Massachusetts Avenue Architecture: Northwest Washington. District of ColumbiaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 - Architecture |
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Page 116 - Michigan of the second part, witnesseth, that the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to them in hand, paid by the said party of the second .part...
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Page 2 - Capitol and recorded in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia in book...
Page 149 - The description in Emory's suit was this: "Part of lot 7, in square No. 223, beginning for the same at the northeast corner of said lot, and running thence south 44 feet ; thence west to the west line of said lot ; thence, with a line at right angles to New York Avenue, to the north line of said lot ; and thence, in a northeasterly direction, with the said north line, to the place of beginning.
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Page 287 - ... the party of the second part assumes and agrees to pay under the provisions of this lease.
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Page 99 - Commissioners granting the same indorsed thereon, shall be filed for record in the office of the recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, and shall be recorded by him. On the...