Dorsey Law Practice Collection--Indentures

Archive

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Dorsey Law Practice Collection--Indentures

Entry/Object ID

2018.011.0024

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 9 5/8 x 14 3/4" Members of the Dorsey family practiced law in the county for generations. October 18, 1796 This indenture between Nicholas Brown and Samuel Bowes was for eighteen acres of Wit & Folly. March 15, 1808 This indenture was between John Aud and Joseph and Eleanor Mills for forty-two acres called Abell's Friendship. There was a long dissertation about previous owners of the property because there had been uncertainty about a clear title in the past.

Collection

Dorsey Law Practice Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1796 - 1808

Location

Container

Dorsey Law Practice Collection, Box 1

Shelf

Rack 07, Shelf 1

Rack

Rack 07

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Container

Dorsey Law Practice Collection, Box 1

Shelf

Rack 07, Shelf 1

Rack

Rack 07

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Abell, Samuel

Person or Organization

Aud, John

Person or Organization

Bowes, Samuel

Person or Organization

Bowes, Timothy

Person or Organization

Brown, Nicholas

Person or Organization

Donnison, J.

Person or Organization

Dorsey, Philip H.

Person or Organization

Harris, Joseph2

Person or Organization

Key, Edmund

Person or Organization

Mills, Eleanor

Person or Organization

Mills, Joseph

Person or Organization

Wathen, J.