Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania,

1783 Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Water Rights, Articles of Agreement.

Articles of Agreement between Daniel Shnider and Daniel Hoffman pertaining to the sale of land - a small parcel of one acre, to be used for "taking the water out and diging or ditching out the same in a race through the said Shnider's land and to make a dam thereon for the use of a water saw mill...."

Has a number of signatures: Daniel Snider w/ seal [2x]; Daniel Hoffman w/ seal [2x]; John Ludwig; Rachel Ludwig; Jacob Walborn. Plus, three hard to decipher (appear to be Germanic names.)

Item number: 170211512153

New York 1798

A document signed by John Leigh and Port of New York officials, and others, dated July 31, 1798, for importation of wearing apparel from the Island of Jamaica, landed from brig "David & George", Captain Charles White, Master.Item number: 200215504837

1793 Benjamin Mumford & James Gregory

1793 Benjamin Mumford & James Gregory both of Exeter, Weavers enterer the workshop of Samuel Hopkinson and and Made an Assault... "did then and there beat wound and abuse & other enormities...against the Peace." Hopkinson "prays they may be apprehended"

The second half of the document is a summons to the Sheriff to apprehend Mumford & Gregory "to be dealt with." Summons notes by the Constable he had "taken the bodys (sic)." Also Summoned Joseph Flood, Joseph Safford, Richard York Jun., And Hezekiah Smith.

Third page is a detail of the Court proceeding and notes the two Justices
found them Guilty. They were ordered to pay a fine of Six Shillings "and committed till this sentence be performed." Signed by Samuel Hopkinson, William Parker Samuel Brooks & Shackford Bennett.

This letter is for sale on Ebay Item number: 370039051864

Clerk of the Superior Court's Office 1768

"Minutes taken out of the Clerk of the Superior Court's Office 1768

Zachary Trescott, Sarah Wells, John Spooner Sell the Farm to Lewis 20 March 1731
Lewis Mortgage to John & Joanna Simpson for L2000 Sterling

Alexander Campbell or Elder Campbell, Swears that he held Lewis's Farm & Marsh all except 8 Acres
Salt marsh on the East side of the Creek which Job Lewis, Assigned to Mr. Joseph Heath** as he understood by said Lewis was for Service done him.
Thomas & Margaret Stephens Deed to Thomas Kellog & William Hobbs dated
6 September 1681 not recorded until May 1739.
J Coleman's Deed to Aaron Hinkley, Humphrey Purrington for Land former E. Side Stephens's Creek
dated 21 March 1756
John & Jona Simpson's Quit Claim of the Farm to S. Gardiner & William Bowdoin dated 21 Septm 1754 which Simpson's recovered of Job Lewis by Judgement of Superior Court at York
June 1748 & delivered Possession by Execution 7 Feb 1748/9.
Bowdoin's Quit claim to S. Gardiner dated 7 February 1759
N.B. Barnabas Seabury was the Sheriff who delivered Possession.
N.B. To Get Jones Plan & Oath to laying out Land
N.B. Ham[Or Thom?] Smith & Thompson's Grant from Plymouth Company."

Massachusetts Civil War Document William Scott

Civil War document at the top it says, "Certificate To Be Given To Volunteers At The Time Of Their Discharge To Enable Them To Receive Their Pay,&c." Right below it says William Scott of the 21st Regiment of the State of Massachusetts born in Worcester, 18 years old, 5 feet 11 inches with blue eyes, brown hair, by occupation a carpenter is entitled to a discharge. At the bottom it is dated April 25, 1862, by Command of Gen Wadsworth.

Ebay Item number: 310036914219

ENGLISH INDENTURE 1777

ENGLISH INDENTURE LEGAL DOCUMENT LAND DEED HAND WRITTEN AND WITNESSED IN 1777. SEVEN SHEET OF PAPER WRITTEN ON ONE SIDE, THE FIRST SHEET BLIND STAMPED WITH CROWN TAX OF ONE SHILLING, ALSO INK STAMPED WITH CROWN MARK OF THE COLLECTOR. DOCUMENT TITLED: THIS INDENTURE TRIPARTITE (THREE PARTIES), ABOUT FARM LAND. LAST SHEET STATES THIS TO BE A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL DEED (AN 1806 HAND WRITTEN COPY OF THE 1777 DOCUMENT (?) THE OUTER COVER SHEET IS WRITTEN: ATTESTED COPY OF THE CONVERANCE FROM MESSR. THOS. JONES AND EDWARD COSTARD TO MESSR. CROSBIE AND WIMSON OF THE ESTATE IN FRODSHAM CALLED THE BRIDGE FARM. DATED THE 18th OF OCT. 1777.

Letter dated Miami Missouri 1882

"Miami Mo, Jan, 30th, 1882

Mr. Milton Ferrill,

Dear Friend,

Your letter of the 23rd to hand and contents duly noted. Well Milt I am glad to hear that you are still living and having a boss time. You speak of tramps being in town. That just suits you. You can get with your kind. Yes Carry Williams is at Los Vegas, New Mexico running a barber shop making $80 a month clear of expenses but as you say he won’t stick very long…..Well Milt it looks like we was going to have a railroad. They commenced the survey from Marshall running to this point this morning so you can just look out for Miami is just going to be the boss town in the country. The road will run from Sedalia to Laclede and a new road will start from this point running to Kansas City through the plains by Malta Bend. I will let you know when I hear the cars whistle. You hold your breath until I let you know. Just closed up the saloon. A mob of about 50 or 75 men went down there and played hell with it. Some parties are trying to get their backs up about it. They gave the saloon keepers 48 hours to get away from town. His time is up and look out we are going to have little hell here in a few hours if he don’t skip. He went to Marshall Sunday after a lawyer to defend him against the mob. The mob notified his lawyer to come to Miami if he wanted to. If he did they would put him in the river but he failed to come. They have been running without a license for some time and the people got tired of it. You just bet they raised hell for sometime……..Yours truly, Jas.F. Vaughan