Denny-Frye family papers, 1853-1915

Deeds to Property

• Denny, John

  Container: Box/Folder 1/1

  • Description: Note regarding timing of C.D. Boren, A.A. Denny, and David S. Maynard
    Dates: 1853
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, John
  • Description: Lot 8, Block 12. Boren's Addition
    Dates: 1866
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, John
  • Description: Lot 3, Block 20. North Seattle
    Dates: 1870
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, John
  • Description: Lots 10-12, Block 18. North Seattle
    Dates: 1872
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, John
  • Description: 25 acres: SW corner of D.T. Denny's Claim, E 60 rods, N 28 rods, W to Bay, S to Begin
    Dates: 1860
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, John
  • Description: Lots 2 and 3, Block 2. A.A. Denny's Addition
    Dates: 1869
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, John
  • Description: Lots 1-3, Block 3. Denny's Addition
    Dates: 1869
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, John
  • Description: Memoranda of transaction of Lots 1-3, Block 3. Denny's Addition
    Dates: 1869
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, John
  • Description: Lot 12, Block 10; Lots 1 and 12, Block 20; Lots 1 and 2, Block 29; Lots 1-6 and 12, Block 30. All North Seattle.
    Dates: 1872
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, John

• Denny, Arthur Armstrong

  Container: Box/Folder 1/2 - 1/3

  • Description: Lot 8, Block 9. Boren's Addition
    Dates: 1859
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lots 1-4, Block 19; Lots 1-5, Block 29; Lot 4, Block 31. Maynard's Addition
    Dates: 1868
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lots 7, 10, and 11, Block 64. Denny's Addition
    Dates: 1877
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lots 2 and 7, Block 1. Denny-Bell Plat
    Dates: 1879
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lot 9, Block 1. Denny-Bell Plat
    Dates: 1879
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lots 3-5, Block 5; Lots 5-9, Block 12. Edes and Knight's Addition
    Dates: 1883
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lot 9, Block 24. A.A. Denny Plat
    Dates: 1888
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lot 2, Block 47. A.A. Denny's Sixth Addition
    Dates: 1888
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Block 1, bounded by Front Street, Union Street, 2nd Street, and University Street
    Dates: 1863
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lot 5, One-third of Lot 8, Block 9. Denny-Boren Plat
    Dates: 1865
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lots 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, and 11, Block 18. A.A. Denny Plat
    Dates: 1873
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lots 9 and 12, Block 1. Denny-Bell Addition
    Dates: 1874
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lot 12, Block 24. A.A. Denny Addition
    Dates: 1875
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Arthur Armstrong

• Frye, George Frederick

  Container: Box/Folder 1/4

  • Description: 40 feet square of SE corner of Lot 8, Block 9. C.D. Boren's addition
    Dates: 1860
    Location: Deeds to Property / Frye, George Frederick
  • Description: Lots 7 and 8, Block 16. D.S. Maynard's plat of Seattle
    Dates: 1860
    Location: Deeds to Property / Frye, George Frederick
  • Description: Lot 8, Block 9, Boren-Denny plat
    Dates: 1884
    Location: Deeds to Property / Frye, George Frederick
  • Description: Affadavit of identity of Frye
    Dates: 1908
    Location: Deeds to Property / Frye, George Frederick
  • Description: Sec. 1, Township 37; W of Range 2 East (1 acre)
    Dates: 1872
    Location: Deeds to Property / Frye, George Frederick
  • Description: W half of NE 1/4 and E half of NW 1/4, Sec. 26, Township 26, N or Range 5 E (160 acres)
    Dates: 1874
    Location: Deeds to Property / Frye, George Frederick
  • Description: W half of Lots 7 and 8, Block 16, D.S. Maynard's plat
    Dates: 1894
    Location: Deeds to Property / Frye, George Frederick

• Bagley, Daniel

  Container: Box/Folder 1/5

  • Description: Lot 3, Block 3, Denny's addition
    Dates: 1865
    Location: Deeds to Property / Bagley, Daniel
  • Description: Lots 1 and 2, Block 3. A.A. Denny's addition
    Dates: 1864
    Location: Deeds to Property / Bagley, Daniel

• Denny, Mary A.

