Inventory for MSA SC 6045-1



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MSA SC 6045-1-1
Dates1678-1919
Mediumpaper, vellum, wax
Storage00/15/14/12
Description
A scrapbook of historical land records related to the Colchester plantation collected by the aunt and uncle of James Pearce containing
  • 1919 letter from James Pearce to James Woodall about giving him a collection of historic documents his aunt and uncle about Colchester farm, which is now in Woodall’s possession.
  • 1742 copy of 1672 land grant to William Palmer of Baltimore County with a transcription
  • 1710 copy of 1674 land indenture from William Palmer to John Tankerton for land by the Sassafras river with a transcription
  • 1678 copy of 1659 land grant to William Pearce for transporting Shelly Burgin, Wm. Lindscombe, Edward Davis, and Nathaniel Daniell according to a deal with Cecilius Calvert for land by the Sassafras river with a transcription
  • 1744 copy of 1706 land grant for William Pearce for land in Cecil County by Sassafras river with a transcription
  • 1729 copy of 1684 land grant for Gideon Pearce on vellum with a wax seal and a transcription
  • 1734 copy of 1684 land grant for Gideon Pearce of Kent County
  • 1762 land indenture between James Pearce and William Pennington for land in Kent County
  • 1763 land indenture
  • 1763 land indenture between William Pearce, Gideon Pearce and Thomas Ringgold for the Colchester plantation
  • 1763 land indenture between George Pearce, James Pearce, and Thomas RInggold for land in Kent County
  • 1765 land grant for Thomas Browning on vellum with a wax seal
  • Survey maps of Colchester farm
  • 1918 letter from G. B. Taylor to James Woodall about his findings about Colchester farm in the land records
  • Drawing of Andrew Woodall received 1898
MSA SC 6045-1-2
Dates1808-1890
Mediumpaper, treated linen
Storage00/15/14/14
Description
Folder containing 1 copy of an 1808 Kent county deed, transcripts of documents in scrapbook, a receipt, survey map of "where William lives", and a 1890 deed.