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Title
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Land deed 1825 - Samuel seller to Jarvis Wright; Philadelphia, PA
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Description
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In colonial times, an indenture was more than what is currently known as a deed. In addition to the transfer and sale of land, it often involved cases where people received land in exchange for labor or some other type of servitude; such a financial remission.
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It often includes details about the rights, responsibilities, and covenants (agreements) between the involved parties. The agreement is properly sworn, dated, executed and whose details are filed with the appropriate City's record office.
This deed represents a transfer of a parcel of land in and around 12th and Locust Streets, Philadelphia in 1825, by two gentlemen, Samuel Sellers, the seller and Jarvis Wright the buyer. Payment of $450.00 per year for seven years, plus any arrearages is required of Jarvis Wright, unless indenture could become null and void. If Mr Wright achieves this goal, then the property is forever his, free of any additional payments to Mr. Sellers.
Both are house carpenters. A house carpenter was a skilled tradesperson responsible for constructing and repairing wooden buildings, particularly houses, barns, and outbuildings. The role was crucial to the development of early settlements, as carpenters built essential structures for homes, businesses, and community spaces. Some house carpenters were enslaved and freemen during this time. Mr. Wright's profession is enumerated in the deed (see Line# 3). Mr. Sellers' abilities are detailed in newspapers of the era. There, he is shown to be a carpenter and a treasurer in "The Apprentices Library Company of Philadelphia", an organization shown to do charity work in area schools (The National Gazette and Literary Register, 1832). In a similar organization in 1829, he is listed as an organizing manager (The United States Gazette, 1829).
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Rights
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This work is believed to be in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. For more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
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Format
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Text
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Language
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eng
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Spatial Coverage
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Philadelphia, PA
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Contributor
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Temple University Libraries, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
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Extent
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1 item
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Date Created
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1825
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Is Part Of
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Temple University Libraries, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
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Subject
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Deeds--Archival resources
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Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Trust indentures
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transcription
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THIS INDENTURE made the seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and twenty five between Samuel Sellers of the City of Philadelphia Gentleman___________
____________________________________________________of the one part, and
Jarvis Wright of the Said City House Carpenter_________________________of the other part, WITNESSETH,
THAT the said Samuel Sellers__________
as well is consideration of the sum of one dollar to him paid by the said Jarvis Wright__________the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, as of the payment of the yearly rent and taxes, and performance of the covenants and agreements
herein after mentioned [...] and by these presents [...] grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, release, convey and confirm unto the said Jarvis Wright and to his Heirs and Assigns ALL THAT certain Lot or
Piece of Ground Situate on the East side of Delaware Twelfth Street at the distance of thirty seven feet Southward from the South side of Locust Street in the
City of Philadelphia Containing in Front or Breadth on the Said Twelfth Street Eighteen feet and in length or Depth Sixty feet Bounded Southward
by a Lot of Ground allotted to Sarah Forrest Eastward by a Lot of Ground allotted to Charlotte Dunlap_______. Northward Partly by the end of a three feet wide
alley and partly by Groundlate of the said Jarvis Wright and Westward by Twelfth Street aforesaid / Being the Sixth described of nine Lots or pieces
of Ground which Caleb North Esquire Sheriff of the CIty and County of Philadelphia by virtue of legal proceeds issued cut of the District Court for
the City and County of Philadelphia did freeze and take on execution as the Estate of Samuel Bleiglet and Mary his wife and by Deed Sell under his
Hand and Seal bearing date the Eighteenth Day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and twenty two duly executed ac-
knowledged and entered among the Records of said Court in Book D. page 224 fe And also Recorded in the Office For Recording Deeds [...] for the
City and County of Philadelphia in Deed Book J.W. [...] page 155 fe granted and conveyed unto the said Samuel Sellers in the / together
