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Deeds

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 696 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham Guy Thatcher deed

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342872]
Identifier: MSS 756
Scope and Contents

Printed and handwritten deed. The deed is an agreement between Thatcher and the trustees of the Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah, in which Thatcher buys 42 acres of land. The item was signed by the trustees of the college.

Dates: 1892

Oliver Granger deed

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287900]
Identifier: Vault MSS 359
Scope and Contents

Handwritten deed verifying that Granger will purchase a lot in Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church, signed as "accredited agent of Oliver Granger."

Dates: 1839

Andrew Jackson deed

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 412
Scope and Contents

Printed and handwritten deed, dated 5 Jan. 1831, and sigend by Jackson. The item affirms that Lucian Noble has purchased land in Detroit, Michigan.

Dates: 1831 January 5

Ulysses S. Grant deed for Andrew J. Moffitt

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 422
Scope and Contents

Printed form with handwritten notations dated 1 July 1873. The item states that Andrew J. Moffitt has purchased land in Sanpete County, Utah. The manuscript was signed by Ulysses S. Grant, president of the United States.

Dates: 1873 July 1

Deed, 1915 June 14

 Item — Box 39: Series 7 [Barcode: 31197232551058], Folder: 8
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Sheriff’s deed, recording the purchase of land by Elisha K. Kane, pursuant to a lawsuit of Elisha’s against Charles R. Paulson and J.A. Swanson, 1 p., folded, printed on 4 sides, 14 June 1915.

Dates: 1915 June 14

Deed, 1864 May 6

 Item — Box 43: Series 8 [Barcode: 31197232551090], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Legal document, deeding land owned by Thomas L. Kane and Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane in Elk county to William Biddle, 1 p., 6 May 1864. In Series XI, Box 62, Folder 3, Item 1.

Dates: 1864 May 6

Elizabeth Chamblee deed of gift to Eliz Martha Strickland

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307446]
Identifier: MSS SC 958
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one holograph and a typescript copy. The document is the transferral of ownership of "a negro girl named Mary, aged 22", from Elizabeth Chamblee of Ware County, North Carolina to her granddaughter, Eliz Martha Strickland.

Dates: 1846

Henry DeCamp deeds

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233244885]
Identifier: MSS SC 469
Scope and Contents

Printed deeds with ms. entries for tracts of land purchased by Henry DeCamp in LaPorte, Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Dubuque, Iowa.

Dates: 1837-1849

Deeds, 1891-1902

 File — Box 6: [Barcode: 31197233294617], Folder: 21
Identifier: Vault MSS 790

Daniel H. Wells deeds for Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288064]
Identifier: Vault MSS 274
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed deeds of conveyance from Wells to Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church. The items confirm that Young owns various lots in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1873-1874