Subject: Real property--Delaware--New Castle County--History--19th century - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 43 item
Abstract:: This collection of eighteenth and nineteenth-century deeds, mortgages, and bonds relate to the McKee and Elliot families of New Castle County, Delaware.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 9 volume
Abstract:: The insurance records of Newark, Delaware, realtor, insurance agent, and notary Samuel Mathewson (S.M.) Donnell provide information about Newark property holders and building structures related to Donnell's job as agent for two insurance companies: Fire Association of Philadelphia and Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool, England.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 item (1 page)
Abstract:: Diplomat, cabinet member, and Delaware politician, Louis McLane, sent this one-page signed and handwritten letter to his landlord, Pere Biddle, concerning improvements to his rental property, on December 4, 1824.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 item (1 page)
Abstract:: Autograph letter from Pennsylvania politician Thomas McKean to James Rogers about a farm possibly purchased in his name at a Sheriff's sale. He also requests that a deed be drawn and presented to the Sheriff for execution. Thomas McKean served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and governor of Pennsylvania.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 item (2 pages)
Abstract:: One lien against Rachel E. and John Truitt issued by Sussex County, Delaware, Justice of the Peace Joshua A. Ellegood on July 23, 1897.

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Extent:: 1 item (1 page)
Abstract:: A land indenture between John Walter of Christiana Hundred, Delaware, and Joel Swaine of East Marlborough, Pennsylvania, from 1831.

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