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Two indentures relating to the sale of land in Pennsylvania, USA and additional documents

The first indenture comprises one sheet of paper, torn in two, measuring together approx. 45 x 29 cm which concerns the sale of land in Springfield PA (dated 1 November 1815); a second indenture, comprising four sheets of paper measuring 21 x 35 cm and bound together with a cover sheet printed "with Brown, Clark & Howe, Williamsport, PA" and relating to "a Jack Mill which [the parties] contemplate running and using" (dated 2 January 1860); a ledger (1889-1890) and various receipts and invoices relating to the business of Brown, Clark & Howe and various other Williamsport and Jersey Shore, PA businesses (1905-1906); an undated, hand-drawn map (approx. 36 x 19 cm) showing the division of plots of land in Driftwood, PA; a paper Warranty Deed (21 x 35 cm) certifying a married woman's capacity to contract (11 April 1906), McClennan County, Texas.

Mill sale notices

Copies of notices for mill in Congham, to let; Cliffe, for sale; Chatham, for sale; and Borstal Mill, Rochester, for sale

Bonnett, Bob

"U.S.A. North Carolina"

Envelope containing two postcards of unidentified watermills in the Smoky Mountains, North Carolina.

Sass, Jon A (b. 1942), miller and millwright

Research notes

Bundle of research notes on:

  • a draft address/paper relating to the Newcomen Society and the emergence of the term, 'Industrial Archaeology' (pre 1970);
  • Thaxted Mill (30 November 1964);
  • Broxted Mill (24 July 1938);
  • an unidentified author's 'list of Post Mills In Essex that I know' addressed to 'Mr Wailes';
  • brief typed notes on mills at South Ockenden, Stock and Southminster (undated);
  • 8 pages of notes taken from the 'Historic Monuments Commission of the Province of Quebec' (Proulx, 1928) and from the 'Legal Archives of Quebec'. The focus is on historic 'Banal' and 'Seignorial' mills of Canada, including those listed at 'Place access points' below as well as notes about several unindexed mills (a 'First known mill on the Island of Orleans', 'Windmill [or Banal Mill] Saint Famille','The Mill Pointe aux Trembles', 'Fleming Mill, Ville La Salle', 'The Banal Mill, Vinceloth Signeur, Cap Saint Ignace', 'The Banal Mill, Grondines', 'old windmills at Fort Erie, Niagara and Windmill Point, Prescott' and the 'Old Windmill Sandwich'. An unidentified mill at 'Saint Plerve' is also noted;
  • a brief note on the depiction of mills in art, 'This is not place to illustrate derelicts but mills when in their glory...' (undated);
  • labels for plates in a paper or book, most of the items depicted being described as, 'in the possession of the author', for example, 'Puzzle jug inscribed, 'The Miller, the house & the mill but where is the Donkey'.

"Sugar Mills Carr"

Envelope contains a greetings card of a sugar plantation and sugar mill in an unidentified location in Caribbean.

Sass, Jon A (b. 1942), miller and millwright