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Deed from Joseph Colwell (aka Joseph Caldwell) and his wife Sarah Colwell (aka Sarah Caldwell, granddaughter of Art Middagh [aka Aert Middagh] through his daughter Margrita Middagh) to Frederick Mitchel (aka Frederick Mitchell), for land lying about a quarter of a mile from the Brooklyn Ferry, bordering the main village road and the properties of Valentine Swartzcop (aka Valentine Swertcope), Jacob Hicks, and Doctor Barbareen, witnessed by J. Roorbach, James E. Miller, Abraham Vanderveer (clerk, 1820), and John Ray.

Deed from Theodosius Hunt and his wife, Elizabeth Hunt (granddaughter of Art Middagh through his daughter Margrita Middagh) to Frederick Mitchel, for Elizabeth's portion of the above-named property (witnessed, as above).

Deed conveying extensive lands in the township of Brooklyn from Nicholas Cowenhoven and his wife, Jannatie Cowenhoven, of New Utrecht, to Abraham Luquere (aka Abraham Luquer) of Bushwick, the land bordering on the properties of the late Hendrick Suydam, of Rynear Suydam (aka Reynier Suydam), John Van Dyck, Jacob Sebring Jr., John Rapalje, John Suydam, the deed's copy certified by Abraham Vanderveer, clerk.

Deed conveying land in the township of Brooklyn from Samuel Sackett to his children – Clarence D. Sackett, Grenville A. Sackett, and Elizabeth K. Sackett – the land received previously, by agreement (1809) between Dorothy Mitchell (widow and executrix of the will of her late husband, Frederick Mitchell) and Samuel Jackson, Samuel Sackett and George Hicks, this earlier agreement enforced by William Livingston, the deed witnessed by James B. Clarke, certified (1822) by John Garrison, and recorded (1823) by Abraham Vanderveer, clerk.

Lease conveying property at 209 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, from Losee Van Nostrand (guardian of Magdalen Middagh, Sarah Middagh, and Cornelia Middagh, the children and heirs of the late Aert Middagh) to Charles Prince, for a term of nine years, signed by both parties and witnessed by Angelina Van Nostrand and Almira Van Nostrand.

Lease conveying property at the corner of Henry Street and Poplar Street in Brooklyn from Sarah Luquer to William Thomas, signed by both, and witnessed by Edward N. Duryea.

Deed conveying several parcels of land in Brooklyn's 6th Ward from Nicholas Luquer and his wife Sarah Lea Luquer to Joshua Sands March, the deed signed by the Luquers and by Henry Cruse Murphy, and recorded in 1835.

Deed conveying lots on Smith Street and Livingston Street in Brooklyn from William R. Dean and his wife Helen Dean to George A. Hicks, witnessed also by Joseph Dean.

Lease conveying a lot on Fulton Street, Brooklyn, from Sarah Luquer, widow, to John Sinclair, witnessed also by Robert Sinclair and Rebeca Ross.

Deed conveying land on Smith Street, Brooklyn, from Robert Graves of New York to Samuel B.M. Sands of Brooklyn, witnessed also by Ann Graves, C. Walker, William P. Hallett, and Nicholas Dean.

Deed conveying a parcel of land on the corner of Smith Street and Livingston Street, Brooklyn, from John Dean to Samuel B.M. Sands, witnessed also by W. Rockwell and Joseph Dean.

Deed conveying a house and lot on Livingston Street, Brooklyn, from George A. Hicks and his wife Caroline Hicks to Samuel B.M. Sands, witnessed also by Joseph Dean.

Quit-claim deed conveying land on Fulton Street in Brooklyn (which was originally devised by Aert Middagh to his daughters, Margaretta and Magdalena) from Samuel Jackson, George Hicks, and his wife Elizabeth Hicks, all of Brooklyn, to Clarence D. Sackett of New York, witnessed by Edward M.M. Clarke.

Quit-claim deed conveying parcels of the Middagh estate in Brooklyn from Martha Middagh (née Van Nostrand) to her daughter, Magdalen Sands, the wife of Samuel B.M. Sands, referring to the chancery court action between Samuel and Magdalen Sands, as complainants, and William R. Gracie and wife Sarah Gracie, Charles J. Henshaw and wife Cornelia Henshaw, and Martha Middagh, as defendants, the deed signed by Martha Middagh and approved by N.B. Morse (Nathan B. Morse).

Deed conveying land in Brooklyn, from Matthias Bruen of Perth Amboy, NJ, to Samuel B.M. Sands, witnessed by Robert G. Rankin and Abraham Asten.

