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Copy of a summary of a lost deed dated October 20, 1709 from Thomas Lawrence to William Lawrence previously read into evidence in William Leverich v. Joseph Moore and now entered into evidence in William Leverich v. Samuel Hallett; attested by William Smith, Abraham Lodge, and John Alsop and copied from the earlier trial records by Richard Morris.

Lists of jurors in three William Leverich lawsuits in the New York Supreme Court: vs. Joseph Moore, September 6, 1749; vs. Samuel Hallett, September [5], 1750; and Samuel Moore, September 1750; with repaired holes affecting a few words; silked.

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Brief in a lawsuit in which Augustine Moore sued Martha Leverich to eject her from the tract of land on Hellgate Neck (Astoria) known as Van Harlem's lot, to establish his legal title to the property, and to collect damages; contains both Moore's and Leverich's claimed title histories; a peculiarity of the law as then practiced is that cases like this required the use of fictitious lessees, in this case "John Fenn" and "John Turnout" for Moore and Leverich, respectively.