Series II. Loose papers, 1843-1923, inclusive
Brooklyn Trinidad Asphalt Pavement Company, 1870, 1871, inclusive
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Agreement between the Brooklyn Trinidad Asphalt Pavement Company of the City of Brooklyn and Moses S. Beach et al., October 12, 1870. With an undated letter and two proxies dated May 6, 1871 appointing Moses S. Beach power of attorney in company business for brothers Evander W. Ranney (1811–1888) and James W. Ranney (1824–1889). "Trinidad asphalt" was a type of paving material.
Brazos, San Bernard and Oyster Creek Canal and Navigation Company, 1850, inclusive
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An Act to incorporate the Brazos, San Bernard and Oyster Creek Canal and Navigation Company [Brazos River Valley, Texas], February 11, 1850.
Court transcript—In Chancery of New Jersey, Moses Y. Beach et al., against receivers of Plainfield Bank, 1847, inclusive
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". . . a true copy of the bill in the case wherein Moses Y. Beach, Moses S. Beach, and Henry D. Beach is complainant, and Joseph C. Hamilton, John L. Darcy, Daniel Dodd Jr., and Joel Dunn, receivers of the Plainfield Bank are defendants," sworn September 11, 1847; filed December 8, 1847.
Passports—Moses Sperry Beach, 1841, 1851, 1866, inclusive
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• French passport no. 967 issued May 29, 1841 to Moses S. Beach (1822–1892), accompanied by his brother, Joseph P. Beach (1828–1911).
• United States passport no. 973 issued April 1, 1851 to Moses S. Beach (1822–1892) accompanied by his wife [Chloe (Buckingham) Beach (1827–1903)]
• United States passport no. 28,167 issued October 2, 1866 to Moses S. Beach (1822–1892), accompanied by his daughters [C. Ella Beach (1857–1938) and Violet Beach (1868–1946)]
Portrait—Moses Yale Beach, undated, inclusive
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Engraved portrait of Moses Yale Beach (1800–1868) by Samuel Sartain (1830–1906), Philadelphia. Water damaged.
Real property—Arkansas—Craighead and Woodruff Counties, 1880–1923, inclusive
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• Indentures (2) between James Milward Holmes and Marianne Oakes Holmes of Birmingham, Warwick, England, and Moses S. Beach of Brooklyn, New York, for property in Craighead and Woodruff counties, Arkansas, November 8, 1880.
• Warranty deeds (4) for property in Monroe, Jackson, and Woodruff counties, Arkansas, 1921, 1923.
• With a letter, April 24, 1890, from James Carson, land agent, Jonesboro, Arkansas, inviting "Miss Beach " and "W. B. Beach" to his home, and a newspaper clipping from the Spirit of Arkansas, November 15, 1881, describing the woods ordered by Moses S. Beach ("oak, sycamore, sassafras, black walnut, ash, holly") to furnish the interior of his residence at Peekskill, New York.
Real property—New York—Dutchess County, 1860, 1870, inclusive
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Memorandum of agreement, J. Boorman, seller, and Moses S. Beach, buyer, Sunny Brook Farm, Hyde Park, November 10, 1860. With an advertisement clipped from the Commercial Advertiser, February 8, 1870, offering the same property for sale.
Real property—New York—Kings County, 1851, 1858, 1866, inclusive
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• Power of attorney, Moses S. Beach and Chloe B. Beach, to Alfred E. Beach, to convey or lease real estate in New York and Brooklyn, March 31, 1851.
• Abstract of the title of Moses Y. Beach to a lot of land situate on the northeast corner of Cranberry and Willow Streets, Brooklyn, June 21, 1858.
• Lease, Robert C. Bell, for property owned by Moses S. Beach on the west side of Third Avenue north of 26th Street, Brooklyn, September 12, 1866.
Real property—New York—New York County, 1853 March 28
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Lease, Alexander T. Stewart, for rent of the house owned by Moses S. Beach at 35 Reade Street (Manhattan), for the year beginning May 1, 1853.
Real property—New York—Westchester County, 1870, 1871, inclusive
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• Deed, M. Georgine Schnitzspahn, Ferdinand Schnitzspahn, Adeline M. Darrow, and John C. Darrow, to Moses S. Beach, property at Cortland, Westchester County, November 1, 1870.
• Deed, John H. Parsons to Chloe B. Beach, property at Cortland, Westchester County, January 18, 1871.
Real property—Pennsylvania—Pike County, 1843, inclusive
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"A corrected draft of 3 tract[s] of land situated in Upper Smithfield Township, Pike County," or "Map of Fritchler Property in Penna.," May 11, 1843.
Miscellaneous, 1851, 1866, undated, inclusive
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• Receipt for filing and docketing judgment in the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York, in the case of Moses S. Beach and Alfred E. Beach against G. Benjamin Smith, January 27, 1851.
• Bishop & Rein, Importers & Manufacturers of Fine Jewelry, etc., receipt for "1 coral necklace" sold to Mrs. Beach, February 2, 1866.
• Valuation of mortgages held by the estate of Charles Y. Beach (1847–1917), undated.