Lehigh Valley Railroad Land Documents

1886 February 20 to Fred Mercur (Wilkes Barre) from Will H. Carter (Mahanoy City) Letter re: Sarah Reese Tract eastern portion known as Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Brown lands, Mineral R.R. & Mining Co. have been paying taxes on it under warrant of Sarah Reese. (typed letter, on back in pencil handwriting a note to I. W. Morris from Fred Mercur dated 1886 February 22 saying to check on this as the company does not want to pay taxes on someone elses land)

1873 October 24 Map of Parts of the Gangway of the Cameron Colliery 1873 October 24 from C. L. Boyd (Lehigh Valley Rail Road Co., Shamokin) to Henry Pleasants (Chief Engineer) re: Boyd tract and Cameron Colliery 1873 October 25 from Henry Pleasants to George deB. Keim re: J. Boyd tract and Cameron Colliery 1873 October 28 from George deB. Keim (V.P. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.) to Israel Morris (Lehigh Valley Rail Road Co.) re: Cameron Colliery and Boyd tract 1873 October 24 Lehigh Valley Coal Co. to P & R Coal & Iron Co.

1871 May 31 County of Northumberland Prothonotary testifies No liens against William H. Russell, George W. Beebe, William Silver, James Chambers, H. A. Heiser, A. Dewitt or James Morris 1871 May 31 from W. H. Russell (Clarendon Hotel) to Henry A. Heiser (Wall St.) (Handwritten letter) re: titles from Morris, Towers abstract of title re: Michael Kroll tract. ""You know perfectly well that we never acquired what purports to be an adverse�claim of S. Packer of Sunbury. You know this tract is owned with Peabody Russell.

1903 January 30 List of Lot Sales on Land of Lehigh Valley Coal Company at Maysville, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Compiles by Mr. A. T. Beckwith No date List of Lot Sales at Maysville Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. Real Estate Dept List of Papers on File Empty envelope titled"" 121 BROWN LANDS Lot Sales at Maysville"" Empty envelope titled ""121 Lehigh Valley Coal Com. List of Lot Sales at Maysville""

1867 December 6 Indenture Hendrick B. Wright & wife, Mary Ann to Charles Parrish 1893 August 16 Deed Charles Parrish and wife, Mary C. to The Northern Coal & Iron Co. 1898 December 13 from Thomas W. Hulme to Philip Richards (Recorder, Luzerne County, Wilkes Barre) (typed letter) re: request for deed from Hendrick B. Wright and wife to Chas. Parrish dated December 6, 1867 1905 June 6 Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Real Estate Dept. List of Papers on File: Jan. 19, 1864 Copy of Lease The New York & Pittston Coal Co. to the Pennsylvania Coal Co.; Oct. 3, 1867 Copy of Lease N.Y.

List of Papers on File: 1816 Aug. 30 Deed Thomas Wright to Geo. D. Clark 1819 Feb. 22 Deed Geo. D. Clark to Jos Swallow 1820 Feb 14 Deed Jos Swallow to William Day 1824 Apr. 7 Deed L. Brooks to James Cooper 1830 July 6 Deed Mary Day et al to Morris Day et al 1825 Apr 29 Deed L. Brooks to Francis Yares? 1843 Nov 4 Deed Geo P. Steel to Adam Detrick et al 1844 Oct 28 Deed A. Ledrick et al to L. V. Maxwell 1844 Nov 3 Deed Adam Ledrick? et al to V. L. Maxwell 1846 Aug 10 Release Nathan Carey to Adam Ledrick et al 1846 Aug 11 Release Jno V.

1820 February 14 Deed Joseph Swallow & wife to William Day Pt. Lot 55 Filed 28 October 1851 Tax paid by V. L. Maxwell Esq. 50

1875 October 23 to I. W. Morris from Lewis A. Riley, Eng. & Supt. Green Land Company (Ashland, Pa.) re: request for land by Mahanoy City Water Co. to build a reservoir above the Oak Hollow Colliery near the Morris Colliery. 1876 August 12 from Lewis A. Riley (Ashland) to Israel W. Morris re: no objection to the location of the reservoir 1877 November 19 from Lewis A. Riley (Ashland) to Israel W. Morris re: replacing lost sketch from previous. 1879 September 29 from Will H. Carter (agent for Delano Land Co.) to Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.

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1793 - 1873 (29 pages of handwritten notation. Includes Asa Packer land transfers) No Date (typed note) Notes in reference to titles to the various tracts comprising the coal lands of the L.V.R.R. Co. made by Edward Potts

1830 February 25 Samuel Morgan application for 300 unimproved acres of land adjoining James Jenkins on the South, John C. Boyd on the East and John Brady on the West in Shamokin Township, a testimonial dated June 19, 1871 from Surveyor General's Office is attached. 1830 February 25 Warrant Samuel Morgan 1830 April 24 Deed Samuel Morgan and Jeremiah Brown 1830 May 4 Patent Jeremiah Brown 1830 May 4 Pennsylvania Commonwealth Patent Jeremiah Brown (measuring 32.5 x 50 cm includes impressed seal) Monies paid by Samuel Morgan for lands by John C.

