Mar 30, 2017 - Sale 2441

Sale 2441 - Lot 504

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(RELIGION.) Group of papers, contracts, and deeds relating to the sale of a parcel of land by the Church to a railroad. Over twenty pieces of various size. condition generally very good, but should be seen. Vp, 1890-1892

Additional Details

A collection of original documents dealing with the sale of a parcel of land by the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Florin, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad Company. The papers include: An agreement dated October 13, 1891, signed by Thomas Yellets, Abraham Jackson, and Dennis Barnhart, trustees of the church for the price of $125.00. Additionally, there are numerous letters and documentation going back as far as 1860, and ten handwritten pages chronicling the history of the church.