Manuscripts

Bond for fifty acres of agricultural land

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Description: This manuscript is a bond for one thousand dollars for the transfer of fifty acres of agricultural land, in the name of John C. Fremont, once the Texas Division section of the railroad has been completed. Printed form, filled in. Endorsed by Frémont on reverse.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1868, March 2.
Call number: mssHM 50652
Creator: Memphis, El Paso, and Pacific Railroad Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Polly Dix, 1985, January 22.
Dimensions: 14 cm :
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Counterfeit bonds made out to D. Ogden Mills

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Printed set of apparently counterfeit bonds given to D. Ogden Mills in exchange for a debt of one-thousand dollars. The sheet appears to be signed by railroad president Leland Stanford.

mssHM 80481

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Land grant to Epenetus Bond :

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Letters patent for tract of 164 acres of land in Lincoln, Nebraska. Signed in secretarial hand for President Ulysses S. Grant; also signed by J. Parrish, secretary, and by the recorder of the General Land Office. Printed form, filled in; includes docket.

mssHM 26199

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Land grant to the heirs of Abraham Kirkpatrick :

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Grant for 1,000 acres of land between the Little Miami and Scioto Rivers, northwest of Ohio River, Ohio, to Amelia Shaler, Eliza Conran, and Mary Ann Lewis, daughters of Abraham Kirkpatrick, former soldier, deceased. Signed by President James Monroe; also signed by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs, with recording notes on reverse. Printed form, filled in by hand.

mssHM 49486

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First mortage income bond

Manuscripts

This manuscript is a four percent, thirty year first mortage income bond for the sum of five hundred dollars for the Comstock Tunnel Company, formerly known as the Sutro Tunnel Company, and presently known as the Comstock Tunnel & Drainage Company. Printed form, filled in. Also includes two sheets of coupons, the first of which is missing several. "Cancelled" is stamped across the front.

mssHM 37544

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Land grant to David Aldrich :

Manuscripts

Letters patent for 40 acres of land in the sales district of Bronson, Michigan. Signed in secretarial hand for President Martin Van Buren; also signed by Acting Recorder of the General Land Office Joseph S. Wilson. Printed form, filled in.

mssHM 42359

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Land grant to Kinzy Shields :

Manuscripts

Letters patent for 40 acres of land in the sales district of Quincy, Illinois. Signed in secretarial hand for President Martin Van Buren; also signed by Acting Recorder of the General Land Office, Joseph S. Wilson. Printed form, filled in.

mssHM 42364

Bond for fifty acres of agricultural land

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