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Contains 5 Results:

Copies of material related to the 1806 suit of George Crowninshield vs. Elias H. Derby, et. al., regarding a land dispute related to Union Wharf, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates: undated

Excerpts from deeds of Samuel and Nathaniel Swasey to Richard Derby (1741), Samuel Whitefoot to Union Wharf Proprietors (1726), John Barton to Jacob and John Crowninshield (1772), and the estate of James Hardy to Samuel Swasey (1717), undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates: undated

Report of the clerk of courts against George Crowninshield, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates: undated

Title search results for the property of Gardner and Hardy, related to the case, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates: undated

Report of the judge of the case (1806), undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. John Brooks vs. John Andrew, is a collection of legal papers related to the suit brought by John Brooks against John Andrew regarding his construction of a platform and building extending west from the causeway to Union (Long) Wharf on tidal flats claimed by Brooks by his deed from Joseph Chipman. Andrew's defense was that there had been an ancient channel north of Jeggles Island, upon which Long Wharf was built (1726), which defined the limits of the flats and, therefore, Brooks'...
Dates: undated