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Land tenure -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Sylvestre Labbadie agreement

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288890]
Identifier: Vault MSS 335
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed agreement, dated 1 Sept. 1817, and registered in St. Louis, Missouri. Labbadie stated he will transfer title of four lots in St. Louis, Missouri, to Obadiah Osborn when $1,000 was paid to him. Osborn had three years to make the payment. In the meantime, the debt would accrue 8% interest per year.

Dates: 1817 September 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sylvestre Labbadie agreement

Elias Rector agreement

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288882]
Identifier: Vault MSS 336
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed agreement, dated 25 June 1816, and regisered in St. Louis, Missouri. Recotor agrees to sell Thomas H. Benton land for $1,900. Benton was a St. Louis writer who later served as a U.S. Senator.

Dates: 1816 June 25
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Elias Rector agreement

Pierre Bissonette agreement

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288791]
Identifier: Vault MSS 338
Scope and Contents

Handwritten agreement in French, dated 30 April 1808, and recorded in the Saint Charles Parish of Louisiana. Bissonette agrees to sell Louis Tayon land in Saint Louis. This area may have been in Missouri. The item was signed and verified by Guy Duquette. Bissonette signed the item with a mark.

Dates: 1808 April 30
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Pierre Bissonette agreement

Christopher Carpenter agreement

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288783]
Identifier: Vault MSS 337
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed agreement stating that Christopher Carpenter will deed land to Gabriel Cerre. The item is in Spanish, dated November 1803, and registered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dates: 1803 November
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Christopher Carpenter agreement

Pascal L. Cerre statement

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288759]
Identifier: Vault MSS 344
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed statement, dated 25 Oct. 1823, and composed in St. Louis, Missouri. Cerre answers a complaint by Francis B. Holmes and Andrew Elliott concerning a sale of land.

Dates: 1823 October 25
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Pascal L. Cerre statement

Obadiah Osborn certificate

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288932]
Identifier: Vault MSS 332
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed certificate, dated 3 April 1819, and registered in St. Louis, Missouri. The item certifies that the payment for mill property had been given my Sylvestre Labbadie to John Milton Cotrell.

Dates: 1819 April 3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Obadiah Osborn certificate

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