  Container: Box/Folder 1/6

  • Description: Block 1: bounded by Front Street, Union Street, 2nd Street and University St.
    Dates: 1864
    Location: Deeds to Property / Denny, Mary A.

Miscellaneous Deeds

Container: Box/Folder 1/7

• Grow, S. Lumson and Avery, Joseph H.

  • Description: Part of lot 8, Block 9. Boren plat
    Dates: 1859
    Location: Miscellaneous Deeds / Grow, S. Lumson and Avery, Joseph H.

• McConaha, Ursula

  • Description: Part of lot 8, block 9. Boren plat
    Dates: 1859
    Location: Miscellaneous Deeds / McConaha, Ursula

• Woodin, Ira

  • Description: Part of Lot 8, Block 9. Boren plat
    Dates: 1860
    Location: Miscellaneous Deeds / Woodin, Ira

• Denny, Arthur A.

  • Description: Lot 5, Block 46. A.A. Denny's addition
    Dates: 1886
    Location: Miscellaneous Deeds / Denny, Arthur A.

Warranty Deeds

• Frye, George Frederick

  Container: Box/Folder 1/8

  • Description: Lots 4 & 5, Block 107. D.T. Denny First Addition
    Dates: 1882
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Frye, George Frederick
  • Description: Block 44. T. Hanford's plat of S. Seattle addition
    Dates: 1882
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Frye, George Frederick
  • Description: 3 tracts in Mercer's "Eden addition No. 2"
    Dates: 1882
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Frye, George Frederick
  • Description: E half of NW 1/4; W half of NE 1/4 Sec. 23, T29, N of Range 6E. (160 acres, Snohomish County)
    Dates: 1889
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Frye, George Frederick
  • Description: Lot 10 & 11, Block 18. A.A. Denny's Addition
    Dates: 1905
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Frye, George Frederick

• Denny, Arthur Armstrong

  Container: Box/Folder 1/9 - 1/11

  • Description: Block 1, D.T. Denny Addition. Lots 1, 4, 5, 8, Block 59, A.A. Denny addition. Lots 5 & 6, Block 23, Hanford addition. Block 1 and fractional block B in Union City; and 7 acres of tract adjoining Union City
    Dates: 1887
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lot 3, Block 40; Lot 2 in Block 42; Lots 10 & 11, Block 49. Denny-Bell plat
    Dates: 1887
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, Block 19. Maynard's plat
    Dates: 1880
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lots 9 and 12, Block 3. Denny-Bell plat
    Dates: 1879
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lot 2, Block G. A.A. Denny plat
    Dates: 1879
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Fractional Lot 7, Block 77. McNaught's addition
    Dates: 1878
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lots 9, 12, Block 3, Denny-Bell plat
    Dates: 1878
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lot 11, Block 45. A.A. Denny addition
    Dates: 1876
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lot 2, Block 1. Denny-Bell plat.
    Dates: 1876
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lot 9, Block 24. A.A. Denny plat
    Dates: 1881
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Part of lots 2, 3, 6 & 7, Block 1. Yesler plat
    Dates: 1866
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lot 4, Block 33. Maynard's plat
    Dates: 1884
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lots 1, 2, 3, Block 3. A.A. Denny plat
    Dates: 1871
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Lot 11, Block 1, Denny-Bell plat
    Dates: 1877
    Location: Warranty Deeds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong

Quit Claim Deeds

Container: Box/Folder 1/12

• Frye, George F.

  • Description: Lot 6, Block 16. Maynard's plat
    Dates: 1888
    Location: Quit Claim Deeds / Frye, George F.
  • Description: Lot 3, Block 18. Denny's 3rd addition
    Dates: 1897
    Location: Quit Claim Deeds / Frye, George F.
  • Description: Lots 8 & 9, Block 144. Denny's Broadway addition
    Dates: 1891
    Location: Quit Claim Deeds / Frye, George F.