Quit-claim deed conveying a lot on Henry Street in Brooklyn from William R. Gracie and his wife Sarah Gracie of the Town of Jamaica, Queens, NY, to Samuel B.M. Sands of Brooklyn, witnessed by N.B. Morse.

Release conveying two lots of the Middagh estate in Brooklyn from William Laurence of New York to Samuel B.M. Sands, witnessed by G.G. Van Wagenen.

Quit-claim deed conveying land on Fulton Street, Brooklyn, adjacent to the lands of the John Middagh estate, from Nicholas Luquer and his wife Sarah Lea Luquer to Samuel B.M. Sands, witnessed by Joseph Dean.

Warrantee deed conveying land on Sands Street (formerly of the estate of Ebenezer Stevens) in Brooklyn from Silas Butler and his wife Phoebe Butler to Samuel B.M. Sands, witnessed by Edward M.M. Clarke.

Two quit-claim deeds conveying lands on the former Middagh estate and at the corner of Fulton and Clinton Streets in Brooklyn from Charles J. Henshaw and his wife Cornelia Henshaw to Samuel B.M. Sands, witnessed by N.B. Morse.

Deed conveying land on Cranberry Street, Brooklyn, from Charles J. Henshaw and his wife Cornelia Henshaw, with consent of Martha Middagh, to Magdalen Sands, widow, witnessed by Henry Cruse Murphy.

Lease for land between Fulton and Poplar Streets adjoining Buckbee's Alley in Brooklyn, from Samuel B.M. Sands to Stephen Sutton and Henry D. Young, possibly witnessed by Cyrus Porter Smith.

Deed conveying a block of 34 parcels bounded by Columbia, Mill, Betts and Centre Streets in Brooklyn, from Jacob Brantingham and his wife Cornelia Brantingham of New York to Joshua Sands March.

Deed, as above, for land formerly conveyed by Nicholas Luquer, this deed witnessed by Washington Cockle, with amendmants by Joshua Sands March.

Deed conveying land on Brooklyn Heights from Joshua Sands March to his brother Clement Dudley March, witnessed by Henry Cruse Murphy.

Deed, as above, the parties reversed, witnessed by John Smalley.

Deed conveying 27 lots on Brooklyn Heights from Charles J. Henshaw, his wife Cornelia Henshaw, and Martha Middagh, to Joshua Sands March, witnessed by Henry Cruse Murphy.

Deed conveying lots in Brooklyn's Third Ward from Joshua Sands March and his wife Magdalen March (née Middagh) to Clement D. March, witnessed by their brother Thomas H. March and Samuel Garrison. Contains Middagh family data.

Deed, similar to the above, the parties reversed, witnessed by Samuel Garrison.

Report by the Commissioners (Ralph Malbone, Joseph B. Henshaw, and Cyrus Hitchcock), copy, partitioning and appraising lands in Brooklyn for the Chancery Court, re: Samuel B.M. Sands and his wife Magdalen Sands vs. William R. Gracie and his wife Sarah Gracie, Charles J. Henshaw and his wife Cornelia Henshaw, and Martha Middagh, the report witnessed by Joseph Dean, copy made by John Walworth; Response to the Commissioners' report, re: the above matter before the Chancery Court, at New York, William T. McCoun presiding, a partial copy.

Quit-claim deed conveying land in Ogle County, Illinois, from Thomas H. March to Joshua Sands March.

Deed conveying land in Sacket's Harbor, Jefferson County, NY, from Norris M. Woodruff and his wife Roxanna T. Woodruff, of Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY, to William Malcolm Sands of Houndsfield, Jefferson Co., NY.

Deed conveying land at Sackets Harbor, NY, from Elijah Field Jr. and his wife Esther Field to William M. Sands, all of that place.

Deed conveying land at Sackets Harbor, NY, from Melancthon T. Woolsey and his wife Susan Cornelia Woolsey to William M. Sands, all of that place.

Warranty deed conveying land at Sackets Harbor, NY, from John Middagh Sands and his wife Esther Sands (née Esther Stevens Holt) of Flushing, Queens County, NY, to Jesse C. Dann of Sackets Harbor, the land encumbered by a mortgage executed by William M. Sands and his wife Elizabeth Sands (née Breese) to Francis Mallaby, the deed witnessed at Brooklyn by James Howard and verified by Francis B. Stryker.

Warranty deed conveying lots bounding Henry Street and Fulton Street in Brooklyn from Richard Cornwell and his wife Mary Cornwell to Joshua Sands March, witnessed by William Ellsworth.

Warranty deed conveying numerous lots of land lying in the Third Ward of Brooklyn from Joshua Sands March and his wife Magdalen March (née Middagh) to Thomas March, witnessed by John Vanderbilt.

Warranty deed, as above, the parties reversed, the name of Sarah Ann March (née Sands) added to that of her husband Thomas March as a party to the deed, witnessed by Theodore Eames.

Quit-claim deed conveying 16 lots on Brooklyn Heights from Nicholas Luquer and his wife Sarah Lea Luquer to Magdalen March (née Middagh) here described as "widow" (of Joshua S. March), signed and sealed by Nicholas and Sarah Luquer, witnessed by Sidney C. Herbert.

Deed conveying land at Sackets Harbor, Jefferson Co., NY from William M. Sands and his wife Elizabeth Sands (née Breese) to their nephew Clement D. March, as consideration for a debt owed to Thomas March (Clement's father, and William's brother-in-law) as William's surety in a judgement decided in favor of the U.S. government against William M. Sands and Thomas March in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York earlier in 1846, signed and sealed by all four parties, of Brooklyn, witnessed by John Greenwood.

Deed conveying the land at Sackets Harbor, Jefferson Co., NY, referred to in the prior deed (above), from Clement D. March to his cousin John Middagh Sands, signed and sealed by the four parties (as above) and by John M. Sands, witnessed by Alfred G. Stevens and Charles J. Lowrey and certified by John M. Hicks.

Deed conveying four lots on Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights from Martha Middagh (née Van Nostrand) to her son-in-law John M. Sands, the land having been received by previous deed from James Van Nostrand and abutting land of the Second Presbyterian Church and land formerly belonging to Valentine Swertcope and Aert Middagh, the deed signed and sealed by Martha Middagh, witnessed by Johule Smith and John M. Hicks.

Deed conveying a lot on Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights, adjacent to those referred to in the prior deed (above), from Edgar John Bartow and his wife Harriet Constable Bartow (née Pierrepont) to John M. Sands, signed and sealed by the Bartows, witnessed by James H. Cornwell and Thomas Stryker.

Deed conveying a lot in Brooklyn Heights from Martha Middagh (née Van Nostrand) to her son-in-law John M. Sands, signed and sealed by Martha Middagh, witnessed by J. Lawrence Marcellus and Jacob Meserole.

Lease and release conveying land lying southerly of "the road which leads down from Broucklin to the New York ferry" amounting to six acres, from Aert Middagh and his wife Magdalena Middagh (née Stryker) to their son John Middagh, the originals signed and sealed by Aert Middagh and witnessed by Jeronimus A. Remson and Engelbart Lott.

Lease conveying a lot at the corner of Henry Street and Poplar Street in Brooklyn from Sarah Luquer to James Watters, Tobias Watters, and Walter Barre, signed and sealed by all four, witnessed by Joseph Dean and R. D. Covert.

Lease conveying a lot on Henry Street in Brooklyn, the parties same as above, signed by them and witnessed by Edward M.M. Clarke.

Lease conveying a lot at the corner of Fulton Street and "Bugbie's Alley" in Brooklyn from S.B.M. Sands (Samuel B.M. Sands) to Thomas H. Redding and Peter H. Powell, signed and sealed by the parties and witnessed by John Wortman.

Lease conveying a lot on the corner of Middagh Street and Henry Street in Brooklyn from Nicholas Luquer to Nathaniel Gove, signed and sealed by the parties and witnessed by J. March.

Lease conveying a lot at the corner of Fulton Street and "Buckbee's Alley" in Brooklyn, from Samuel B.M. Sands and his wife Magdalen Sands (née Middagh) to Thomas H. Redding and John Wortman, signed and sealed by the parties and witnessed by John McClusky.

Lease conveying a lot with dwelling and store near the corner of Fulton Street and Middagh Street in Brooklyn for 15 years, from Magdalen Sands (as widow of Samuel B.M. Sands) to James W. Burtis, signed and sealed by the parties and witnessed by A.M. Van Nostrand.

Two leases (1841) and a release (1850) conveying a lot at the corner of Fulton Street and Henry Street in Brooklyn from Joshua S. March and his wife Magdalen March (née Middagh), Charles J. Henshaw and his wife Cornelia Henshaw (née Middagh), and William R. Gracie and his wife Sarah Gracie (née Middagh) to James W. Peck and Robert W. Peck of New York City, signed and sealed by all parties, witnessed by Edward Copland and Thomas Bradlee, the Release witnessed by Charles J. Lowrey.

Assignment of lease conveying the right of Henry H. Cox (as trustee to the estate of Cornelia Henshaw, wife of Charles J. Henshaw) re: part of a lease of 1846 made by the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, to John M. Sands, signed by Cox, witnessed by Edward C. Henshaw, Johule Smith, and John M. Hicks.

Lease conveying a lot at the corner of Fulton Street and "Buckbee's Alley" in Brooklyn from John M. Sands to John Wortman, signed and sealed by both parties, witnessed by J. Lawrence Marcellus.

Release of Mortgaged Premises conveying a lot on Fulton Street in Brooklyn from William Laurence of New York City to Samuel B.M. Sands and his wife Magdalen Sands (née Middagh), signed by Laurence, witnessed by Russel C. Wheeler.

Articles of Agreement, made between Jacob Brantingham and Aquila B. Stout and Joshua S. March, the latter two men to purchase a block of 34 lots in Brooklyn from Brantingham, the block being part of the property of Nicholas Luquer, signed by the principal parties.

Release, part of Mortgaged Premises, conveying parcels on Brooklyn Heights, from John B. Coles, Isaac U. Coles, William F. Coles, trusees of their sister Elizabeth F. Morris, the wife of Thomas A. Morris, under the will of their father John B. Coles deceased, to Joshua S. March, re: an 1833 indenture of mortgage made with Samuel B.M. Sands and his wife Magdalen Sands, the release signed by the Coles Brothers and witnessed by W.W. Townsend, Alfred Stevens, and Charles E. Bulkeley.

Mortgage made between Joshua S. March and his wife Magdalen March and the Long Island Bank, conveying land in Brooklyn, re: a debt owed to the Bank by Joshua S. March, the mortgage signed by Joshua and Magdalen, witnessed by Theodore Eames and Adrian Hegeman.

Two releases, parts of Mortgaged Premises, conveying parcels on Brooklyn Heights, from John B. Coles, Isaac U. Coles, William F. Coles, trusees of theier sister Elizabeth F. Morris, the wife of Thomas A. Morris, under the will of their father John B. Coles deceased, to Magdalen March, re: an 1833 indenture of mortgage made with Magdalen and her husband at that time, Samuel B.M. Sands, the release signed by the Coles Brothers and witnessed by Joseph Strong, Nathaniel Jarvis, and Adrian Hegeman.

Release, part of Mortgaged Premises, re: the 1842 Mortgage made between Joshua S. March and his wife Magdalen March and the Long Island Bank, the Bank now releasing certain parcels upon payment from Magdalen March, the release signed by Leffert Lefferts, president of the Bank, witnessed by Sidney C. Herbert and Adrian Hegeman.

Mortgage made between Martha Middagh (née Martha Van Nostrand) and Cyrus Porter Smith and Abraham Van Nostrand, executors of the will of Martha's daughter Magdalen March deceased, conveying four lots on Brooklyn Heights, the mortgage signed by Martha Middagh, witnessed by Charles J. Lowrey and John M. Hicks.

Assignment of Mortgage whereby Cyrus Porter Smith (being now sole executor of the will of Magdalen March deceased, Abraham Van Nostrand having died on 5 February 1848) transfers the above mortgage to John M. Sands, the assignment signed and sealed by Smith and witnessed by Charles J. Lowrey and John M. Hicks.

Lease conveying premises at 96 Middagh street from John M. Sands to John R. Luckey. Mentions neighbors Hetty Furman and Henry Moody. Signed and later cancelled by both parties.

Mortgage made between Jesse C. Dann and John M. Sands, conveying land at Sackets Harbor, Jefferson Co., NY. Unsigned, possibly a draft.

Report of the Kings County Board of Supervisors' committee, copy (the original signed by Joseph Conselyea, Tunis G. Bergen, and Jeremiah Lott), furnished by Jeremiah Lott (clerk of the Board), re: the acts and proceedings of Nathan B. Morse and Andrew Emmans, "Commissioners appointed to loan the portion of the United States Revenue to which the County of Kings is entitled," with a detailed schedule containing "the names of the individuals to whom loans have been made, amounts to each, security, etc.," which lists 65 mortgages involving 107 persons, also describing the locations of their properties giving names of some of their neighbors.

