Sluby family indenture : manuscript, 1725

Name:

Stedham, Timothy, -1754

Date:

1725

Description:

Fragment of an indenture from Salem County, N.J., concerning a land transaction in Mannington, N.J., in a cursive hand. Several members of the Sluby family are named, including Margaret, married to Timothy Stedham (written Steathom in the manuscript); Katherine, married to James McKeen; Mary, married to Lawrence Lock; and Henry. The fragment is the top of the document, with 27 lines of text and an undulating upper edge; the bottom of the document is missing.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljsmisc1.html

Subject:

Real property -- New Jersey -- Salem County; Real property

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Fragments (object portions); Deeds; Indentures; Legal documents; Manuscripts, American; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper; 235 x 587 mm

Geographic Subject:

Mannington (N.J. : Township); Salem County (N.J.) -- History; New Jersey -- Salem County

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS Misc-1

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)