Odds and ends

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 02/04/2017 at 16:08 • Filed to: 1759, Legal

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We’ve acquired a bag of long forgotten legal documents. Here’s the oldest, from the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine.

Just think, it’s older than the Americans, or most countries in Europe for that matter.

InFierority Complex > Cé hé sin 02/04/2017 at 16:12

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Well, The Americans is only on its 5th season.

That is pretty damn cool though.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Cé hé sin 02/04/2017 at 16:13

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So what’s it about?

Cé hé sin > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 02/04/2017 at 16:16

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It’s written in tortuous 18th century legalese, but basically it’s a lease or conveyance, I’m not sure which.

Spoon II > Cé hé sin 02/04/2017 at 16:25

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I have to know, acquired by accident or intentionally? I’m sure there’s a niche collectors market for these things either way! Pretty cool

Cé hé sin > Spoon II 02/04/2017 at 16:28

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Given to us by my aunt, who doesn’t know where they came from. It’s one of many documents produced by way of evidence in support of a transfer of lands in 1913. It looks as if the whole lot was stuffed in a drawer somewhere and forgotten about.

Tazio, Count Fouroff > Cé hé sin 02/04/2017 at 16:42

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Check it out. Maybe you own Philadelphia or something lol

Svend > Cé hé sin 02/04/2017 at 16:46

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It looks and reads similar to the deeds of my house.

Though it doesn’t say in the your of our lord but ‘In the ..... th year of Her Majesty’s Reign’.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Cé hé sin 02/04/2017 at 16:52

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Very cool! I worked for the local museum for years and had to accession 400 legal documents (mostly wills and deeds) from a Justice of the Peace that lived in the area in the early 1900s. The oldest document in that collection was from the 1790's....very cool!

Matsayz > Cé hé sin 02/04/2017 at 17:42

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Should should contact the local museum or something and see if you can get some history on it or have it displayed