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This collection contains two deeds. The first is for land in Berrien County, Michigan, purchased by Anderson Dickey (1842). The second is for the sale of that land to Orange Dibble (1844).

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This collection consists of deeds for land purchased by Asa Jacobs in Berrien County, Michigan.

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This collection contains family correspondence between members of the Avery family, including C. S. and Ellen Avery of Bucks Flat, California, and Edward Avery of Fort Junction, Iowa. The letters are primarily concerned with family matters, though C. S. Avery's letters also discuss agriculture in California. The collection also contains receipts and a deed for Sarah Avery of Three Oaks, Michigan.

Content Description The collection consists of materials Dorothy Manning Payne collected about Benjamin Fish and other historical topics. The collection is organized into materials related to Benjamin Fish and general historical materials. The Benjamin Fish materials contain personal as well as professional correspondence, contracts and deeds, and receipts. The historical materials include receipts for goods shipped by boat, an Ann Arbor Mineral Springs ticket, a printed booklet titled "A Brief Narrative of the...

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This collection consists of two deeds for property owned by members of the Friedel family in Berrien County, Michigan.

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This collection consists of a tax receipt (1844) for Cyrus Barnes of LaPorte, Indiana and a mortgage (1870) for land purchased by George W. Barnes in Three Oaks, Michigan.

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This collection consists of tax receipts, a deed, and copies of deeds for land owned by Gilbert B. Avery of Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan.

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This collections contains an agreement between Erastus Clarke and Isaac O. Adams regarding the sale of land in Berrien County, Michigan. It also contains two business letters to Adams from an attorney, N. Bacon.

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This collection consists of two deeds for land purchased by John Hess in Berrien County, Michigan.

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This collection consists of two deeds (1849 and 1856) for land purchased by Seth and Rebecca Johnson in Berrien County, Michigan.