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nOTln OF street and opposite the
barracks. The third deed to Wright.
May 81. 1908, is from William H. P.
Tuckertield of the County of Wash
ington to lot in the same square
(90D, and it is mentioned in the deed
that the lot was ef0nce owned by
Thomas Law. The fourth deed to
Wright, May 80, 1s0S. is from Robert
Brown. conveying for $500 a lot in
the same square. Wright's fifth deed
is from William hewitt of Georgetow
conveying for $50 lot 13 in square
SS1. In giving the bounds of the lot
is this reference: "Eeginning at Mr..
Motley Mattox's house. south" Square
SSl is between K and L streets south
east. Seventh street and a Govern
ment reservation on the west Lot 13
fronts on Seventh street and nearer
X than l. street.
On November Is, 1911. three deeds
were recorded by Mr.. Wright. One
was from Walter Chandler to a lot
in square Ss1, one was a deed from
Nicholas Voss and wife to lots and
3 in square SAG for consideration Of
$1,000. and one was deed from
Thomas Tinkey and Samuel n. Small
wood for lots in square 881 belonging
to Voss and on which voss had
given deed of trust to Tingey and
Smallwood. Square S46 is between
Fifth. Sixth, G. and E streets south
east On February Is, 1912, Matthew
Wright bought from Lewis Clephane,
Andrew Mcdonald and the latter's
wife, Catharine Mcdonald. a lot in
Georgetown on CauSeWay street at
the intersection of Fishing Lane, and
in bounding the lot Jefferson street
is mentioned. The price paid was
s1.9U0 have found no deed to
Wright between the Causeway street
purchase in 1912 and Wright's pur-
chase of MarshalPs Adventure in
1918, though l hope to find Wright's
first purchase of land in the District
beyond the Eastern Branch.
WILL FISHER of the Columbia
w Title Insurance Company has
sent the Rambler a reference to a
deed to Matthew Wright to part Of
the tract called Bayley's Purchase.
The date of the deed is November 3.
1916. and is from James Dundas of
Philadelphia. trustee. Wright is de-
scribed as of the County of Washing
ton. which indicates that the house
in which he was living was on the
District side of the Maryland Dis
trict line, which runs through Mar
shalrs Adventure.
Warman conveyed, December 81. 1898,
a tract called Bayley's Purchase, on
the east side of the Eastern Branch.
to James Greenleaf. who conveyed the
land, September 80, 1896. upon GER
tain trusts" to George Simpson.
Simpson conveyed the land, March %,
1897. to Henry Pratt, Thomas w. Fran
els and others, to hold upon the same
trusts. Sheriff Motley Maddox, by
LSahr 10
rights and title Of James Greenleaf to
William Fl. Dorsey and John M. CAN'T,
which they conveyed, July 80, 1903. to
Henry Pratt. Thomas w. Francis and
others. Henry Pratt, surviving trus-
tee conveyed the land, October II.
1887, to Benjamin Tighlman, and
TighIman conveyed "all his estate
and property in the said trust" to
Henry Pratt, James >Dundas and
Clement I. Miller. Pratt and Miller
died and James Dundas had the tract
Carberry. surveyor of the County of
Washington. The plat is dated Octo-
ber Is, 1845.
The property was advertised in the
National Intelligencer and the Daily
Union for sale, and lot No. Is, con-
tanning 95 plus acres, was bought by
Matthew Wright for $1,403.63. The
bounds of the land are closely de-
scribed, and it was touched by the
Marlboro road, now Alabama avenue.
and the Benning road to Boones hill
which is the road east from Benning
Bridge to Marlborough road.
The Rambler has before him a copy
Of the will Of Matthew Wright, wit
messed May II, 1S47, by James Gran
dali, Robert M. Coombs and John r.
Queen, and recorded May %, 1847.