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Read, Sophia C. (fl. 1859-1864) [Assignment of lease]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03545.24.18 Author/Creator: Read, Sophia C. (fl. 1859-1864) Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 25 March 1859 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 40 x 26 cm. Order a Copy

Documents the lease of some property in Baltimore from Sophia C. Read to Caroline W. Remington for the sum of $14,400. Describes the property in question. Daniel Myers signed as a witness.

Read, Sophia C., fl. 1859
Myers, Daniel, fl. 1859
Williams, Nathaniel, 1782-1864
Remington, Caroline W., fl. 1864-1873

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