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Subject: Mortgages


Fifteen-Year Calendar and Advertisement for Land Scrip, Farm & City Mortgages Fifteen-Year Calendar and Advertisement for Land Scrip, Farm & City Mortgages

A single-sided item featuring a fifteen-year calendar and an advertisement for the sale of land scrip, farm mortgages, and city mortgages. The item's creation date is unknown, but based on the style of the advertisement it was likely created sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century. The geographic location referenced in the advertisement is unknown.

Indenture of Mortgage: Saint James' Benefit Building Society, London, 16 October 1854 Indenture of Mortgage: Saint James' Benefit Building Society, London, 16 October 1854

Handwritten London indenture on vellum, measuring approximately 28.5 inches by 22.5 inches. Dated 16 October 1854. This deed pertains to a mortgage of two tenements located at numbers 13 and 14 John Street, in the Parish of Saint Mary Matfelon, London. The signatories include Rachael Hart, Emanuel Moss, Solomen Joseph, and Joel Phillips, the latter three being trustees of the Saint James' Benefit Building Society. Rachael Hart is a member and shareholder of the society. The document details the mortgage and mentions other individuals involved in the transaction.

Mortgage Agreement of the Society of Peace of Carbondale, Pennsylvania, 1908 Mortgage Agreement of the Society of Peace of Carbondale, Pennsylvania, 1908

Mortgage agreement for $5,000, dated July 8, 1908, given by eight members of the Society of Peace of Carbondale, Pennsylvania. The agreement, signed by Jacob Eisenstat as secretary and H.R. Stone as president, indicates the purchase of an old church. The Society of Peace later became Congregation Agudath Sholom. Additional names associated with the mortgage include Reuben Lazer and A. Underlider.

Mortgage Certificate: Manuel Myers to John Marston, September 15, 1791 Mortgage Certificate: Manuel Myers to John Marston, September 15, 1791

A one-page, torn folio document certifying that a mortgage from Joshua Levy, dated 1781, is paid in full. Manuel Myers certifies this on behalf of John Marston. The document requests that a record of this payment be made in the Clerk's Office of the City and County of New York. It is signed by Manuel Myers and witnessed by James Smith, who also notes that the certification took place in the presence of Richard Varick, Mayor of New York. Varick's signature is present at the bottom. New York, September 15, 1791.

Power of Attorney for the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, February 3, 1844 Power of Attorney for the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, February 3, 1844

Handwritten power of attorney document pertaining to a mortgage, granting power of attorney to George W. Edelman, treasurer of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Signed, among others, by Benjamin W. Richards, president of the institution. The document covers events from December 5, 1832, to December 16, 1839, with the power of attorney granted on February 3, 1844. The institution later became the Overbrook School for the Blind.