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E. W. L.
Edward W. Losey, brother of Mrs. Ella W. Livermore, died in California, Aug. 21, 1913, aged 80 years and 6 months.
Old Advertisements :
It is said that Dover consisted of "four dwellings and a forge" up to 1792; that its first tavern was established in 1808; that there were ten to fifteen dwellings in 1810; that the village was incorporated in 1826 under the new regime of Blackwell & McFarlan; and that the first post office was established in Mr. McFarlan's house in 1820. So we can not glean much from Dover newspapers of those days. But from The Palladium of Lib- erty, and The Herald, and The Jerseyman-all of Morristown, we may glean a few references to Dover, particularly in the advertisements.
From The Palladium of April 29, 1824, we learn that Morristown then could boast of a Lancastrian or Free School. We find that on May 5, 1823, this school gave an exhibition, presenting a play entitled "She would be a Soldier," with songs. We have no trace of dramatics in the Dover schools at that date.
Store advertisements reveal something of the times :
Dover Store-Dry Goods, Groceries &c 5 to 10 per cent advance on New York. Hunt & Losey.
N. B .- 200 copies of Capt. Halloway's Oration for sale at a reduced price for the benefit of the Greeks.
In September of 1830 we find that the Rev. Enos A. Osborne adver- tises a boarding school and academy in Succasunny Plains. His advertise- ment sets forth the advantages of Succasunny in point of health, assuring his patrons that they are no longer troubled by "the intermittants" in that lovely village of the plain. We find that Israel C. Losey & Freeman Wood are carrying on business at the Stone Store house in Dover. John Garrigus Jr., at Franklin, near Rockaway, advertises that he has in his care a "Stray Dog, a spaniel."
The following advertisement tells a story about Dover in 1830. This is from The Jerseyman, August 14.
Cut nails, shovels &c. Cut nails of all sizes and spikes in whole and half casks. Shovels, backstrapt for canaling and Farmers made from the best Old Sable Iron by hammering, not rolled, faced with German Steel, handles double
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riveted. Rolled Iron, the best quality of all widths & thicknesses. Ditto inferior at reduced prices. Horse-nail Rods made from Old Sable & Livingston Iron.
Castings of all kinds made to order at this place from the best quality of Scotch & American Pig Iron.
All the above articles are made by the Subscribers and warranted of the best quality for sale at reduced prices for cash or Bar Iron. Also
Cast, German & English Steel, Best Quality. Enquire at this place of Jacob Losey or of the Subscribers
McFARLAN & AYRES, Late BLACKWELL & McFARLAN.
Dover, May 10, 1830.
Old Advertisements: The Herald, Morristown, July 3, 1816: TAKE NOTICE
The late firm of Joseph Moore & Co. was dissolved on the first day of April last, by mutual consent.
JOSEPH MOORE, JOSHUA MOTT JUN.
The business will be continued as heretofore by the Subscribers, under the firm name of
MOORE & DALRIMPLE
who intend keeping on hand Leather of all kinds, which they will barter low, for Hides, Skins, & Bark. They also intend keeping for sale ground Plaister of Paris and Flaxseed oil.
JOSEPH MOORE, JOSEPH DALRIMPLE.
Randolph, June 29, 1816.
From The Herald, July 29, 1816.
WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC VENDUE
At the house of Richard F. Randolph, late deceased, on the 15th day of August next, between 12 & 5 o'clock, P. M., all the right of said deceased to the HOMESTEAD FARM,
containing about 260 acres on which there is a good two-story Dwelling House, Barn, and other out houses, with a Well of good Water at the door, and two Apple Orchards. A due proportion of said Farm consists of Plough, Meadow, and Wood Land, most of which is not equalled in the County; and an
IRON MINE, the ore of which is for some uses, preferred to any in the State. The above property will be sold in lots, or all together, as will best suit the pur- chasers. Terms made known at the day of sale and attendance given by
JOSEPH JACKSON, CHARLES F. RANDOLPH,
Exec'rs.
