Name/Title
IndentureEntry/Object ID
MP.2005.655Description
Handwritten document on folded rectangular shaped paper, July 25, 1836; no title; text begins "This Indenture (sic) made the twenty fifth day of July in / the year one thousands eight hundred and thirty six, Between (sic) / Horatio G. Armstrong and Mary (sic) his wife of the County of / Baltimore and State of Maryland, Henry B. Armstrong / of Middletown in the County of Delaware, William B. Astor / and Margaret his wife of the City of New York, John Arms- / trong Junior of Rhinebeck and James K. Armstrong of / Red-hook (sic) in the County of Dutchess and State of New york (sic) / of the first part, and Mrs. Louisa Livingston Widow and de- / risee of the Honble. (sic) Edward Livingston decd.(sic), of the said town...;" text details arrangement about a "certain piece or parcel of land situate in the / said town of Red-hook (sic)...," including boundaries and exclusions; text continues on most of second page with signatures of Armstrong family members at lower right side; vertical row of small seals, each covered with a diamond shaped piece of lined paper appears at right next to signatures; third page has three sections of writing, the first, at the top beginning with "State of Maryland / City and County of Baltimore ss.(sic): On the Tenth (sic) day of August in the year one thousand / eight hundred and thirty six, Horatio G. Armstrong and Mary his wife personally came...," the second section beginning "State of Maryland Baltimore County ss. (sic) / Hereby certify that Richard B. Magruder / Esquire before when the above acknowledgements...," and the third section beginning "Delaware County ss.(sic): On the twenty ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred / and thirty six before me came Henry B. Armstrong and Mary his wife, Known (sic)...," all in different handwriting; fourth page of text begins with "Dutchess county ss. (sic): I certify that on the 31st day of august (sic) one / thousand eight hundred and thirty six personally came before me...;" signature of "Henry DeLarrater" appears below text on right side; second section in different handwriting, immediately below begins "City and County of New York ss. (sic): / On the Second (sic) day of September one thousand eight hundred and / thirty six before me came William B. Astor and Margaret his...;" signature of "James Agnew / Commissioner of Deeds / in and for the City and County of New York" appears below this section on the right side; small cream-colored rectangle certificate attached to fourth page over last section by sealing wax; text on certificate begins " STATE OF NEW-YORK (sic) / CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss. (sic) / I Thomas Jeremiah, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, DO HEREBY CERTIFY...;" large circular embossed insignia with a shield and the words "NEW YORK / COMMON PLEAS" appears over sealed part; "Horatio G. Armstrong / and others / to / Mrs. Louise Livingston (underscored) / Deed of Confirmation" written under second written section on fourth page near lower right side.Condition
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Remarks: Slight chipping along top edge of first page; small holes down inner center fold; creasing at upper right corner of third page; small holes along lower horizontal fold on third page; ink blots, surface dirt, foxing, staining.Relationships
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Louise Davezac LivingstonNotes
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StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27BNote Type
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Library