Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-01-10 | Page 5 | Rare Old Manuscripts Property of Salt Lake City Woman; One of Her Mother's Ancestors is Mentioned

Rare Old Manuscripts Property Prope t of f l Salt Lake City Woman One of He Her j Mothers Mother's Ancestors Is Mentioned j Old manuscripts d dating back to the days davs of Queen Ann and King Kin George Georgo III UI formin forming OHO ouo of tho the best private collection of ot such euch papers in the tho United States arc owned by b a a Salt Lake City woman Mrs Ida M. M f. f White an attorney is is the tho proud possessor of these documents document 1 It I 1 I value alue them specially on account of the fact that one ono of my lay mothers mother's ancestors ancestor is mentioned in one of them them says ays Mrs Irs White Yellow with tho the pressing of tho the years rears dented by IV tho the blows of tune time tho the documents documents docu docu- ments st still 11 bear clearly and legibly tho the handwriting of writers long since ince dead and tho signatures i natures of men gone gono to their toward reward for more than a century Commission to Collins Cornn One Ono is a commission to Enoch Collins Col Collins lins from Samuel Adam Adams commander in in chief of tho the commonwealth of Massa- Massa Mas cJ appointing Mr Ir Collins lieutenant lieu tenant of a Company in tho the fourth regiment of the tho Fe second ond brigade second e ond division of the tho Massachusetts 1 militia It in ill dated May 22 2 1791 You note it is signed bY bv John Avery Jr as secretary to Governor Adams dams said Mrs l White When I Iwas Iwas I was in Boston one time I J noted at tho the home of an old gentleman where a company of us were dining a similar document only tho signature of Vol John Avery had no junior to it It was eight years later than mine lube which accounted for Jar tho the loss lose of the junior It was the tho pride of the owner who noticing that i 1 alone of f hi his guests di did diu not remark onit on onit it drew my attention to it I t told ld him hirn that I had indeed noti noticed ed it but out 1 sad a one of my own eight y years older Be Bethen then had O oven On n more admiration for me on account of my ray relics Old Bill BUl of ot Sale V Another of o the tho documents if i a abill bill of ot sale salo to Benjamin Eastman of aU Sails Sails- a abury bury County Essex province of of r the 1 i M Massachusetts l boy for 11 by bJ- t Coffin Coflin of ot a salt faIt marsh It t is dated June 15 1703 in the reign oiga of Queen Anne Never Ne tiled filed this paper japer was handed V down from father lather to son Bon The des dp- dp tion of ot tho the tract of marsh land is s quaintly tr given Riven on as follows A A certain tract or piece of salt marsh lying Jini and nd being in tho township township 1 of Salis Salisbury bur about counting by e esti h mat inn t. t n nf nC th hs n. n r T- T i less 8 and 1 is in tho the hiR so called caned near Crush i island and bounded as ns follows fol lows on tim tho easterly side lido with the th mar marsh h of Samuel Follows and on the tho westerly side with the marsh laid antto out ant outto outto to John and on ou the southerly and nd butting buttin upon tho the marsh laid to John and the northerly and seine lome r parts arh butting buttin on the tho marsh laid lout out to Richard Well sOnic some 0 parts 01 On the maw marh of tho the said William Wilham Bansford Bransford BraDs Bans ford of whom tho the said laid Benj Ea Eastman t an bought this about two acres of mar marsh h has a as by deed may appear to Have Hao and to Hold the tho said two acres cres of marsh be bo it moro more or less les U Richard Wells Wens is the name of jar jar- par particular r interest to me II said aid Mrs MM White as as my mother a I name m was Wells and she is ia a direct descendant of his V Another of the old documents was issued is is' issued sued in 1696 j in ja D the bt of It William III IlL by the Grace of God GodS of f ED England J Dd S Scotland Ireland King De De Defender fender o of ot the Faith aith Another i ii is dated Ma May Ia 1 1 1767 1761 the seventh e year year year- of 6 hI hie Majesty's reign Geor George c III J Only the occasional writing of a w word ward wordis rd is blurred by the years yearn and the old documents still attest the tho faith of those who vho showed their good will in th the transactions accorded by signatures s shinin shining through the vistas vista of tim time