Name/Title
Mortgage IndentureEntry/Object ID
MP.2005.654Description
Printed and handwritten legal document on long folded blue paper with red lines, May 1, 1860; no title; "MORTGAGE, WITH POWER OF SALE" appears at upper left corner and "W. Reid Gould, Successor to Jansen & Bell, 158 Nassau St., N.Y." appears in upper right corner of first page; text, detailing boundaries of and payment for land, begins in upper left corner as follows: " This Indenture made the first day / of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and Sixty (sic) Between (sic) / Thomas P (sic) Barton of the Town (sic) of Red Hook in the County (sic) of Dutchess / and State (sic) of New York of the first Part (sic), and Joseph Spurr of the / the (sic) same Town and County (sic)...;" text continues for three-quarters of the page with no writing on lowest section; text continues in mid-sentence at top of second page as follows: "with the appurtenances and all the estate, title and interest of the said party of the first part therein...; " signature of "Thos. (sic) P. Barton" appears in upper right side, a small, circular red seal to the right of signature; short statement by and signature of "James B. Bullock / Commsr (sic) of Deeds" appears below and across center of second page; "Dutchess County / Clerks (sic) Office," in very large handwriting appears in lower left corner with "Recorded May 14th 1860 at 12.h. (sic) / A. M. in Lib. 92 of Mats. Js. 88 / Wilson B. Sheldon Clerk" in the lower right corner of second page; a small, rectangular shaped printed, cream-colored certificate from the "State of New-York (sic) / City and County of New-York (sic)" (which appears in the upper left corner), signed by "John Clancy" in the lower right corner, affixed by gum or wax to the lower left part of the second page; large circular embossed insignia of a man's figure next to a shield appears above fastened section; third page is blank; fourth (and outer page) has been folded into six sections; one section has the word "MORTGAGE. (sic)" printed on it, with double scored lines above and below; top has illegible line of writing in red ink; underneath "1697 / Thomas P (sic) Barton / TO / Joseph Spurr / MORTGAGE / Dated May 1st 1860 / 92 p 88 Paid (underscored) / (illegible word) May 1st 1860 at 12 h (illegible word)."Condition
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Remarks: Chipping and small tears at fold marks on first and third pages; small holes across and down fold marks on both pages; horizontal tear near center left and another at center right of first page; horizontal tears in right fold mark at upper, center and lower sections; two cream-colored stains in upper center of third page; two red marks in upper right of third page; fourth page stained around folds of printed and written section; surface dirt and staining.Relationships
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Thomas Pennant BartonNotes
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StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 27BNote Type
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Library