IRON MINE For Sale or Rent. The Subscriber wishes to sell or rent his Iron Mine, known by the name of Richards' Mine, lying in the Township of Pequannock, near Mount Pleasant. The lot contains 40 acres and is principally covered with a fine growth of Chestnut Timber. The level has lately been cleared & timbered, the shaft new timbered, and a new WHIM erected for the purpose of raising the ore with a horse. The ore of an excellent quality.
For further particulars apply to
RICHARD B. FAESCH.
Boonton, July 15, 1816.
ADVERTISEMENTS FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS.
From The Jerseyman, February 17, 1866. A. A. Vance, Editor :
SCHOOL TEACHER WANTED at Denville. Apply to Stephen B. Cooper, L. F. Wadsworth, Conrad Vanderhoof, Trustees.
From The Jerseyman, September 12, 1827. Samuel P. Hull, Editor :
DOVER WORKS .- The undersigned, proprietors of the Dover Iron Works, in Morris county, N. J., offer for sale Lots in the village adjoining these works which they have recently had surveyed and formed into streets running at right angles from 65 to 75 feet wide.
Since the Sale of Lots at Auction, on the 25th ult. several houses have been commenced on the Lots purchased at that time, and from the singularly favorable
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location of the village, having the canal passing through its centre-the turnpike roads from New York by way of Morris-Town, also Hanover and Bloomfield, pass through Dover branching off north to Sparta and Hamburgh, and west to Stanhope and Newton, present inducements of great consideration to Mechanics, Merchants and all others who are disposed to become purchasers. Upon the completion of the Canal, Lehigh Coal will be brought to the village at a very cheap rate, and the communication to the New York Market being opened, the great and important advantages which will result therefrom are sufficiently evident. The Iron Works are now in full operation, consisting of three Rolling Mills, and two Chain Cable shops; within a few miles of the village there is also near 100 Forge fires in operation.
Any person wishing to purchase LOTS may know the price and terms of pay- ment by inquiring of JACOB LOSEY, Dover, or at New York, of
BLACKWELL & McFARLAN.
From The Palladium of Liberty and General Business Intelligencer. Morristown, N. J., June 25, 1828. Published by Jacob Mann :
EDGE TOOLS .- The Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he continues the BLACKSMITHING BUSINESS at his shop in Dover, where he intends keeping on hand a CONSTANT SUPPLY of edge tools of every description, all of Cast Steel, and warranted of a Superior Quality.
Also, all kinds of Blacksmith Work, Turning, &c done at the shortest notice, and on reasonable terms.
WM. FORD.
Dover, April 9, 1828.
N. B. NEW AXES ground and warranted for 12 shillings. AXES JUMPED AND GROUND for 6 shillings.
From The Palladium of Liberty, June 25, 1828:
A FARM FOR SALE .- For Sale that valuable Farm, situated in the Township of Pequannack, about an equal distance between Rockaway and Dover, on the Morris Canal; containing about 100 acres of Land, suitably proportioned for Meadow, Plough, and Timber, with a dwelling House, and Milk House of stone, and a framed Barn, and an excellent spring of water running near the door, with a large Orchard of excellent fruit, for further particulars enquire of the subscriber on the premises.
EZRA ABBOTT.
Pequannack, March 27, 1828.
In 1906 I was living halfway between Rockaway and Dover at the corner where Swede's Mine Lane comes into the Rockaway Road. Walking home from Dover one summer day I noticed flowers growing in a deserted garden just above John Dickerson's and stopped to rest there and get a drink from the old well. Trying to think what may have been the origin of those flowers and what the home life once lived where now all was in ruins, I wrote a poem after gathering a posy from the old garden to take home with me. When I discovered in 1913 the advertisement of a farm for sale as given above I knew that this must be the farm about which I had been writing verses, and that I had in this advertisement from an old newspaper, which has since perished in the burning of the Morristown Lyceum (1914), a further clue to the "home" whose life I had been trying to imagine.
A POSY FROM AN OLD GARDEN. By CHARLES D. PLATT. YOU'RE ironing-ah ! then let me place This posy on the workbench here, And let these bluebells lend their grace Your common task to cheer.
Where did I get them? On my way From town this morning I passed by The old well; but in bloom to-day Were flowers that caught my eye.
