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Legal documents

Description

Subseries C. Legal documents, 1780-1851, undated (#C.1.22-C.1.34), contains property deeds, estate papers, mortgages, and indentures. The series includes deeds for property on Middle Street and Market Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; deeds for pews (1795-1796); and deeds for property in Exeter, New Hampshire, Portland Maine (1809-1823), York, Maine (1780), Campton, New Hampshire (1811) Wolfboro, New Hampshire (1826), Lowell, Maine (1827), Stratford, New Hampshire (1834), Pembroke, New Hampshire (1835), and deeds for a Turnpike Share (1803); mortgages for property on Pleasant Street (1808), Court Street (1824), and Daniel Street (1828); general legal documents including a right of entry, Guadeloupe (1806), agreement between Rundlet and Cabot to lay out a street; dissolution of partnership with George Hill (1816), Power of Attorney from Elizabeth H. Williams (1822), recovery of debtor, Nathaniel Dennett, Jr. (1829), plea of power, Tabitha Green (1831), agreement to sell house on Middle Street to James Rundlet, J. W. and George W. Thompson (1834), an agreement to take policies in Rockingham Mechanics Mutual Fire Insurance Company (1845); estate records for James Rundlet's father and Edward Rundlet, brother; and indentures related to rental of properties.

Details

Descriptive Terms

powers of attorney
pews
agreements
rental housing
estates (property)
legal documents

Physical Description

Legal documents (1 carton)

Finding Aid Info

Paper finding aid availalbe in Library and Archives

Collection Code

MS025

Collection Name

Rundlet-May family papers

Date of Acquisition

1971

Reference Code

MS025.01.03

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
Exeter (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
York Village (York county, Maine)
Campton (Grafton county, New Hampshire)
Wolfeboro (Carroll county, New Hampshire)
Lowell (Penobscot county, Maine)
Stratford (Coos county, New Hampshire)
Portland (Cumberland county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

Rundlet, James, 1772-1852

Material Type

legal documents

Description Level

Sub-series

Location Note

Folders C.1.22-C.1.34

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