Lot 146
Collection of Seventeen Colonial Documents. Early Massachusetts and Connecticut documents including a true copy, c. 1673, from the Chelmsford, Mass. town records, of land grants given to Capt. Samuel Adams (great uncle to President John Adams), among which is a 1656 grant of 450 acres "in consideration of setting up a sawmill and thereby suplying the Town with boards at three shilling the hundred…, and a 1660 grant of 100 acres in exchange for "erecting and maintaining a cornmill…." Among the other documents are: a 1677 deposition of about 250 words, signed by Edward Tyng, from a sailor who was shipwrecked from the bark Prosperous: "To save our lives we were forced to trade with the Indians…."; a 1662 Hempstead document allowing owners of "the Southnecks meadowing…to fence in their particular meadows…."; a 1686 indenture between J. Humphrey, mayor of Windsor, Connecticut, and Jahan Hill; a 1677 petition from the inhabitants of Newbury, Mass. for a magistrate; a 1680 assessment for repairing a church; a petition to Massachusetts Governor Joseph Dudley (probably c. 1714-15) to allow Charles More, who had been recommended for a lieutenancy at Fort Saco, to serve as a sergeant, since "now there is no war with the Indians" no lieutenant was allowed at the fort; a 1683 Mass. indenture between John Hoyt and John Harboy; a 1683 bill for merchandise shipped from London on the ship Elizabeth; and several other indentures, etc. of varying sizes and condition. Normal toning, soiling, and some staining. Condition is Good to Very Good. Should be seen. (17 items).
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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