This collection is located on site.
43 documents on vellum.
Manuscript Documents on vellum-- primarily land transactions and related documetns. Thirteen of the documents pertain to the history of blocks of land in what is now Greater London. These particular documents include maps showing the particular lot and dwelling named in the legal transactions, as well as roads and sewer lines, etc. There is also an 18th century Persian document.
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This collection is located on site.
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Andrew Alpern Collection of Indentures on Vellum; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
2011-2012-M103: Source of acquisition--Andrew Alpern. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--3/29/2012.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.
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