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Diary that Davidson kept from June 1840 to the end February 1840, most of which Davidson spent serving onboard the Dale on her maiden voyage to South America. As he sailed from Norfolk to Brazil and around Cape Horn, Davidson meticulously recorded every detail of his duties -- setting sails; logging distance, coordinates, and winds; supervising the crew, etc. The richly detailed diary reveals a young, enthusiastic sailor, endowed with a keen eye, natural curiosity, and a certain literary talent. (His younger sister Virginia Emeline Davidson later became a well known writer.) The diary provides an intimate look at the life of midshipmen ("Middies") and their often complicated relationship with the officers and crew. Davidson described in great detail numerous encounters with British, Danish, French, Peruvian, and American whalers and naval vessels. The latter included the famed frigates Constellation and Constitution. Throughout the voyage, Davidson used every opportunity to go ashore, recording his impressions, paying particular attention to local population, especially the ladies. While in Guayaquil, the Dale was paid a visit by Andres de Santa Cruz y Calahumana, the exiled Marshall of Peru-Bolivian Confederacy. Davidson reported the visit in great detail.
mssHM 69950
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This is an indenture between the Fitzwilliam Lands, Inc., Los Angeles, and the Anglo-California Trust Company of San Francisco, California (also the Los Angeles Trust & Savings Bank). It concerns land in Fresno County, California.
mssHM 74499
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The indenture is a "Surrender and Regrant." Thomas Rawlat of Hinckley (about 14 miles SW of Leicester) was granted property by Thomas Sainsome, Thomas Smith, Ralph Robinson, and Thomas Wrightman. This indenture cancels their previous agreement and re-grants a cottage in Hinckley to Rawlat by charter. Sir Edward Howard, Sir John Trevor, Thomas Trevor, William Jackson and Robert Bragg all the Lords of the Manor of Hinckley, as was Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham. (All are identified in the indenture). The indenture was granted on March 24, 1604/5. It was witnessed by William Bacon, Richard Baber, Thomas Cowy, and Thomas Godfrye (the signatures are on the verso).
mssHM 82624
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The collection contains 54 single-item catalogued items housed in one legal-sized box. The majority of the collection consists of land-related items such as indentures (10), survey documents (5), and maps (3) all relating to property within the state of New Jersey. Other items include a document entitled "Articles of Agreement" (1791) regarding the distribution of John Hilliard's estate between his second wife, Frances Hilliard, and her step-son, Jonathan Hilliard, a "Bond and Warrant" from Evans R. Tomlinson, John Tomlinson's "Last Will and Testament," a marriage document pertaining to the marriage between John Tomlinson and Mary Fairlamb, fragments from possible correspondence, and an incomplete tax document from 1869.
HM 79024
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This indenture is between Elijah Weeks, B. W. Croake and L. E. Meyer. It gives Weeks "the right and privilege...to dig, drill, bore for, develop, extract,...hold, own, sell and remove all oil and gas" from a section of land in Los Angeles (owned by Croake and Meyer). The document also contains an extension to the original agreement.
mssHM 75989
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This indenture, written by Daniel Bailey, grants William Henry Harrison and John Cleves Short (Harrison's nephew) "surplus land in the Miami purchase," which had belonged to John Cleves Symms, a prominent landowner and father-in-law to Harrison. It is signed by Harrison.
mssHM 82549