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Deeds and Property Records [mostly oversize], 1689 - 1947

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG2/Ph/G7++ 6.21-6.22

Scope and Contents

Deed, Sam’l Bettle et al to Joseph Townsend et al., 1817 (Greene Street and various); Deed, W.M. Stevenson et al to John M Ogden et al, 1847 (various); Deed, John M. Ogden et al to Sam’l Jeanes, 1881 (Greene St.); Deed, Sam’l Jeanes to John M. Ogden et al, 1881 (Greene St.); Deed, Clarkson L. Webster to Joseph Bacon et al, 1891 (Greene St.); Deed, Arnold Cassell to Nicholas Waln et al, 1703 (Fair Hill); Deed of Trust, Nicholas Waln et al, 1703; Lease, Job Goodson to John Warder et al, 1728 (Northern Liberties); Release, Job Goodson to John Warder et al, 1728 (Northern Liberties); Deed, John Warder et al. to Edw Catharall et al, 1728 (Fair Hill); Deed, Sam’l Preston Moore et al to Edw Catharall et al, 1748 (Fair Hill); Deed of Trust, Edw Catharall et al, 1754; Lease with plan of 20 acres, Edw Catharall to Sam’l Pleasants, 1775 (Northern Liberties); Release and Confirmation, John Fox et al to Edw Catharall et al, 1767 (various); Deed, Sam’l Bettle et al to Joseph Townsend et al, 1822 (Fair Hill); Deed of Exchange, Chas. Norris et al to John M. Ogden et al, 1856 (8th and 9th, Indiana and Cambria); Covenant, Chas. Norris et al with John M. Ogden et al, 1849; Record of Road Running through Fair Hill (1783 certified copy), 1711; Extracts of Minutes of Phila. Monthly Mtg., 1795 (re: George Fox bequest); Deed, John Warder et al to Edw Catharall et al, 1754 (Northern Liberties); Map (ms.) of road running through Fair Hill Property, n.d.; Report of the Committee of Twelve re: George Fox bequest with accounts, 1795; Report of Committee to Green Street Monthly Meeting re: exchange of land, 1849; Legal papers, reports, etc. re: Fair Hill Property, 1795-1858 and n.d.; Records of the division of property between Hicksite and Orthodox, inside smaller folder in Folder 1: ; Deed (copy) Samuel Bettle et al to Isaac C. Jones et al for Joint Property, 1818; Extracts from Green Street Monthly Meeting minutes relative to undivided property, 1857 (with history of previous actions); Deed (copy), Jones et al to Vaux et al, 1828; Deed (copy), Bettle et al to Lea et al, 1817; Notice, 1855; Report concerning joint property, 1858; Citation, 1866; Deed (conveyance), Griffith Jones to Nathaniell Sykes, 1689; Deed, Geo. Knorr et al to Daniel Rittenhouse et al, 1846; Deed, Robt. Harper to Jesse Walton et al, 1809; Deed, Fred Emhardt to Wm Dorsey, 1853; Mortgage, 1901; Assignment of Mortgage, 1912; Mortgage, 1905; Declaration of No Set-off, 1912; Mortgage, 1905; Assignment of Fire Insurance Policy, 1906; Deed, Trustees of Public School of Germantown to John Hart, 1856; Deed, Rowlet et al to Jones et al, 1854; Deed, Longstreth et al to Foulke, 1906; Deed poll, Jacob Strembeck to George Knorr, 1829; Deed, Craig D. Ritchie to John Rowlet et al, 1854; Deed poll, Jacob Strembeck to John Hart, 1829; Deed, George Knorr to Abraham Davis, 1829; Deed, Craig C. Ritchie to John Rowlet et al, 1854; Deed, Jonathan Rittenhouse et al to Craig D. Ritchie, 1854; Statement of Joseph Bunting concerning ground rents, 1881; Bond and Warrant, Joseph Fussell et al to Theodore Starr Savings Bank, 1901; Deed, William G. Foulke to Samule N. Longstreth et al, 1906 (Greene Street and School House Lane).

Oversize material also includes blueprints, elevations, and original graphite pencil drawings of proposed alterations to the School Building on Greene Street, 1901.

Dates

  • Creation: 1689 - 1947

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

Affiliation

Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Facet

4 oversize folders; 2 regular folders

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