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Title: Deed of release Thomas Mifflin Jr. to Elizabeth Mifflin
Description: Indenture for the division of Mifflin Family lots in Southwark containing a manuscript map by Reading Howell showing the Thomas Mifflin Jr. and Elizabeth Mifflin lots (N. 1, N. 4-12) along Shippen Street and Mariott's Lane from Passyunk Road, to Second Street, to Front Street, to Swanson Street, to Delaware River. Also shows Marriot's Lane and the surrounding lots of William Clifton; Paul Beck; Estate of E. Flowers; D. Conry; Shippen; Thomas Penrose; and Joseph Huddels. Elizabeth Mifflin lots are annotated in pencil: "Feby. 15, 1798 sold in G. Rent and Sold on G. Rent by E. Wistar" (N. 6-8); "Sold By E. Wistar to Adam Iseminger Decr 18, 1820" (N.12); "Sold by E. Wistar to John Livezley, July 14, 1819" (N. 9); and "Sold by E. Wister to John Livezley 14 July 1819" (N. 10), Completed in manuscript on parchment for Thomas Mifflin Jr.; dated February 16, 1798; sealed and delivered in the presence of Sarah Waln and Caleb Cresson, Jr.; witnessed by Edward Shippen and signed by Thomas Mifflin Jr., Contains annotations in pencil dated 1819 and 1820., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., See also Freedman Collection - Maps - Southwark maps [P.2013.87.374]
Date: [ca. 1798]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors - Maps [P.2017.8.1]

Title: [Manuscript map showing lots of land along the Delaware River north of the Gloucester Point Ferry, Philadelphia]
Description: Manuscript map showing landowner's names, lots, creeks, low water marks, and "road made thru the swamp & cripple in 1719 or 1720" in the area near the Point House in Moyamensing. Lot owners include Jones, Bankson, Lisle and Morris, Hockley, Hill and Morris, and Hamilton and Keith. Also contains lots marked: "15 Acres";"Proprietors till 1796 than Marshall"; "Flats not alluvial to low w[ater] m[ark]"; "Swedes in 1664." Low water marks are dated 1765, 1760, 1753. Creeks depicted include Hay Creek and L. Hollander Creek. Michael Freytag received the patent for the depicted lot from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1830. In 1875, the land was at the center of a suit brought against the commonwealth for having granted the patent through a fraudulence act. Freytag had claimed the premises in question were vacant, unimproved, and not previously patented, when older patents had been granted to "the Swedes" and Anthony Morris., Title supplied by cataloger., Upper edge trimmed., Includes key: Yellow is the land patented by M. Freytag/Green is the meadow bank/Pink is the ditch made by Penn in 1741., Includes partial key: North line to low water 122p/ Hamiltons --- on the road 103p/North line 50p South 1. 70p/Morris--- on the road 37p/North line 56p---South 1. 47p., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date: [ca. 1830]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Maps [P.2017.8.26]

Title: Draught of four lots or parcel of lands belonging to the estate of the late William Bingham, Esquire, deceased, situate in the island and township of Tinicum, in the county of Delaware and the state of Pennsylvania, marked and containing as follows, vizd._D. nineteen acres and one hundred and fifty perches_E, twenty four acres and three quarters,_ F, thirty seven acres and eighty seven perches, _ and G, twenty three acres and seventy nine perches
Description: Manuscript map showing landowner's names, lots, creeks, and lanes near the Delaware River in Kingsessing Township, Philadelphia. Lots include "Other land belonging to the estate of the late Wiliam Bingham, Esquire, deceased"; "Moses Palmer's Land"; "John Serrill's Land"; "Thomas Serill's Land"; "George Gesner's Land"; "Hunter's Land"; "Thomas Bradley's Land"; and "Land belonging to the heirs of Joseph Carson, decd." Also shows River Creek Lane, Martin's Lane, Bow Creek Drain and County line, Church Creek, Church Creek dam, Tinicum I[sland] Road, Martin's Bar in the Delaware River and part of Hog's Island. By 1800, Bow Creek and the Back Channel created boundary lines that separated Philadelphia and Delaware County. Bingham held one of the larger estates in this area., Right edge trimmed., Includes "Table of the Cou: & Dist: of the several Lots." Includes 10 coordinate and distance listings under "D"; 5 under "E"; 15 under "F"; and 9 under "G.", Includes scale: 20 perches to an Inch., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Map mounted on textile backing. Backing includes makers mark: Germantown [illegible] End Works. Power Loom. Mark illustrated with the seal of Pennsylvania.
Date: [1825]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors - Maps [P.2017.8.33]

Title: Plan of Cresson's land in the 23d ward, Philadelphia
Description: Map showing the Cresson property and including Erie, Venango, Tioga, Ontario, F, G, H, and I Streets. Shows the border lines of the property in red ink. Several rectangles, probably symbolizing buildings, are depicted between G and H Streets and Venango Street. Beneath the map is an American flag on a pole., Title and date from item., Text written on recto: Established Curl heights at corners in red ink. Grade per 100 feet in blue. Surface heights in black., Stamped on the verso: Alfred Fitler, Conveyancer, Phila., Jan. 13, 1869., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2020.
Creator: Shallcross, Isaac, surveyor
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.20]

Title: Plan of Auburn Farm belonging to the estate of Sarah Emlen Cresson, decd. Twenty Fifth Ward Philadelphia
Description: Map showing the estate of Sarah Emlen Cresson including Erie, Venango, Tioga, Ontario, Westmoreland, F, G, H, I, and J Streets. Shows the property divided into plots numbered 1 through 7 and labeled with the acreage. Depicts the mansion located in plot 5 and the tenant house and two barns located in plot 7., Title and date from item., Scale statement on map reads, “scale-80 feet to an inch.", Text on recto: Note-All areas extend to middle of streets. Blue figures represents confirmed curb elevation. Red [figures represents] present surface [elevation]., Table in the lower right depcited as a scroll and listing the seven plots with monetary valuations on the acreage., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2020.
Creator: Webster, George S., surveyor
Date: Nov. 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.21]

Title: Plan of Auburn Farm belonging to the Cresson estate, Twenty-fifth ward. Philadelphia
Description: Map showing the Cresson estate (likely Sarah Emlen Cresson) including Erie, Venango, Tioga, Ontario, G, H, and I Streets. Shows the property bordered and shaded in red. Several rectangles, probably symbolizing buildings, are depicted between G and H Streets and Venango Street. Shows the total acreage and railroad acreage., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text on recto: Note-copy of a survey and plan made by Isaac E. Shallcross with location and area of rail road added., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2020.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2022.62.3.22]

Title: [Manuscript map showing lots of land along the Delaware River and near Point House, Philadelphia]
Description: Manuscript map showing landowner's names and lots southwest of Point House in Moyamensing. Lot owners include Eve Graffrey, "T. Walter & others," "T. Walter &c," and John Hunter. Lots to the north of those inscribed with names of landowners are marked (l-r): "C. No. 10"; "D. No. 11"; "B. No. 9"; "A. No. 8"; "No. 4"; "No. 5"; "No. 6.", Title supplied by cataloger., Includes compass., Includes "30 Ft Lane.", Includes "Ditch" lane., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date: [ca. 1830]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings and Watercolors - Maps [P.2017.8.27]

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