Georgetown Indentures, 1852 - 1853
Scope and Contents
Three 19th-century deeds of trust between landowners and trustees of the Georgetown Building Association, printed with handwritten additions. The first, dated October 1852, grants George W. Godey the right to a portion of lot 13 of “Holmead’s Addition to Georgetown” near Olive Street; the second, dated November 1852, grants Thomas Brown the same to lots 29-32 in “Bealty and Hawkins Addition to Georgetown fronting on Seventh Street and Frederick Street in the said town”; the third, dated January 1853, grants Thomas Proby the right to “all that part the lot of ground numbered Twenty Eight (28) in Old Georgetown” off of Bank Alley. Each indenture is signed by the man in question, his wife, two witnesses, and two justices of the peace. The Brown document is in two pieces.
Dates
- 1852 - 1853
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu