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EARLY GROUND-RENTS: CHESTNUT STREET, SOUTH SIDE, BETWEEN FRONT AND SECOND STREETS.

Since the discovery of the original charter to the city of Philadelphia, much interest has been shown in Humphrey Murrey, named therein as first mayor.

That he was a man of considerable education, and either of much wealth or great political influence, is evident from the selection of him as chief magistrate, and from the extensive grants of land which he obtained throughout Philadelphia. One of these grants was a narrow but valuable strip of property extending along the south side of Chestnut Street from Front to Second. In 1703-4 Murrey disposed of this tract in lots on ground-rents. The following, rearranged from an old chart endorsed " Amount of Groundrents on Chesnut St. Real estate of I. P,"-probably Israel Pemberton,-shows the original grantees, and some of the purchasers of the lots, and owners of the ground-rents at various periods. As a complete explanation of this ageworn document, which appears to have been written prior to the Revolution, would require an extended brief of title to each lot, it is simply inserted as it is, with a few such changes as are necessary to include it within our pages.

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1 "There appears to be some mistake about this, as there is 30 ft. of Ground granted on Chesnut St. more than Murry's Lot contains, and by another Draught it apps. there is but 117 ft. west of Isaac Marriott's Lot,-the mistake apps. to be in Patk Ogilby's Lot."

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Swen Warner 1753 £2.2. Sold him Richard Murrey to Swen War

1754.

William Moode 1753 £2.2.
Frances Many 1753 £2.2.
P. Reeve from 1758.

ner, 16 Ft. on Chestnut St., beginning cor., Isaac Marriott, and extending east.

1703-4
1 mo. 3d.
£5.12

Humphrey Murrey to
John Bettle, 32 Ft. on
Chestnut st, begin-

ning cor. Swen Warner, and
extending East. "now P.
Reeve £2.2, and E. Moode,
£2.2."

1"1715. H. M. agreed with Frans Knowles to take £3.7.6 in lieu of the ab. £4.10. J. Knowles sold F. K. this lot-F. K. sold John Mifflin, J. M. sold Jos. Richards, J. R. sold W. Carter pt. of it 23 ft. front the assignee paying £2.11.9 -the remaining 7 ft was sold by F. K. to I. Marriott, whose relict Jane held it during her life with other ground."

"There does not appear to be any Ground where this lot is laid down." "The deed Murry to Marriott was formerly in the hands of Henry Vanaken. Isaac Marriott devised this lot to his wife Jane who died intestate without Issue, and without heirs then found."

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1 Thomas Ohley's lot was, at the time of this survey, bounded east by land of John Mifflin and others, 121 feet to Front Street.

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FAC-SIMILE OF SIGNATURES TO THE INDIAN BILL OF SALE OF BOMBAY HOOK, 1679.

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