Short form references: GH George Howard BH Benjamin Howard CH Charles Howard JEH John E Howard Jr JMcH James McHenry SHR Sophia Howard Read JH James Howard WH William Howard MVS Lot Mt. Vernon Square Lot Lot Lot in 1828 division GR Ground Rent EXAMPLE of Ground Rent Transcription: 16)SHR_gr_183 [16: sequential # within SHR share, assigned by transcriber; SHR: Sophia Read’s initials; gr: code for ground rent; 183: number of this specific ground rent] Sheathower, Henry, $10 lot of ground with improvements on Bottle Alley leased to William Stewart, 28 April 1797 7 1/2% amounting to $133.33 2/3 $10 per annum Division of Ground Rent Transcription: Erin: 128 -- George Howard, Benjamin Howard, James McHenry Elizabeth: 124 -- William Howard, James Howard, Charles Howard, John E Howard Jr. html pages for sections of the three distributions: Heir Lots Ground Rents Mt. Vernon Square Lots George Howard 137 149 19 Benjamin Howard 151 161 24 William Howard 163 174 31 James Howard 175 187 36 Charles Howard 189 199 43 Sophia Howard Read 200 213 47 James McHenry 214 228 54 John Eager Howard, jr. 230 241 59