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I stopped and viewed the tumbledown Old palings and the sagging gate, And ruinous stone heap, once the crown Of this forlorn estate.
The ground was thick and rank with weeds And desolation reigned-but no! A morning glory vine must needs O'er all its blossoms throw.
And here and there were clumps of bloom, Tall lilies and the slim bluebells,
O'ermastering the sense of gloom That oft, ill-boding dwells
Where man has once made his abode, Then vanished wholly from the scene,
Leaving the spot where he bestowed His toil, degenerate, mean.
But years have flown; the home where erst A life once faced its daily task Is razed to earth; these blossoms first Taught me to pierce the mask
Of ruin and neglect; a life Looks through these dangling bluebells bright;
The record of its toil and strife Ah! who can read aright?
Plodding and lowly was the life That found life's common duties here;
By hand it waged the daily strife For homely, scanty cheer.
No wings of power were theirs to soar, Or flit like birds from place to place ; This narrow cellar held their store- How humble, here we trace.
The quaintly christened "Widow's Tears" With clustering flowers of deepest blue, Blooms, half-forgotten, through the years, To memories fond still true.
And it is well, in this our time, For us to turn aside and pay The tribute of a loitering rhyme To that more simple day.
To note the quince bush and recall Its tart, old fashioned fruit, to spell- Spell slowly out the old chores and all ; Draw water from the well;
To own a saving charm that dwells, Mid shapes of ruin, in the place Where lilies tall and slim bluebells Impart a lingering grace.
Written at Edgewood, near Dover, about 1906.
This poem refers to the home of Abijah Abbott, on the Rockaway Road, left-hand side as you go to Rockaway, just before the DeHart place. Stephen C. Berry used to visit at this house when he was a young man. He was born in 1823 and attended school in the little red school house near
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DeHart's. The Abbott family contained a number of children. They are now scattered, some out west, some in New York City. Miss Mary Berry knows them.
The Dover Mail, June 4, 1874:
Published every Thursday. On Warren St., opp. The Park, W. J. Bruce, Editor & Publisher.
The first mention of a State Library is contained in the proceedings of the Legislature of Oct. 28, 1796, when a copy of the Journals of the Senate of the United States was ordered to be put in a bookcase for reference. This, no doubt, was the beginning of the State Library.
The Morris County Medical Society was organized last December with twenty- one members.
The Dover Bank, Successor to Segur's Bank and to "The Union Bank of Dover," had a capital of $100,000. M. H. Dickerson, Prest. Warren Segur, Cashier. Directors : M. H. Dickerson, Henry Baker, T. B. Crittenden, John Hance, John C. Jardine, James B. Lewis, G. G. Palmer. The Dover Savings Bank had an office in this bank. Henry Baker, Prest.
Names of Advertisers .- D. A. Derry. House-furnishing. Freeman Wood : Police Magistrate, Insurance, Real Estate. Goodale & Vought, Druggists. Whit- lock & Lewis, General Store. Poems by R. H. Stoddard, Will D. Eaton, Pat poems. From Palladium of Liberty:
POWLES HOOK FERRY .- The Public are respectfully informed that there are now two New, Fast, and convenient STEAM-BOATS, The George Washington & The Richard Varick Plying on this Ferry between Jersey City and the foot of Courtlandt-street in the City of New York. These Boats are propelled by Engines upon the Low Pressure principle, and have Copper boilers. They are navigated by experienced men, and every exertion will be made by activity and attention, to promote the comfort and accommodation of travellers.
A Boat will leave each side every Fifteen Minutes, only remaining in the slip long enough to discharge and receive its freight .- Passengers may be assured that every thing necessary will be done to maintain this Ferry in its present improved state, and to continue the accommodation which is now afforded to the public.
New York, June 25, 1828.
And this is how people went to New York in 1828, on "The George Washington," from Powles Hook, where Harry Lee had stolen a march on the British fifty years before. Each of these advertisements has a human interest associated with it.
From The Palladium of Liberty, Morristown, June 25, 1828:
CELEBRATION-Of the Fifty-second Anniversary of American Independence, by the citizens of the Township of Morris,
AT MORRISTOWN.
