Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-01-18
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York City.
"a AASti4eal qf M gSse6k CMe2 ws4es
The Sun that to three brothers named
5 Edwards who. emigrated to, this country
from Wales before the. revolution, q
grant was made Of thirty7five or forty
acres OF land; situated north Of what, is
now Canal street, and west of Broad
way. This land was leased in 176O by
Robert Edwards for ninety mine years,
at the expiration of which, it, was to re-
vert to the heirs The lease having
terminated, the letter continues, 1.-the
heirs of the three brothers, living in
Missouri, Kentucky, Iowa Nebraska
and Virginia, are now gmoving,T with
the aid Of able lawyers, to GUST the
present possessors of the property and
obtain their rights. The communica-
tor concludes with the announcement
that there has thus far been no notice
taken of what will become cause ceIe-
bre by the New York, newspapers, for
the reason that the Metropolitan press
is bribed to keep silence a,)em stais
This letter reporter Of the, Sim laid
before John P. Jayne, Of whom II is
said that what he, 1doesa' t know. about
real estate in New, York is net worth
knowing. n.1l 1870 - auiionifd 81
' :, GU will find the first mention Of
that Edwards claim here,1 Ne, Jayne
said, opening one Of his9 many scrap
books and pointing tosa an ektraet from
q Gadsden, Ca, paper, dated July 1888.
The extract runs as follows: .s9soq4lg
3 is.Two of the decendaats> Of Robert
Edwards, living in Gadsden,' received
information that . large amount u Yal-
liable property, situated in the CITY Of
New York, on Canal street, estimated
to be worth $82, 900, 900, will come In
to possession Of the heirs Of the said
Edwards upon proving their Identity.
This property consists of an estate
granted by George I Of England to Rob
ert Edwards about the same time the
grant was made to Trinity Church.
which to day, by reason of that grant,
is the wealthiest ecclesiastical corpora
ton in the world. Robert Edwards
leased this property, as did the trustees
of the Trinity grant, for ninety-nine
years. This lease has expired, and
the persons now in possession recognize
the fact and will be compelled to give
possession when the heirs prove their
identity. Gen. Edwards, of La Grange,
Ga, known over the Southern States as
great railroad man, has employed
Ben. Hill and Judge Bingham for the
heirs, and they WILL we understand, >
Immediately institute suit for possess
sion. We learn further that the occu-
pants of the property are so we'll salts
Co. hot ho Of <hn ho1r ~ M
wards is valid that they will not contest
it, except 50 far as compelling them to
prove themselves descendants of said
Robert Edwards" .is.. o'sis' gi,t
~ '4Have you copied that? Here's an
other, said MI Jayne, showing the
following paragraph from Tennessee
paper of some timein 1871: dado4qm
1.-THE Rev, J, s. Edwards, of Mar
shalltown, Iowa, is said to inherited
large estate in England. In 1772 Rob
eft Edwards, his grandfather, leased 10
the crown valuable piece Of land for
ninety-nine years. The lease expired
on the 18th Of last July, and Mr.. Ed
wards has received notice through
Boardman, Brown & Williams, of Mar
shalltown, that he. with thirty -f0ur
other persons. was heir to the, estate,
which has now reached the fabulous
value of $S2, O0O, 900! Mr.. Edwards is
q minister Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. ~ ftu3i9s6i fars.ilsn,. Id oIsfb:j
q .4ThoseI will do for samples" Mr..
JAYNE began. ~ have others Of the
same kind, but it. would b.: only dupli-
eating what you've got, to copy them.
| have also, you see, entries ON my
books of inquiries by Edwardses in Vir-
ginia and other states. relative to the
estate once supposed to be owned some
time in the last century by Robert and
George Edwards, and leased by them
for ninety nine years. Now | will tell
YOU the secret of it all. About 1895
.Anneka JAMS claimants made quitclaim
deeds and leases of certain lands to no
less a person than Aaron Burr, who
gets possession of all he can, under
pretense that he will prosecute the
claims in their interest. Instead OF do
inc so, he leases the same to John ia
cob. Aston for. long term of years
That lease expired in 1866, and Will
liam B. Aston turned the lease over to
the Trinity Church corporation. The
property leased by Burr embraced
about fifty acres of land between Canal
and Christopher streets. and running
from Macdougal street to the water,
among the claimants so deciding to
Aaron Burr were some persons OF tha
Of the name of Edwards, and this Is the
whole foundation Of the Edwards case -
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