1856 Receipt for Taxes 1854 & 1855 Property of William H. Russell, George W. Beebe, James Chambers, Henry A. Heiser and James S. Morris 1856 May 29 Sunbury Remittance for Taxes received on Coal Lands: J. V. Bailey, J. Boyd, J. Cowden, T. Grant, N. Kroll, P. Mowry, J.G. Martin, G. Prince, P. Sussaman, W. Wilson, H. Yoxtheimer, I. Zeigler, H. Himmelreich

1879 Deed Lehigh Valley Coal Co. to The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. refers to a tract of land surveyed January 31, 1793 on warrant to Peter Sussaman, adjoining lands surveyed to Peter Maurer, John Nicholas Bailey, Michael Kroll, Bernard Trembley? and John Cowden in Mahanoy/Coal Township now owned by Lehigh Valley Coal Company and Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company 1879 Deed Lehigh Valley Coal Co. and Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. Peter Sussaman tract June 20, 1816

1909 January 20 Lehigh Valley Rail Road Co. Real Estate Dept. Copy of Resolution of Directors of Lehigh Valley Coal Co. 1909 January 22 to J. F. Schaperkotter from L. D. Smith (New York) re"" Certified copy of resolution adopted January 20 (copy attached) 1909 January 27 to J. F. Schaperkotter from George H. Foster (New York) re: Resolution prohibiting further sales of permanent leases of surface coal Lands referred to J. W. Hoffman (Hazelton) District Real Estate Agent 1909 January 30 to George H. Foster (New York), Real Estate Agent from J. W.

1892 March 18 from Thomas W. Hulme (Lehigh Valley Rail Road Co. Real Estate Dept.) (typed note) ""Mr. I. W. Morris informs me that there is an abstract of title in book form similar to the one in the possession of this department for the title to the lands of the New York Middle Coal Field and Railroad Company for the Treverton and Russell and Beebe lands.

1908 December 10 to S. D. Warriner (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) (typed letter) from Lehigh Valley Coal Co. re: Russell & Beebee lands (LVC Co. says it acquired these lands by two deeds dated June 2, 1873 from Asa Packer.)

1871 June 1 (List of Deeds) W. H. Beebe to William Silver dated Sept. 5,1857; W. H. Russell to Wm H. Kane dated June 1, 1860 includes Thos. Grand, John Cowden, Geo. Prince; I. L. Morris to W. H. Kane; W. H. Kane to Wm H. Russel June 6, 1860; Wm Silver to Mary E. Beebe. 1871 June 9 (List of Checks)) J. L. Morris, W. H. Russell, H. Heiser; Bank of North Am. upon Bank of New York No. 1463, Bank of North Am. upon Bank of New York No. 1464, Farmers & Mec Bank upon Nat. Bank of Commerce No. 8593, Girard Bank upon Chemical Nat Bank No.

1912 August 1 Agreement between Lehigh Valley Coal Company and Locust Mountain Water Company (two copies but only one copy has map) 1923 December 20 Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Titles 130, 134, 136, 150, 200, 210, 220, 226, 231, 300, 333, 360

1879 June 1 Articles of Agreement between Delano Land Company and James C. Hayden of Jeansville and Francis Robinson of New York trading as the J. C. Hayden & Co.

1921 July 25 Agreement re: overhead wire crossing and undergrade pipe crossing in connection with proposed timber yard at Park Colliery, Pa. Original (six typed pages and one map and envelope) Document marked CANCELLED Mar 17 1933 L.V.R.R. Co.

1920 October 5 Agreement re: wrought iron water pipe under track at M.P. 160 on main line of M&H Division Park Place Map No. 5049 (one map) (two copies � one copy is marked CANCELLED Nov 28 1932)

1957 October 16 Right of Entry and Release Peca Coal Company to Common- wealth of Pennsylvania re: drainage facilities on Primrose Colliery (two page document attached to following) 1959 August 22 Agreement re: Flood Control and Mine Drainage Program to be installed at Primrose Colliery, Schuylkill County (six typed pages and envelope)

1856 May 22 An Account of Taxes, Interest and coss assessed and now due on the several tracts of unsealed land in Schuylkill County mentioned as the property of the Mayor Alderman and Citizens of Philadelphia, Cornelius Stevenson and Christopher Loeser and now the property of Warren Delano Jr.

1872 November 13 from Israel W. Morris to David W. Kelley, Thomas J. Stryker T. W. Hill, Charles Brearley and Andrew Dutcher a Lease executed and delivered by Warren Delano and others and to The Trenton Coal Company claiming to be assignees of the Mercer Coal Company and to George W. Esser and E. T. Booth (three handwritten copies, two on yellow tissue paper) 1874 March 2 from Alex D. Campbell (Philadelphia) to IsraelW. Morris (hand- written note in pencil) re: notices sent to tenants 1874 March 6 from Israel W. Morris (Delano Land Co.