Box 2

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From Milton, Delaware, to Messers. J & E. Brooks

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Additional items and loose envelopes that came with the collection.

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Document granted 160 acres in Illinois to Sherman Wheelock; signed by President James Monroe

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Last will and testament of William Waples

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Contains two deeds

Scope and Contents Two deeds of properties found in Milton, Delaware. The first deed, dated 1881, was purchased by Clara Waples of Milton. The second transaction was purchased on March 28, 1890 by Clara Waples Carey of the City of Philadelphia. This document is particularly interesting, because it describes the purchase “among other land, a cutain (cotton) mill, mill seat and mill stream, and lot of acres,known as the Factory Mill… adjoining lands of Clara W. Carey.” These are the properties found in the Carey...

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Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. An unsigned typed document of Carey’s will.

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Contains two notes by the donor of the collection; a copy of the last will and probate of Mark Davis, dated 1799; three letters to Susan Pitt Davis; and a letter to Robert Hood Carey.

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Includes legal documents such as deeds, manumissions, and a survey. Two of the manumissions are from Joseph Carey to Negro Peter and Negro Maria. The third manumission is from John Hood to Peter, and is signed by Joseph Carey.

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Contains a deed.

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Contains surveys of properties in Sussex County, Delaware. Shows marsh land that bordered the Delaware Bay, and became the property of Sallie and Susie Carey.

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Contains wills for John Carey, Samuel Carey, Eli Carey, R. Davis Carey, and Sallie M. Carey.