This legal document records the sale of two quarter lots in the Fells Point Hebrew Friendship Congregation Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, to Samuel Weinberg for $125. The deed is dated March 28, 1881, and is signed by Seligman Herzberg, President of the congregation. The document features ornate Victorian-style lettering for the congregation's name and is embossed with a circular seal. 3.
Subject: Deed
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This legal deed records the sale of a cemetery plot (Lot No. 21, Sec. No. 13) in Mount Hope Cemetery by the Phoenix Widow and Orphan Aid Society to Isak Traub. The transaction, dated December 7, 1884, was for the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The document details the terms of the sale and includes the "Rules and Regulations of the Mount Hope Cemetery." The cover features prominent, ornate Victorian-style lettering for the word "Deed" and calligraphic script for the buyer's name. 3.
An 1854 copy of a land warrant issued by The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in December 1792. The warrant grants Hyman Gratz the right to a certain quantity of land in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, which was surveyed for Simon Gratz. The transaction involved payment of "fifty shillings" per hundred acres. The document notes Thomas Mifflin, then Governor of the Commonwealth, as a witness, and Daniel Brodhead as Surveyor General. The copy was likely made in 1854 for the settlement of Simon Gratz's estate. The item features an engraved depiction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's state seal at the top, along with ornate script and various handwritten annotations.