Deeds for Brooklyn Navy Yard Property
- Object ID
- 13922
- Date
- December 16 1870
- Description
- U.S. House of Representatives, 41st Congress, 3rd Session, Ex. Doc. No. 15. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy transmitting copies of the following deeds: 1) John Jackson and Sally, his wife, to Francis Childs, February 7, 1801; 2) Francis Childs and his wife to the United States, February 23, 1801; 3) State of New York to the United States, jurisdiction of land in front of the navy yard, April 3, 1810; 4) The corporation of New York to the United States, grant of soil from high to low water marks in the East River, May 18, 1801; 5) Frederick Griffin and his wife to the United States, August 14, 1848; 6) The mayor, aldermen, and commonality of New York to the United States, May 2, 1863; 7) Exchange of land between the United States and the city of Brooklyn, December 21, 1865; 8) William Ruggles and others to the United States, May 1, 1867.
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