Toward the end of the desperate war, the Warburg family, in a succinct document, deeded the collection permanently to the University of London, on condition that it be housed in a "suitable building in close proximity to the University" and kept intact.
The country's dysfunctional land registry has completely fallen apart since the earthquake, and forged documents, lost deeds, and multiple claimants are commonplace.
Frank L. Sente, the director of administration for the American Philatelic Society (www.stamps.org/), collects 1898 "battleship" revenue stamps still attached to original documents like deeds.
Part of the collection, the Bushrod Washington Family papers, includes correspondence, legal documents, land deeds and other items, among them letters from and about the widow of Alexander Hamilton, inventories of slaves, and a recipe for cement sent to Washington at Mount Vernon.
It can be more user-friendly than some of the city Web sites but in many cases it does not give you direct access to scanned documents, like deeds, or detailed summaries of filings, like construction plans, that are provided by the city.
Three major investigations began, and documents and deeds from the past two decades -- including assassinations of foreign leaders and presidential paramours who might be spies -- tumbled out.
"We stored all of Barclays' mortgage documents and title deeds.
We haven't easily been able to locate ourselves in records documenting great deeds and high accomplishments, either.
What sadist would commit such a wanton act and send a photo to the previous owner documenting the deed?
The Cup's governing document, the Deed of Gift, written in 1852, defines the Cup as a "friendly competition between foreign countries".