with the common use and Privilege of the Said Three Feet wide alley leading into the said Locust Street at all times hereafter forever and ____
TOGETHER with all and singular the Ways, Streets, Waters, Water-courses, Rights, Liberties, Privileges, Hereditaments and Appurtenances whatsoever, unto the said hereby granted premises belonging, or in anywise appertaining, and the Reversions and Remainders thereof,
To have and to hold the said described Let or piece of Ground, hereditaments and premises hereby granted, with the appurtenances, to the said Jarvis Wright his____________Heirs and Assigns, to the only proper Use and Behoof of the said
Jarvis Wright his ______________Heirs and Assigns forever___________________YIELDING AND PAYING therefore unto the said
Samuel Sellers his_______________Heirs and Assigns, the yearly rent or sum of Seventy seven _________silver milled dollars_______________lawful money of the United States of America, commencing
on the first day of May in half yearly payments, to wit, on the First day of November and May in every year for ever, without any deduction, defalcation, or abatement for any taxes, charges or assessments what-
soever to be assessed as well on the said hereby granted lot as on the said yearly rent; the first half yearly payment thereof to be made on the first day of November one thousand eight hundred and seventy five AND on default of paying the said yearly rent on the
days or times and in manner aforesaid, it shall and maybe lawful for the said Samuel Sellers his Heirs and Assigns, to enter into and upon the said hereby granted premises, or any part thereof, and into the buildings thereon to be erected, and
to distrain for the said yearly rent so in arrear and unpaid, and to proceed and sell such distrained goods and effects, according to the usual course of distresses for rent charges. But if sufficient distress cannot be found upon the said hereby granted premises to satisfy the said yearly rent in
arrear, and the charges of levying the same, then in such case it shall be lawful for the said Samuel Sellers his_________________Heirs and Assigns, into and upon the said hereby granted lot and all improvements, wholly to re-enter, and the same to have again,
re-possess and enjoy, as in his or their first and former estate and title in the same, and as though this deed had not been made. And the said Jarvis Wright for himself his______________Heirs, Executors,
Administrators, and Assigns, doth covenant, promise and agree, to and with the said Samuel Sellers his______________________Heirs and Assigns, by these presents, in manner following, that is to say, That he the said Jarvis Wright his _____________________
______________Heirs and Assigns, shall and will pay, or cause to be paid to the said Samuel Sellers his________________Heirs and Assigns, the aforesaid yearly rent or sum of Twenty seven ____dollars_______
__________________lawful silver money aforesaid, in half yearly payments, in the way and manner herein before mentioned, for ever, without any deduction, defalcation or abatement for any taxes, charges or assessments whatsoever ; it being the express agreement of the said parties,
that the said Jarvis Wright his_________________Heirs and Assigns , shall pay all taxes whatsoever that shall hereafter be laid, levied or assessed by virtue of any laws whatever, as well on the said hereby granted lot and buildings thereon to be erected, as on
the said yearly rent now charged thereon.
PROVIDED always nevertheless, THAT if the said Jarvis Wright his _________________Heirs or Assigns, shall and do at any time within Seven Years from the date thereof pay or cause to be paid to the said Samuel
Sellers his_______________________Hiers or Assigns, the sum of Four Hundred and fifty____________such dollars____________lawful money aforesaid, in one entire payment, and the arrearages of the said
yearly rent to the time of such payment, then the same rent shall for ever thereafter cease and be extinguished, and the covenant for payment thereof shall become void ; and then he the said Samuel Sellers his _________________Heirs or Assigns, shall and will
sign and execute a sufficient release and discharge of the said yearly rent hereby reserved to the said Jarvis Wright his_______________________Heirs and Assigns for ever, any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding. AND the said
Samuel Sellers for himself his_______________________Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, doth covenant, promise and agree, to and with the said Jarvis Wright his _________________Heirs and Assigns, by these presents, in manner fol-
lowing, that is to say, That he the said Jarvis Wright his________________Heirs and Assigns, paying the said yearly rent (or extinguishing the same) and taxes, and performing the covenants and agreements aforesaid, shall and may at all times here-
after for ever, freely, peaceably, and quietly have, hold and enjoy, all and singular, the premises hereby granted, with the appurtenances, and receive and take the rents and profits thereof, without any molestation, interruption, or eviction of them the said Samuel Sellers
his________________________Heirs, or of any other person or persons whomsoever lawfully claiming, or to claim, by, from or under him them, or any of them, or by or with his their or any of their act, means, consent, or procurement._________
In Witness whereof the said Parties to these Presents, have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals. Dated the day and year first above written____________
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF US,
James Porter
"Tho" = "Theodore" Hoskins
The Seventh day of April. Anno Domini 1825, before me the [...] one of the alderman of the city of Philadelphia came the above named Samuel Sellers and Jarvis Wright and acknowledged the above Indentue to be their act and deed, and desired the same might be recorded as such. Witness my hand and seal the Day and Year aforesaid.
James Porter,
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