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This deed granted William Brown of Otego, New York a town lot in Osawatomie, Kansas Territory. Written over the deed certificate is a note from O. C. Brown, clerk of the Board of Trustees, which declares that this lot had been transferred to Mr. Jabez Holmes. On the back of the deed there is a written statement in which William Brown transfers ownership to Mr. Holmes, dated September 24, 1858.
Creator: Trustees of the Town of Osawatomie: Samuel C. Pomeroy, et. al.,
Date: April 16, 1857
Item Number: 2675
Call Number: Orville Chester Brown Coll. #301 Box 1 Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2675
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entrepreneur
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, Orville Chester
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development
Community Life - Town development - Town companies
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Deed
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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