
Manuscripts
This small group of items includes letters, speeches given by Butler, and report by Butler all related to Indians in Texas including the Waco and Comanche Indians. Three of the letters were written by Butler and addressed to Congressman Thomas Hartley Crawford.
mssHM 9640-9647
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Certificate appointing George F. Houghton as commissioner of deeds
Manuscripts
This certificate announces the appointment of George F. Houghton as commissioner of deeds for the state of California. Printed form, filled in by hand. Signed by McDougal and W. Van Voorhies, the secretary of state.
mssHM 4193
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Official petition of Shawanoe and Delaware Indian Chiefs to the President of the United States
Manuscripts
Official petition by the Shawnee and Delaware Indians to President James Monroe regarding their land and rights. It is signed by several native indivduals. There is also a letter by Pierre Menard, President of the Illinois Territorial Council, to William Clark, American explorer and Governor of Missouri Territory, dated 1818, January 6, about the petition. The volume includes typed transcriptions of the letter and petition.
mssHM 570-571
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Deeds: Hants., Whitchurch: Indenture for a Mortgage of a Messuage…by Peter Calton to John Selwyn
Manuscripts
The collection consists of personal letters among the Townshend family members, business correspondence, land papers and deeds, financial accounts, bonds, receipts, Government and political material, legal briefs and court opinions, literary material including epitaphs, poems, prayers and travel accounts, military material, wills, marriage settlements, family account books and diaries. Significant correspondents include George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria, as well as many members of the Royal family. Political correspondents include 1st Earl of Chatham, W.E. Gladstone, George Grenville, Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Spencer Perceval, William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, and John Wilkes. Important note: although this material includes the years 1769-1865 there is only one letter which refers slightly to the American Revolutionary War and no letters or other material deal with the American Civil War.
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