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Legal - Deed Elijah Drury to Rufus Leonard Deed from Elijah Drury to Rufus Leonard. For consideration of thirty-five dollars. ". . .a certain tract of land lying in Worthington aforesaid and containing nine acres more or less, it being the same…

Legal - Deed Jonas Leonard to Rufus Leonard Deed from Jonas Leonard to Rufus Leonard. For the sun of $7,000 dollars ". . .A certain tract or piece of land lying in Worthington aforesaid. Bounded as follows. Viz. Beginning at the Southwest corner of…

Legal - Deed Rufus Leonard to Olive E. Adams Deed from Rufus Leonard to Olive E. Adams. For the sum of $225. ". . .A tract of land situated in said Worthington and bounded and described as follows. To wit: on the North by land of Samuel M. Converse…

Legal - Marriage Certificate Rufus H. Adams and Lora P. Ormsby Marriage Certificate for Rufus H. Adams and Lora P. Ormsby. Marriage at Worthington. Justice of the Peace was C. K. Brewster, Justice of the Peace.

Legal - Warranty Deed Jonathan Brewster to Olive C. L. Adams Warranty Deed from Jonathan Brewster to Olive C. L. Adams. Registered at the Registry of Deeds on April 2, 1867. "I, Jonathan Brewster of Worthington, in consideration of six hundred…

Legal - Mortgage Deed Rufus Leonard to Jonas Leonard Mortgage deed from Rufus Leonard to Jonas Leonard. Large piece missing from middle. For $700. Deed for approximately forty-one acres, with long description of promissory notes and payment schedule.…

Legal - Mortgage DeedRufus Leonard to Elisha H. Brewster Mortgage deed from Rufus Leonard to Elisha H. Brewster. "In consideration of the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars...Elisha H. Brewster a certain tract of land situated in said Worthington…

Legal - Deed Jonas Leonard to Rufus Leonard Deed from Jonas Leonard to Rufus Leonard, carpenter for $2,000. A certain tract of land lying in said Worthington being part of Lot Fifty Six in town bounded as follows: beginning at the North West corner…

Recollection - Diary, Travel Memorabilia Travel memorabilia including travel and guide books, postcards, etc. From collection found in Rufus H. Adams' house. See also 2006a-144. See also attached inventory.

Recollection - "Five Months Abroad," by Mrs. E. S. (Mary A.) Ormsby "Five Months Abroad" by Mrs. E. S. (Mary A.) Ormsby. From collection found in Rufus H. Adams' house. Maroon cloth with lettering surround by gold design, 113 pages. Self-published.…

Diary - "H. D. Ormsby's Book," Worthington Mass From collection found in Rufus H. Adams' house. Small notebook, paper bound with tape on spine. States on front cover in ordinary hand: "H. D. Ormsby's Book," Worthington Mass," no date. Pages are…

Diary - Small Writing Tablet, Ormsby Writer unknown. From collection found in Rufus H. Adams's house. Paper bound with tape on spine. States on front cover: "The Perfect Pencil Tablet for Students. Artists, and Others" with cartoon of artist in…

School - Composition Book, Lora P. Adams, Ringville Lora P. Adams (nee Ormsby), Ringville Mass. Compositions Book. From collection found in Rufus H. Adams' house. Paper bound with tape on spine. States on front cover: "Property of Lora P. Adams,…

Diary - Record Book, Ormsby Ormsby Record Book. (Possibly H. D. Ormsby?) Paper bound with tape on spine. Marblized paper cover, with leather spine and corners. "Ormsby" name written on front endpaper along with lots of numbers. Book in deteriorated…

School - Composition Book, Lora P. Adams, Ringville Lora P. Adams (nee Ormsby), Ringville Mass. Compositions Book. From collection found in Rufus H. Adams' house. Paper bound with tape on spine. States on front cover: "Property of Lora P. Adams,…

Diary - Autograph Book, S. Florence Searle S. Florence Searle Autograph Book. From collection found in Rufus H. Adams' house. Maroon leather with word "Autographs" embossed in gold. Gold-tipped pages. Contains various autographs, possibly from…

Diary - Autograph Book, Lora P. Ormsby Lora P. Ormsby Autograph Book. Lora later became Lora Adams. From collection found in Rufus H. Adams' house. Blue cloth with embossed design with "Autographs" in gold. Gold-tipped pages. Contains various…

Diary - Rufus H. Adams Rufus H. Adams' Diary of Events. A large-size ledger titled "The People's Comprehensive Diary -- Designed for the Use of Farmers and Others -- General Edition, Wm. Goodfellow, Ten-Year Book." At the time of acquisition…