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Land contracts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Daniel and Magdalena Crull indenture

 Collection — Folder OB012
Identifier: OB012
Scope and Contents This collection contains an indenture for real estate purchased by Daniel and Magdalena Crull in Wayne County, Indiana on May 28, 1864.
Dates: 1864/05/28

Daniel Bearss collection

 Collection
Identifier: L013
Scope and Contents The collection consists principally of Bearss’ receipts, invoices, land documents, and account books relating to his business and land interests in Peru, Indiana. Also included are account books for his transactions with the Miami people (1838–1842), his Peru general store (1835–1845), and Peru sawmill (1851–1853). The collection also contains a letterbook containing copies of his letters relating to his claims against the Indiana and other business matters, correspondence (business...
Dates: 1830-1902

Daniel F. Hill collection

 Collection — Folder OB030
Identifier: OB030
Scope and Contents This collection includes the U.S. Civil War regimental papers from Daniel F. Hill ranging from 1861 to 1865 and two earlier documents related to land sold by William Faught to William H Dumall and land granted to William N. Worley.
Dates: 1840-1865

Elias N. Shimer collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0815
Scope and Contents This collection contains several legal documents of Elias N. Shimer ranging from 1831 to 1844. The documents include Shimer's deed for the purchase of one and a half acres south of the Brookville Road from Joshua Stevens (December 24, 1831); his Marion County Justice of the Peace commission certificate signed by Governor Noah Noble (December 6, 1837); a deed between Edward White and Abraham Jones for eighty acres in Marion County (October 30, 1833), and the indenture transferring the eighty...
Dates: 1831-1876

Ewing family collection

 Collection
Identifier: L323
Scope and Contents This collection comprises personal and business papers from the Ewing family, particulraly the brothers William Griffith (W.G.) and George Washington (G.W.) Ewing and their companies in Fort Wayne, Indiana and numerous other locations in the Midwest, ranging from 1818-1887, regarding land speculation; the fur trade; trade and relations with Native Americans and Hoosier pioneers; the settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest; the development of Fort Wayne; state and national politics; and...
Dates: 1818-1889

Francis Vigo indentures and bond

 Collection — Folder S1341
Identifier: S1341
Scope and Contents The collection includes a Photostat indenture transferring land from Francis Vigo to John Healy of Menongolia County, Virginia, dated May 12, 1800; a Photostat indenture transferring land from John Healy of Morgantown, Pennsylvania to John Healy of Adams County, Pennsylvania, dated June 21, 1800; a bond signed by Francis Vigo as administrator and John Price Jones as surety, dated 1801; and a typed explanation of the "attached bond" written by Guy Morrison Walker on January 23, 1917.
Dates: 1800-1801, circa 1917

Hazel Workman papers

 Collection — Folder S1457
Identifier: S1457
Scope and Contents This collection includes documents and letters from Hazel Workman in Hendricks County, Indiana ranging from 1846 to 1936 regarding chiefly receipts, land documents, and personal papers of James L. Kyte.
Dates: 1846-1936

Isaac H. Thomas papers

 Collection — Folder S1555
Identifier: S1555
Scope and Contents In this collection are photocpies of three documents pertaining to the purchase of land in Lawrence County, Indiana, by Isaac H. Thomas, including: (1) entitlement to a deed given by Charles T. Woolfolk for 135 dollars, April 17, 1869 (2) a deed transferring property in West Bedford from Hiram and Mary Malote to Thomas, May 7, 1874; and (3) a certificate of redemption for three lots in Fair Ground Addition from the lawsuit between Hiram Malute and Isaac H. Thomas, Dec. 22, 1879.
Dates: 1869-1879

James Gavin correspondence

 Collection — Folder S2822
Identifier: S2822
Scope and Contents The collection contains business correspondence of James Gavin. Most of the letters deal with land transactions. The collection is arranged chronologically.
Dates: 1871-1873

Jean Menger collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0939
Scope and Contents The collection contains various legal documents, including indentures, deeds, and land sale records from several individuals or families in Hendricks County, including Charles Aplin, Hannah Frasier, John and Thomas Devan, W.W. Irons, and Quartus and Sarah Rust, ranging from 1862 to 1920 and compiled by Jean Menger. There are also numerous letters, postcards and photographs of Fort Sill, Oklahoma from Everett C. Howard and Walter J. Kidd to Jean Hornstein (Menger) in New York, New York during...
Dates: 1862-1920