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Indenture of Lord Botetourt, James Harris, and James Harris, executors of the estate of Mary Phelps, with Robert Parry(1766 May 13)

  • MS 2008.6
  • 1 item

1766 May 13 Indenture: Norborne, Lord Botetourt, and James Harris, Wiltshire, England, with Mary Phelps and Robert Parry re lease for a year of widow Phelps’ land to Parry for debt.

Indenture for the lease of lands and property made between Lord Botetourt, James Harris, and Joseph Newton as trustees of the estate of Mary Phelps, with Robert Parry. The document is signed by Botetourt, Harris and Newton and their seals are affixed at the bottom. Attested on the verso: “Sealed and delivered by the within named Lord Botetourt, James Harris, and Joseph Newton being first duly Stamp’d in the presence of Geo. Jones, Henr. Edwards.”