Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.3.25Description
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 3 -The Wissahickon
Page 25 contains notes by Jellett, transcribed as follows:
(This constitutes a rendering of the transcription made by John McArthur Harris, Jr., March 18, 1983)
F.T.W. 6 - 28 December 23, 1865
Charles Rittenhouse of Baltimore
Amelia Rittenhouse, his wife $1,590.00
to 2.868 acres
City of Philadelphia
"All that certain lot of ground in the 21st ward. Beginning in the middle of the Turnpike road and also in the middle of Rittenhouse Street, along said turnpike road to middle of road laid out by the lane of N. Rittenhouse leading from School House Lane towards the Wissahickon Turnpike road for the benefit of this and other lots bordering thereon. Thence by same road to Fairmount Park boundary, to other land of C. Rittenhouse, to land of E. H. Ammidown. Being part of premises of Martin Rittenhouse, dec'd.
Sheriff Deed Book No. 62 - Page 417
Dec. 23, 1865Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection