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This file consists of a series of complex mortgages entered into by officials of the A.M.E. Zion Church concerning church property. These documents illustrate the financial instability of the church and the struggles of church administrators to retain control over their institution. Many of the documents reflect incremental payments made by the church on properties as well as their eventual default on the properties and contain multiple signatures or marks of church officials.

Includes detailed receipts and financial statements relating to the purchase and transfer of church property, the earliest dating back to 1836, just after the congregation was organized. One item is an 1853 receipt from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, on the newspaper's letterhead.

This file consists of miscellaneous legal papers (such as depositions, official court statements, deeds, and foreclosures) that document the financial and legal dealings of A.M.E. church officials relating to church properties.

This file consists of dated lists of A.M.E. Trustees and proceedings of elections for church officers. Some documents include signatures or marks of church officials.

One letter in which Warren Mitchell inquires as to the status of foreclosure proceedings regarding the A.M.E. church property.