Block 72, 1887-1917, undated

Contains materials pertaining to real estate transactions of Wilmington’s Block 72, the parameters being Surry Street, Castle Street, S. Front Street, and Queen Street. These documents include envelopes, plat drawings, single sheets of notes, correspondence, mortgage certificates, deeds, Mechanics' Home Association documents, and newspaper clippings. Names of specific people mentioned in these records include Rivera, Revera, J. A. Taylor, J. L. Keen, George Thadius, Carrie Gratgen, Addie P. McClary, George Barker, Jas Dicksen, Samuel Layden, Wm Calder, Mary I. Hardwick, Batson, Herring, Margaret Ann Sargent, John Sargent, A. Lazarus, P. Cumming, John Watson, J. R. Kennedy, Charles W. McClanning, Addie P. McClarning, John J. Chambers, E. E. Burriss, Mary A. Bell, George Thad Grotgen, George A. Phoebus, John McAllister, Mary Cruise, and Caleb Grainger. This list is not conclusive, as many records are incomplete or illegible. Specific dates mentioned in these records include 1887, 1895, 1897, 1900, 1903, 1914, 1915, and 1917, although the bulk of the materials are undated and likely range from the 1870s to 1920.