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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Abraham and Benjamin Tray land deed: manuscript

 Collection — Shared_box 1675
Identifier: BC-2024-024
Scope and Contents

Deed of sale recording the transfer of land in Natick Massachusetts from Samuel Abraham to Benjamin Tray. Printed form with manuscript additions and wax seal. Witnessed and signed by William Rider and Oliver Peabody.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1731 October 25

John Adams presidential campaign song to the tune of Auld lang syne: manuscript

 Collection — Shared_box 1672
Identifier: BC-2024-097
Scope and Contents

Lyrics to a presidential campaign song for John Adams, set to the tune of Auld Lang Syne.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: probably 1796

Joshua Barrell's testimony respecting Mr. Nathan Read's nailworks: manuscript

 Collection — Shared_box 1664
Identifier: BC-2024-098
Scope and Contents

The testimony of Joshua Barrell of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, denying the allegation by Nathan Read that Barrell had hired Peter Cliff to observe Read's nail-making machine. Signed by justices of the peace John Treadwell and Thomas Bancroft, and entered into the Essex County Registry of Deeds, October 4, 1800.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1800 October 4

Stephen Cory indenture: manuscript

 Collection — Shared_box 1675
Identifier: BC-2024-026
Scope and Contents

Manuscript deed of indentured apprenticeship of Stephen Cory (1765-1790?) to Susanna Nichols (1712-1806), both of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, dated 15 February 1771.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1771 February 15

Edwin Eames and Edward R. Preston house construction contract: manuscript

 Collection — Shared_box 1675
Identifier: BC-2024-023
Scope and Contents

Contract between Edwin Eames and Edward R. Preston, for the construction of a house in Framingham, Massachusetts, to be built by Preston.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1852

Jacob Lodge cyphering book: manuscript

 Collection — Shared_box 1675, Folder: 1
Identifier: BC-2025-150
Scope and Contents

Manuscript notebook written on laid paper, containing examples of arithmetic problems, currency conversion, tables of weights and measures for liquid and dry goods, word problems, methods of calculating interest, etc. Headings are written in a tall calligraphic script.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: Publication: approximately between 1795 and 1810

Last will and testament of Henry Spaulding: manuscript

 Collection — Shared_box 2522
Identifier: BC-2025-149
Scope and Contents

The will of Henry Spaulding, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, naming his wife Susanna, son Henry, and daughter Elizabeth as beneficiaries of his land, buildings, property, and "moveable estate." Four-page manuscript, the third page blank. Inserted is a single-leaf printed form approving the will, filled-out with names, dates, etc. and signed by Samuel Danforth, judge of the Probate of Wills, Middlesex County.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1754 August 22

Massachusetts general election instructions to Constable John Hill of Sherborn, Massachusetts: manuscript

 Collection — Shared_box 1675
Identifier: BC-2024-025
Scope and Contents

Two-page manuscript instructing Constable John Hill to inform free male inhabitants of Sherborn, Massachusetts, at least twenty-one years old and meeting property requirements, to vote in the general election on Monday 7 April.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1783