A larger version of this object is available to teachers and students for free. Others can subscribe for $25/year.
Larger images are also available to schools and libraries via subscription to American History, 1493-1943. Check to see if your school or library already has a subscription or click here for more information.
- GLC#
- GLC00733.01-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- December 28, 1876
- Author/Creator
- Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886
- Title
- [Deed of trust for land sale in St. Louis]
- Place Written
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 35 cm, Width: 21.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
Partially printed deed with blanks filled in by hand. Cosigned by Hancock's wife Almira Russell Hancock and Adaline Russell (possibly Almira's sister) as sellers. Also signed by John F. Lee as a buyer (Thomas T. Turner, Trustee for Elizabeth W. McMurray and Rebekah Briggs, is also listed as a buyer). Records the sale of a parcel of land in St. Louis, Missouri. Describes the land. The sale was for one dollar because, as is described, the sellers were indebted to the buyers. Describes pertinent tax details. Notarized and recorded by the county, with attendant signatures. Printed by Levison & Blythe of St. Louis.
Citation Guidelines for Online Resources
- Copyright Notice
- The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.