Henry Morgan sold 847 Asylum Avenue to Linus Plimpton

1. The quit claim of August 2, 1879 purported to “convey all our right and interest in said premises, whether in our individual or representative capacities, and especially our right, title and interest in said premises by virtue of said mortgage deed to us as Trustees and by virtue of the foreclosure thereof as per certificate of foreclosure recorded in said Hartford Land Records Vol 168, page 455.” The “our” in this case was Henry K. Morgan and George D. Morgan.
2. The warranty deed executed and recorded today stated that the “title of the grantor in said premises is a good and indefeasible estate in fee simple free from all claims and incumbrances excepting the interest of the grantor and George D. Morgan trustees under and by virtue of a certain mortgage from George B. Barnes of date of Oct. 3^rd 1867 recorded in said Hartford Land Records Vol 122 page 700, and the foreclosure thereof, as per certificate on record all of which said interest is this day conveyed to the Grantee by deed of August 2^nd 1879 and further excepting that a portion of said premises is subject to the conditions, stipulations and reservations contained and expressed in two certain deeds one from George Affleck to George B. Barnes and Samuel Coit recorded Vol 127 page 255 of said records and the other from said Coit to said Barnes recorded Vol 130 page 316.”
3. It is not entirely clear, then, that Linus Plimpton took title free and clear, despite both the certificate of foreclosure and the quit-claim deed.

George D. Morgan was a party to the quit-claim deed, but only Henry K. Morgan was a party to this deed.  George’s interest in the property was mentioned, but that was it.

1. Henry K. Morgan and George D. Morgan foreclosed on this property on June 12, 1877.
2. Henry K. Morgan and George D. Morgan executed a quit-claim deed on 847 Asylum Avenue to Linus Plimpton on August 2, 1879.

1. The legal description in both the quit-claim deed and the warranty deed was as follows:

• North: on Asylum Avenue
• East: on land now or formerly of Rev. Mr. Clerc
• South: on lands of Trinity Church Parish and of St Joseph’s Church
• West: on land of Charles C. Strong

2. The description made specific reference to the description recorded 10/3/1867 in volume 122, page 700, which, unlike the description here, gave the length of each boundary.
3. Mr. Clerc was Laurent Clerc, who helped to establish the American School for the Deaf. Clerc died in 1869, so he would have been the owner of the property to the east before J. B. Burr, who had been listed as the owner in previous legal descriptions.
4. James Goodwin was replaced in the legal description as one of the owners of the land to the south by St. Joseph’s Church, which Francis McFarland had bought in 1872.
5. George Affleck owned property primarily across the street from 847 Asylum Avenue.

City of Hartford.  “Quit claim,” Office of the Clerk Land Records, August 2, 1879, volume 178, page 495.

City of Hartford.  “Warranty deed,” Office of the Clerk Land Records, September 10, 1879, volume ?, page 257.