Mortgage on lease made between Samuel B.M. Sands and the Brooklyn Fire Insurance Company, conveying a lot in Brooklyn Heights, re: an 1826 lease made to Sands by Losee Van Nostrand (acting as guardian to "the infant children and heirs at law of Aert Middagh dec'd," the 1830 mortgage signed by Sands, witnessed by Edward M.M. Clarke and Abraham Vanderveer.

Bond between Samuel B.M. Sands, William M. Sands, and Ralph Patchen, of Brooklyn, and the Brooklyn Fire Insurance Company, signed by the debtors, witnessed by Sidney C. Herbert and J. Laurence.

Release, part of Mortgaged Premises, made between the Globe Insurance Company and Matthias Bruen of Perth Amboy, NJ, re: 8 lots in Brooklyn, signed by Henry Rankin, president of the Globe Insurance Co., and witnessed by Robert G. Rankin, Abraham Asten, and Abraham Vanderveer.

Release, part of Mortgaged Premises, made between the Long Island Insurance Company and Joshua S. March, conveying a lot on Brooklyn Heights, re: an 1834 mortgage made by Samuel B.M. Sands and his wife Magdalen Sands, the release signed by Joseph Sprague, president of the Long Island Insurance Company, Henry Cruse Murphy, and Charles E. Bulkeley.

Release of Judgement conveying 4 lots in Brooklyn from William G. Ward to Magdalen March, re: a judgement obtained by Charles E. Quincey against Joshua S. March deceased, signed by Ward, Abraham Van Nostrand, S. Alpheus Smithe (Smith), and Adrian Hegeman.

These are three near identical copies of a petition made by Dorothy Mitchell (Mitchel) as administratrix of the estate of her husband Frederick Mitchell deceased to William Livingston, Surrogate of Kings County, re: request for relief of debts, and the Surrogate court proceedings thereon, of May and June 1809, the originals having been signed by Dorothy Mitchell, William Livingston, and Richard Cromwell.

Three Declarations of Sale conveying property on Henry and Fulton Streets from the president and trustees of the Village of Brooklyn to Samuel Jackson, Clarence D. Sackett, and George Hicks, the sale made due to uncollected taxes, the declaration signed by president of the Board, Joseph Sprague, and Charles [J.] Doughty, clerk.

Two receipts accounting for debts paid by the Estate of Samuel B.M. Sands. 1846 cover sheet, certifying payments re: the estate of Samuel B. M. Sands, signed by Brooklyn treasurer John S. Doughty, street commissioner William Meeker, and L.I. Insurance Co. secretary E.C. Finn, bound with ribbon to ND accounting, copy on identical stationary, of obligations paid by the estate of Samuel B.M. Sands, 1835-1845, covering over 110 items on 23 pages, amounts and signatories given, with some details of biographical, genealogical, corporate/business, or municipal Brooklyn interest. Individuals mentioned include Henry Cruse Murphy, John F. Garrison, Thomas Frazier, Ralph Malbone, Andrew Demarest, Gabriel Furman, William Laurence, Cornelius Suydam, William Augustus Muhlenberg, Henry J. Wyckoff, Elisha W. King, S. Alpheus Smith, et al., also with 1836 classified newspaper advertisement of notice by Magdalen Sands as administratrix, affixed; and a circa 1845 copy, accounting of receipts endorsed on bond of Samuel B.M. Sands, 1836-1844, on behalf of Robert Carter (signed by Carter, R. Sands Tucker, William B. Cooper, and William Hy Carter), Rachel Berry and Elizabeth Rutledge (signed by Berry), and Isaac U. Coles (signed by W. W. Townsend).

Power of Administration granted by Kings County surrogate Johannis E. Lott to John Van der Bilt (Vanderbilt) and Martin Ryerson, re: the estate of Jeromus Ryerson.

Letter from C.D. (Clement Dudley) March at Alton, IL, to Messrs. Murray & Brand at Chicago re: a debt owed by his brother.

Map of property situated in Brooklyn and owned by Samuel Jackson, George Hicks, and the heirs of the late Samuel Sacket (Sackett), surveyed by Jeremiah Lott, the property extending westward from Fulton Street and south of Clarke (Clark) Street.

Bill of exchange from Thomas H. March at Chicago to Murray & Brand, attached to a notarial document of protest at non-payment, signed by Van Wyck Graham at New York.

Bill of accounting from Joshua Sands March at Brooklyn to Joseph Potter, attached to 1844 note from Potter re: this bill, witnessed by Alfred G. Stevens, commissioner of Deeds, at Brooklyn.