Miscellaneous Land Papers and Notes

• Denny, Arthur Armstrong

  Container: Box/Folder 1/13 - 1/16

  • Description: Donation certificate, No. 314. [320 08/100 acres settled in 1852]
    Dates: 1864
    Location: Miscellaneous Land Papers and Notes / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Field notes of the survey of Donation claim No. 40 of Denny's.

    Includes field notes, maps, description, etc. Also transcript of same.

    Dates: undated
    Location: Miscellaneous Land Papers and Notes / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Denny's field notes and plat of Yesler's claim re: Yesler vs. Denny et. al.
    Dates: undated
    Location: Miscellaneous Land Papers and Notes / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: Certificate for Denny's ownership of the Strickler Donation Claim
    Dates: 1887
    Location: Miscellaneous Land Papers and Notes / Denny, Arthur Armstrong

• Maynard, David S.

  Container: Box/Folder 1/17

  • Description: Maynard's donation claim (certified copy) and abstract of Maynard's plat of Lot 4, Block 33
    Dates: undated
    Location: Miscellaneous Land Papers and Notes / Maynard, David S.

• Ohm, Jacob

  Container: Box/Folder 1/18

  • Description: Last will and testament
    Dates: 1866
    Location: Miscellaneous Land Papers and Notes / Ohm, Jacob
  • Description: Land patent
    Dates: 1874
    Location: Miscellaneous Land Papers and Notes / Ohm, Jacob

• Denny, Arthur Armstrong

  Container: Box/Folder 1/19

  • Description: Application to sell tide lands (copy) with five supporting documents
    Dates: undated
    Location: Miscellaneous Land Papers and Notes / Denny, Arthur Armstrong

Mortgages, Miscellaneous

Container: Box/Folder 1/20

• Description: Denny, Arthur A.
  Dates: 1863
  Location: Mortgages, Miscellaneous
• Description: Frye, George F.
  Dates: 1894
  Location: Mortgages, Miscellaneous
• Description: Chesney, Edwin L.
  Dates: 1889-1894
  Location: Mortgages, Miscellaneous

Bonds

Container: Box/Folder 1/21

• Description: Atkinson, M.A.
  Dates: 1893
  Location: Bonds
• Description: Boardman, George W.

  Includes draft and notes re: transaction

  Dates: 1891
  Location: Bonds

Bills of Sale

Container: Box/Folder 1/22

• Description: Wyckoff, Lewis V. and George F. Frye

  Personal property (cows, wheat, etc.)

  Dates: 1869
  Location: Bills of Sale
• Description: Frye, George F.

  One iron safe

  Dates: 1894
  Location: Bills of Sale

Powers of Attorney

Container: Box/Folder 1/23

• Frye, George F.

  • Description: Jacob Wiebens
    Dates: 1867
    Location: Powers of Attorney / Frye, George F.
  • Description: Appointment of Frye as executor of Wiebens' estate
    Dates: 1867
    Location: Powers of Attorney / Frye, George F.
  • Description: Mary L. Fortson
    Dates: undated
    Location: Powers of Attorney / Frye, George F.

• Denny, Arthur A.

  • Description: Martin V.B. Stacy and Elizabeth Stacy
    Dates: 1890
    Location: Powers of Attorney / Denny, Arthur A.

Agreement

Container: Box/Folder 1/24

• Description: Denny, Arthur A. and George F. Frye with Henry Yesler
  Dates: 1866
  Location: Agreement

Miscellaneous papers of Arthur A. Denny

Container: Box/Folder 1/25 - 1/30

• Description: Account with Seattle Treasurer's office,and letter from Denny to Mayor and City Council
  Dates: 1881
  Location: Miscellaneous papers of Arthur A. Denny
• Description: Settlement of financial account between Henry L. Yesler and A.A. Denny

  2 items

  Dates: 1873
  Location: Miscellaneous papers of Arthur A. Denny
• Description: Memorandum accompanying a check for $3500 payable to Dexter Horton and Company
  Dates: 1882
  Location: Miscellaneous papers of Arthur A. Denny
• Description: Notice of dissolution of partnership between A.A. Denny and Hugh McAleer
  Dates: 1881
  Location: Miscellaneous papers of Arthur A. Denny
• Description: Notices of grade assessments

  4 items

  Dates: 1876-1877
  Location: Miscellaneous papers of Arthur A. Denny
• Description: Plat of an addition to the town of Seattle laid off by A.A. Denny
  Dates: 1872
  Location: Miscellaneous papers of Arthur A. Denny

Correspondence

Container: Box/Folder 1/31 - 1/35

• Bogue, Elizabeth Frye

  • Description: From J. Thomas Turner to Mrs. Bogue
    Dates: 1915
    Location: Correspondence / Bogue, Elizabeth Frye

• Frye, George Frederick

  • Description: From Richard Lehn to Frye
    Dates: 1905
    Location: Correspondence / Frye, George Frederick

• Denny, Arthur A.

  • Description: From Henry L. Yesler to Denny
    Dates: 1863
    Location: Correspondence / Denny, Arthur A.
  • Description: From W.T. Radir & Company to Denny

    With enclosures: 2 letters to Radir from George L. Story; and 2 letters (copied by Story) from R. M. Spinney to D.W. C. Nelson, and from Nelson to Spinney

    Dates: 1890
    Location: Correspondence / Denny, Arthur A.
• Description: Seattle and Walla Walla Trail and Wagon Road Company

  Toll scrip coupons

  Dates: 1884
  Location: Correspondence

Court Papers

Container: Box/Folder 1/36 - 1/40

• Description: Fowler, Joseph Curney and Caesar, W.J., plaintiffs vs. Anna M. Young, et al.
  Dates: 1898
  Location: Court Papers
• Description: Jarrold, Louisa Chapin vs. John Collins, et al.
  Dates: 1898
  Location: Court Papers
• Description: Northen Counties Investment Trust, Ltd. vs. Arthur Quinn et al.
  Dates: 1895
  Location: Court Papers
• Description: United States of America vs. Annie Tennant et al.
  Dates: 1898
  Location: Court Papers
• Description: Clise, J.W. et al. vs. Rex L. Ross et al.
  Dates: undated
  Location: Court Papers

• Boren, Carson D.

  • Description: Bothell Canning Company stock certificate
    Dates: 1908
    Location: Court Papers / Boren, Carson D.
  • Description: Voucher for Indian War pension payment
    Dates: 1912
    Location: Court Papers / Boren, Carson D.
• Description: Bagley, Daniel

  Affidavit re: George Frye's ownership of University Land (copy)

  Dates: 1881
  Location: Court Papers

• Mason, Charles H.

  • Description: Letter from John Nugent, concerning the Decaturand Indian War (copy)
    Dates: 1855
    Location: Court Papers / Mason, Charles H.
  • Description: Muster roll
    Dates: 1856
    Location: Court Papers / Mason, Charles H.

Bonds

Container: Box/Folder 1/41 - 1/44

• Description: Bond binding Leander Terry and John N. Low to William N. Bell (contemporary copy)
  Dates: 1852
  Location: Bonds

• Yesler, Henry L.

  • Description: Bond for Yesler as Clerk of the Probate Court, King County, Oregon Territory
    Dates: 1853
    Location: Bonds / Yesler, Henry L.

• Denny, Arthur Armstrong

  • Description: Original plat of the town of Seattle
    Dates: 1853
    Location: Bonds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong
  • Description: One bound volume containing surveying notes (Knoxville, IL), journal of the route to Oregon, and sales journal

    Transferred to A.A. Denny Papers

    Dates: 1850-1853
    Location: Bonds / Denny, Arthur Armstrong