transcriptions (documents)

Letter from George W. Strong, New York, to his six year old daughter, Eloise Strong, [Long Island?], enclosing fabric from cousin Sarah [daughter of Strong's brother Benjamin?], asking her to send him a letter, and encouraging her and Mary to be good for their Grand Mama; following the death of Strong's wife, Angelina, Strong's young daughters Eloise and Mary were sent to stay with their grandmother, Amelia Lloyd; lower left margin torn away.

Typed transcription of an indenture from Thomas Osbourne, Jr. to Thomas Osbourne, Sr., both of East Hampton, for the sale of one quarter share of the property in Montauk held by the late John Osbourne; witnessed by Cornelius Conkling and Samuel Fisher; attested by Thomas Osbourne, Jr. before Josiah Hobart, justice of Suffolk County; transcribed in 1954 from the original owned by Oliver T. Dusenbury.

Typed transcription of a deed from Daniel Sayre, Jr. to Daniel Hedges for property at Sagaponack in the town of Southampton; witnessed by John Morehouse and Job Peirson; attested March 25, 1730 before Daniel Sayre, justice; transcribed in 1954 from the original owned by Oliver T. Dusenbury.

Typed transcription of a deed from Thomas Deming (variously Dimment, Diament, Dimon, Dymon, Diamond, Dyment, or Diment) to Arthur Howell for property in Southampton; witnessed by Bob Bond, John Mulford, and John Laughton; transcribed in 1954 from the original owned by Oliver T. Dusenbury.