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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00733.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of 3 legal documents with W.S. Hancock photograph |
| Title | Deed of trust for land sale in St. Louis |
| Date | 28 December 1876 |
| Author | Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886) |
| Additional authors | Hancock, Almira Russell (1829-1893); Russell, Adaline (b. 1849) |
| Document Type | Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Partially printed deed with blanks filled in by hand. Cosigned by Hancock's wife Almira Russell Hancock and Adaline Russell (possibly Almira's sister) as sellers. Also signed by John F. Lee as a buyer (Thomas T. Turner, Trustee for Elizabeth W. McMurray and Rebekah Briggs, is also listed as a buyer). Records the sale of a parcel of land in St. Louis, Missouri. Describes the land. The sale was for one dollar because, as is described, the sellers were indebted to the buyers. Describes pertinent tax details. Notarized and recorded by the county, with attendant signatures. Printed by Levison & Blythe of St. Louis. |
| Subjects | Taxes or Taxation Finance Land Transaction Women's History Union General |
| People | Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886) Hancock, Almira Russell (1829-1893) Russell, Adaline (b. 1849) |
| Place written | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |