mss0098_0173.xml Finding aid for Land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for property in the White Clay Creek Hundred1780 February 21 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded 2008 September 26 Finding aid encoded 2008 September 26 English Land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for property in the White Clay Creek Hundred1780 February 21 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Glasford, Hugh. Land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for property in the White Clay Creek Hundred1780 February 21 MSS 098, F173 1 items (2 p.) ; 40 x 33 cm. paper tied with ribbon and stamped with two paper and wax seals Eighteenth-century land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for property in the White Clay Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

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MSS 098, F173, Land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for property in the White Clay Creek Hundred, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary Shelved in SPEC MSS 098 oversize (20 inch) Processing

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 Biographical Note

The three eighteenth-century individuals who are the primary parties of this indenture are Hugh Glasford, an inn-keeper from Newark, Delaware, his wife, Ann Glasford, and Robert Ferguson, a yeoman, also from Newark.

Biographical information derived from the document.

 Scope and Content Note

This document is a land indenture between Hugh Glasford, an inn-keeper from Newark, Delaware, and his wife Ann, and Robert Ferguson, a yeoman, also from Newark. It is for 223 acres in the White Clay Creek Hundred, dated February 21, 1780. Ferguson paid 5,680 pounds and 15 shillings for the land. The indenture was acknowledged in the Court of Common Pleas in New Castle.

The indenture traces the owners of the land back to the original patent under the seal of the province of Pennsylvania to John Guest, a prominent jurist of Philadelphia, in 1702. It also traces the boundaries of the property and gives the location of the other deeds referred to in the document.

The deed is handwritten on paper, tied with ribbon and stamped with two paper and wax seals. The document is in fragile condition.

 Personal Names Ferguson, Robert. Guest, John.Miles, Edward. Topical Terms Real property--Delaware--New Castle County--History--18th century--Sources. Geographic Names Newark (Del.)--History--18th century--Sources. Form/Genre Terms Deeds. Indentures. Personal Contributors Glasford, Ann. Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 098 Delaware Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts Collection.

 Detailed Contents List F173 Land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for property in the White Clay Creek Hundred1780 February 21