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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Indenture: re lease of land by Lever to William Crosse
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Manuscripts
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
This indenture is a lease for land. It is in both English and Latin.
mssHM 80989
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of 332 items covering 1835 to 1918; it includes one manuscript by Lever, an untitled political essay, a small number of Lever family letters, as well as a few letters dealing with Lever's political and civil service careers. The majority of the letters are from Lever to his wife, Kate Lever, and his oldest daughter, Julia Lever Nevill. Of these, Lever's letters written during his visits to London and Dublin are of the most interest as he tells of meeting Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, Anthony Trollope, and Wilkie Collins; he also discusses his latest literary work and his dealings with his publishers. The family letters are principally concerned with the ill-health of Kate Lever, the state of the family's finances (usually bad) and living arrangements. Also, before the death of his son Charles in 1863, the family letters deal with the debts incurred by "Charley," his disreputable living and Lever's search for some sort of gainful employment for Charley. There is also one folder of ephemera containing clipped signatures, miscellaneous envelopes, clipped catalogue descriptions, cancelled checks, and a printed death notice; and one box containing five small notebooks and one post book, which include some personal information, literary notes, newspaper clippings of book reviews, and lists of letters sent.
mssLever
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Manuscripts
Land indenture for a 1,000 year lease.
mssHM 84487
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Mortgage indenture regarding land in Mendocino County, California, once owned by the late William A. Richardson. The indenture describes that Richardson and his wife Maria in 1853 and 1854 "did convey. . . certain lands" in Mendocino County to Charles S. Compton and Donald Davidson, who in turn sold the land to Robert Walkinshaw, Benjamin Davidson, and William Hood. $35,000 was also paid to Richardson's heirs to clear debts on the estate, with those funds being held in trust for Julius May by Davidson, Samuel R. Throckmorton, and Davidson's attorney, Alexander Forbes. The indenture releases Throckmorton from claims on the land and also releases the land from any further mortgages or liens. Possibly in the handwriting of Benjamin Davidson. Signed by Davidson and by Forbes for Walkinshaw.
mssHM 72998
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Indenture between Bartholomew Tipping of Woolley in the county of Berkshire and Thomas Clarke of Woolstone in the county of Berkshire, which is now part of Oxfordshire for the lease of a cottage.
mssHM 80475
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This document details the lease agreement between Anna Sparks and See Soong Tong for a lot of land in San Francisco, California. Printed form, filled in and signed.
mssHM 19068