At sunrise the National Flag will be hoisted on the Flagstaff, to be followed by the firing of cannon, a feu-de-joie by a detachment from the military, and ringing of bells-after which several national airs will be played from the balcony of the steeple, by the Band. At 10 o'clock the procession will be formed at Mr. Hayden's Hotel, in the following order, under the direction of Capt. James Corey, officer of the day, viz. :-
Ist Instrumental Music,
2d The Uniform Companies,
3d The National Flag and Cap of Liberty, each supported by two Military Officers in Uniform,
4th The Clergy,
5th The Orator and Reader of the Declaration of Independence,
6th Judiciary,
7th Vocal Musicians,
8th Military Officers and Patriots of '76,
9th Teachers with their Scholars,
10th Citizens in general.
The procession being formed, the discharge of cannon and ringing of bells will
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announce its movement to the Presbyterian Church; when the exercises will take place in the following order :
Ist Prayer,
2d Ode,
3d Declaration of Independence,
4th Ode,
5th Oration,
6th Ode,
7th Prayer and Benediction.
After which the procession will form at the Church door, in the same order, and return to Mr. Hayden's tavern, when a Dinner will be provided.
At sunset, cannon and a feu-de-joie will be fired, the bells rung, and several national airs will be played by the Band.
By order of the Committee of Arrangements.
FRANCIS CHILD, Sec'y.
DAVID MILLS, Ch'n.
MORRIS RANGERS, ATTENTION!
You are hereby required to appear on Morris Green, on Friday, the 4th of July next, precisely at 9 o'clock, in full uniform, to assist in celebrating the Birth-Day of our Independence. Dinner will be provided for the Troops that turn out; the roll will be called at 10 o'clock precisely.
By order of the Captain, John M. Ludlow, O. S.
Morristown, June 24th, 1828.
N. B. Blank cartridges will be provided for the Military, on that day.
JABEZ BEERS .- Copper, Tin, & Sheet Iron Worker, Has commenced business at Dover at the Shop opposite Minton's Hotel, where he will be happy to wait upon his customers. The public may rest assured that he will give them as good work and at as reasonable terms as they can get at any other shop in the county and of far better quality than is found at the stores. He therefore requests a share of patronage.
Old work repaired; and old Pewter, Brass, & Copper taken in payment, as well as most articles of produce.
Dover, March 22, 1830.
FULLING, DYING, & CLOTH-DRESSING .- The Subscriber having put his works at Mill Brook in complete repair is now ready to wait on all who will favor him with their custom and flatters himself that from his long experience in the business he will be enabled to give general satisfaction.
For the accommodation of his customers the subscribers will take the following articles in payment for work, viz .- Grain of every description, Wool, Tanner's Bark, Hides, Calf-Skins, Staves & Heading, Hoop Poles, good Weather Boards, and one- inch Floor Boards.
HALMAGH SISCO.
Randolph Township, Sept. 14, 1830.
NEW CASH STORE at DOVER, N. J .- The Subscribers have commenced the Mercantile Business in the Old Stone Store House near the Union Bank and have on hand (and will endeavor to keep constantly on hand) a good assortment of- Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions, Crockery, Hardware, and the general variety of articles sold in a country store. All of which they feel disposed to sell on as favorable terms as possible for Ready Pay.
We invite the Public to call and examine our Goods and prices for themselves.
Blooms & Square Iron, together with most kinds of Country Produce, taken in exchange for Goods.
RUTAN & BREESE.
Dover, Nov. 14, 1843.
These advertisements reveal progress in the village that once consisted of four dwellings and a forge. The Halmagh Sisco named above was a great man at Mill Brook and left an endowment of $1,000 to the Methodist church there.
BOATMEN.
The Subscribers wish to employ Hands and horses sufficient to run ONE HUN- DRED AND FIFTY BOATS on the Morris Canal for this season. The Boats will be furnished, already loaded, at the summit of the Plane at Port Delaware, opposite Easton, Pa.
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Good wages will be given and no detention to be used in unloading at Newark. None of the wages will be held back for security of performance, as the price paid will be a sufficient inducement for persons running said Boats to hold on the season.
