Oliver Canby (1716-1754) was a miller on the Brandywine Creek. This collection of deeds and indentures documents the acquisition of mills or mill seats, and other lands near the Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware by the Canby family. This collection was in the possession and care of the Canby family until it was given to Hagley Museum and Library in 2011 by a descendant of Oliver Canby.

The Road Commissioners of Christiana Hundred were responsible for building and maintaining roads within the township. Christiana Hundred is an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware. The photocopied volume contains orders to lay out and maintain roads and other deliberations of the commissioners, the accounts of the overseers for construction and repair work, and the payments of the road tax by property owners.

William Henvis (1809-1858) was an employee of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. The records are two property deeds of William and Margaret Henvis, one for purchase of land in 1849 and one for sale of land in 1850.