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George Read documents regarding the will of Ebenezer Howell
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0052
Abstract
Autograph documents produced by lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and U. S. Senator from Delaware, George Read. One document concerns payments in relation to the will of Ebenezer Howell. The other concerns the sale of Howell's tavern and land in Newark, Delaware, to Henry Darby, and subsequently to John Evans.
Dates:
1774-1791
Land indenture between David Wilkin, his wife Ann, and Jonathan Germain, in White Clay Creek Hundred, Newcastle County, Delaware
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0171
Abstract
A 1763 deed of sale for a tract of 223 acres in the town of Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It includes a long history of the people who have owned the property back to 1702 and a detailed description of the boundaries of the property.
Dates:
1763 May 17