All the subscribers want is good hands, and they shall be paid promptly. In- dustrious men can earn by the above arrangement from 60 to $70 per month for themselves, boy and horse. The canal is now in permanent order.
Applications to be made to
WM. C. DUSENBERRY & Co. at Port Colden BENJ. C. OSBORNE, Agent, Newark.
June 28, 1836.
From The Jerseyman :
NOTICE is hereby given that application will be made to the ensuing session of the Legislature of New Jersey for a charter for a railroad from Orange in the County of Essex through the townships of Livingston and Hanover to some point on the Morris Canal, in the county of Morris.
Dated October 15, 1836. From THE JERSEYMAN.
NEW GOODS.
Corner Blackwell & Sussex Sts., opposite Mr. J. Hurd's Hotel, DOVER. As cheap as the cheapest and good as the best. Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, &c 3000 yards plain and twilled Calicoes and Fancy Prints. 9 d. to 3 s. 6 d. per yard. Printed Muslins. Plain and colored Silk. Figured do. Cambrics, Linnens, Long Lawns, Ginghams. Bleached and unbleached Muslins, Vestings, Cassimeres & Sattinetts Blue, black, green and fancy colored Broad Cloths. Eng- lish Fustians, Bangup Cords &c. Imperial Gun Powder, old Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, and Black TEAS from 2 s. 9 d. to 9 s. per pound. Sugars, Molasses, Coffee, Chocolate &c Pork, Fish, Flour.
FEED AND OATS.
Paints, Sperm, linseed & refined oils. Spts. Turpentine. English rolled Tire: ground Wagon Boxes. Cut Nails and Spikes. Hollow Ware, Ploughs & Plough Castings. English Blister and Cast Steel.
Bar Iron, cast & wrought scrap Iron taken in exchange for Goods at a fair market price, together with all kinds of Country Produce. F. A. HINCHMAN.
Dover, June 6, 1836.
N. B .- The Subscriber would also inform the Public that his BOAT is now running from Dover to Newark, making a trip each week. No charge for storage on Goods freighted by his boat.
F. A. H.
P. S .- 1000 Bushels of OATS wanted immediately, for which the Subscriber will pay a fair market price, one half cash and the other half in Goods. F. A. H.
Gleanings from old newspapers:
1830, March 16. Aaron Doty of Dover had an auction.
1830 June 16. Mr. Freylinghuysen made a speach against the Sabbath Mails.
1830 June 16. FromThe Boston Bulletin .- There is now only one stocking manufactory of any magnitude in this country and that is at Newburyport, Mass. A number of looms are there in constant operation, and about 20 stockings per day can be made by one person. Every variety of material is used, as wool, lamb's wool, worsted, cotton, and an experiment in silk is being made. This industry is in its infancy, but profitable. Goods of superior quality are made, and they are sold at a low price. The demand is great.
Dover, Feb. 6, 1830. There will be a meeting of the BLOOMERS of Morris, Sussex, and Bergen Counties to draft a constitution to be adopted by THE BLOOM- ING SOCIETY. The meeting will be at the house of James Minton, Dover, 4th March, IO A. M.
GEO. HUBBARD, Chm'n.
New York, Feb. 1, 1830. BLACKWELL & McFARLAN'S PARTNERSHIP. Owing to the death of Mr. Joseph Blackwell the business will be settled at the store, corner of Coenties Slip and Water Street. E. J. Blackwell, adm'rx. Henry McFarlan. Henry McFarlan Jr. Daniel Ayres.
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After this the firm was McFarlan & Ayres.
Dover, June 4, 1839. FOR SALE. 2000 Bushels Oats. 100 pairs of Boots & Shoes of all kinds and sizes, made by that honest old Quaker at Mill Brook; 50 Hats, and a few tons Plaister.
By JOHN M. LOSEY.
Randolph, July 17, 1839. Halmagh Sisco advertises a stray mare. Mill Brook, May 1839, Halmagh Sisco advertises. Are Mill Brook and Randolph the same?
1836, October 15. Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the ensuing session of the Legislature of New Jersey for a Charter for a Railroad from Orange to some point on the Morris Canal in Morris County.
