Manuscripts

Uncas and Mohican deeds to John Mason, Samuel Allen, and Peter Mason

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Description: Volume includes deeds belonging to the Unca (Unkechaug) and Mohican (Mohegan) Indians. Signed by Owaneko.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1684-1715.
Call number: mssHM 573-574
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of October 1931.
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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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Sadd family deeds

Manuscripts

The five deeds relate to land owned by Thomas Sadd, Jr., in Windsor, Connecticut (1746-1763). Many of these deeds still have their seals. The three receipts deal with the Sadd family in Hartford, Connecticut (1850-1851).

mssHM 78288-78295

Uncas and Mohican deeds to John Mason, Samuel Allen, and Peter Mason

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