An old Grocery Account Book :
Sept. 9, 1870-7 sugar 1.00, I butter .45, I tea 1.50, 12 gal. oil .20, 1/4 tea .38, 1/2 tea .75, 5 butter 1.35, 12 bu. potatoes .50, II pork 1.98, 12 gal. molasses .50, I coffee .25, 7 sugar 1.10, 14 sugar 2.25, I bbl. Flour 10.00, 12 pork 2.16, 1/2 cord wood 2.50, 1/2 bu. tomatoes .50, 1350 coal 4.00, 100 flour 4.50, I basket peaches to A. J. Coe 1.75, 3 gals. vinegar 1.50, I bbl. flour 9.50, 12 ham 3.36, I doz. eggs .30, I bu. potatoes 1.00, 100 flour 5.00, I clothes basket 1.75, I soap .15, I gal. molasses 1.00, I shirt 1.00, I gal. oil .40, I bread .20, I qt. syrup 32, bread .10, 3 butter 1.50, I bbl. flour 9.00, 14 tea .38.
The above items are taken from an old account book of 1870. This book was picked up when an old building was being torn down across the canal from the Beehive. Housekeepers can draw their own conclusions and comparisons on prices. There is no clue to the quality of the goods. I wonder what they were charging for tea in Boston at the time of the famous tea-party.
Among the persons trading at this store were Frank Coonrad, Joseph H. Dickerson, M. B. Freeman, John Mills, J. H. Neighbour, Wm. H. Fichter, Hiram Woods, Jabez Coonrad, Wm. A. Dickerson, James Beemer, John C. Force, Cornelius Davenport, Thomas Corwin, Monroe Sharp, Sam- uel P. Losey, E. Bonnell, Samuel Coss, Wm. Chambers, Wesley Mills, Dan- iel Struble, E. L. Parliamen, Sidney D. Woods, David Eagles, Samuel Tal- mage, Wilson Call, Aaron Dickerson, Peter Many, Benjamin Pearce, Dud- ley Woods, Mrs. Chambre, Edward Losey, Alex Whiton, Alex Searing, Lewis Gregory, A. W. Messenger.
The Penn Return. The Munson Farm near Lampson's:
In tracing the history of Dover to the different points of the compass we must not forget the corner of the town at the head of Morris street. Going over the crest of the hill and down the hollow where the first stream crosses the road we find the old homestead now occupied by Leonard El- liott. This was known as the Munson Farm. It is in the present town limits and was a part of the William Penn Return of 1715. To trace the history of this Munson farm back to William Penn is a problem in his- torical research which may require a trip to Perth Amboy, where the earlier records of deeds are kept. In 1684 the proprietors of East-New-Jersey in America decided that Perth Amboy, named after the Earl of Perth, one of the Scotch proprietors, should be the capital of the province. Here the court house should be, and here the deputy governor should live and con- vene his council.
In January, 1681-82, Lady Elizabeth Carteret sold the Province of East Jersey to an Association of twelve persons, residents of London and vicinity, mostly of the Society of Friends, among them being William Penn. Six members from Scotland were afterwards added, among them the Earl of Perth. (See Hatfield's History of Elizabeth, New Jersey.) In 1715 we find Penn taking up a "Return" of 1,250 acres which included lands now in Mill Brook, Franklin, and the Munson Farm, now in Dover.
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Right here occurs a gap in my memoranda. I have seen the original deed by which title was conveyed from Matthias Seig and Hannah his wife of Hardeston, Sussex county, New Jersey, to Peter G. Hoagland of the township of Randolph, county of Morris, in consideration of $800, on July 10, 1809. The farm contained 61 acres and extended from a Stone Bridge by Daniel Mills's to Benjamin Lamson's farm, and was adjacent to William Winds' Plantation.
A second deed, drawn May 12, 1814, conveys title from Peter G. Hoag- land and Elizabeth, his wife, to Ezekiel Munson of the township of Ran- dolph, for $900, 61 acres, "being the Daniel Mills farm." Signed by Thomas Dell, Commissioner of Deeds, February 22, 1819. Witnessed by Jacob Losey and Joshua Mott Jr. Recorded 1827.
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