1815-1860

Bergandthat, Anna Maria, fl. 1837

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [There is nothing more pleasing to a independent person]

Full quotation reads, "There [is] nothing more pleasing to a independent person than to know that his kindness is received with a grateful heart by those on whom it is bestowed." Among the collateral to a autograph quotation by Laura Bridgman, a deaf-blind mute. Attached to the reverse side of a sheet of paper with two newspaper clippings about Bridgman glued to the front. Bergandthat's handwriting style suggests she was also blind, possibly an acquaintance of Bridgman's from the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts, where Bridgman became a student in 1837.

GLC00496.114.02

1900

Foster Brothers

Print

Title: [Photograph of Julia Ward Howe]

Print of Mrs. Howe by Foster Brothers.

GLC01266.02

17 May 1731

Carter, C., fl. 1731

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for John Bartlett]

Receipt for three pounds fifteen shillings "for service done as a commissioner in order to settle the line of gover[men]t from Patucket Falls to the Massachusetts south line."

GLC01450.409.02

circa 1832-1844

Object

Title: [Hard Times tokens].

Tokens satirizing President Andrew Jackson. Issued after Jackson opposed re-chartering of the Bank of the United States, resulting in a depression.

GLC01994.03

16 September 1734

Upham, Ezekiel, fl. 1734

Autograph document signed

Title: [Sale of land to Abraham Harding].

Witnessed by Josiah Fisher and John Harding. Includes description of the property. Certified by Justice of the Peace John Chandler in Worcester of Woodstock on 7 May 1737.

GLC02891.01

2 March 1640

Manuscript document

Title: [Surrender of the Patent of Plymouth Colony to the Freemen].

Outlines the surrender of the Warwick Patent of 1630 to the "Publick Court" by Governor of Plymouth Bradford and the "Old Comers" (original settlers). This resulted from pressure to relinquish the patent to the whole body of freemen. Bradford and the Old Comers reserved three tracts of land, the borders of which are described. A memorandum at the bottom of the document notes that Bradford complied with the order to surrender the patent. This document is a copy.

GLC02924.001

29 November 1652

Winslow, John, fl. 1811

Manuscript document

Title: A Deed Appointed to be Recorded.

Known as the Dartmouth Purchase, this land became the town of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Wasamequin and his son Wamsutta sold the land to Winslow, William Bradford, Myles Standish, Thomas Southworth, John Cooke, and their associates, the Purchasers and Old Comers. The deed provides the boundaries of the land and enumerates the goods and money Wasamequin and Wamsutta received in return. Copy made in the presence of Jonathan Shaw and Samuel Eedy.

GLC02924.002

7 March 1652

Document

Title: [Record of a meeting held at Plymouth to divide land].

Possibly a clerical copy with clerical signatures.

GLC02924.003

29 July 1689

Tabor, Thomas, fl. 1689

Document signed

Title: [Description of property].

Certified as a true copy from the book of records for the Township of Dartmouth. Previous pages of text appear to be missing. Signed as clerk.

GLC02924.004

December 1710

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting and transcription of a property description].

John Tucker and others agree to the proper division of various peninsulas and islands. Includes a certified copy of a transcription from the 31 December 1691 Dartmouth Book of Records, also signed and certified by Delano. Signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.005

29 December 1694

Bassett, William, fl. 1694

Document signed

Title: [Clerical copy of the last will and testament of Edward Perry].

Copy made and certified as a true copy by Bassett, who signs as register.

GLC02924.006

10 June 1701

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Description of land laid out for a highway].

Copy made and certified by him as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.007

3 February 1692

Dextor, John, fl. 1692

Document signed

Title: [Bill of sale for land].

Also signed by witnesses. Selling the land about the Cowhouse Brook, within the Township of Sandwich, to Christopher Gifford. Docket signed by the Register William Bassett.

GLC02924.008

26 March 1755

Kirby, Robert, fl. 1755

Document signed

Title: [Last will and testament of Robert Kirby of Dartmouth, in the County of Bristol].

Witnessed by Peter Allen and Nathanel Tallman (his mark). Attested by Dartmouth town clerk Sanford. Signed with his mark.

GLC02924.010

16 May 1710

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a 1709 land agreement, ordered to be placed in the new book], and Vote May the 16: 1710 Christopher Gifford showing forth.

There are two documents on this folio, the first is: signed by committee members, Richard Borden, John Akin, Isaac Smith, William Wood, and Jacob Barker. True copy made for a new property book. Ordered and allowed by the committee, with several other copies. Signed as Clerk of Dartmouth and dated 7 September 1727. the second document is a later hand, which also may be Delano's, has scratched through the report and written above it "this paragraph is not to be recorded" and below it "the above is not to be recorded," both in darker ink. Delano was a Clerk for the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.011

3 June 1713

Document

Title: [Description of property in Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Bay Colony].

Description done at the request of Joseph Peckham. A postscript refers to the page number of the Dartmouth Proprietors Lands book from which the description was taken.

GLC02924.012

12 May 1713

Document

Title: [Report of a meeting to discuss who has rights to a meadow].

GLC02924.013

12 May 1713

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a report of a meeting held in Dartmouth Township on 12 May 1713 to discuss who has rights to a meadow].

Delano has signed clerically for Richard Borden, John Akin, William Wood, Jacob Barker, and Isaac Smith. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.014

30 March 1714

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a report of a meeting held to discuss who has rights to a meadow].

Delano has signed clerically for Richard Borden, John Akin, William Wood, Jacob Barker, and Isaac Smith. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.015

12 May 1713

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Report of 5 January 1713 and 12 May 1713 meetings concerning Cedar Swamp at the town house in Dartmouth Township].

Delano has signed clerically for Richard Borden, John Akin, William Wood, Isaac Smith and Jacob Barker. The 12 May meeting required residents to draw lots for portions of the swamp lands. Certified as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.016a

30 October 1749

Peabodie, John, fl. 1749

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for funds].

Also signed by Deborah Willbor (her mark). Receipt for Enos Gifford, executor, of twenty-five shillings left to Willbor by her father Christopher Gifford. Attested as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.016b

8 November 1704

Macomber, Philip, fl. 1704

Document signed

Title: [Power of Attorney for Philip Macomber].

Witnessed by Justice of the Peace in the County of Dutchess George Ireligh and Ebenezer Mott. Grants power of attorney to Elijah Gifford of Darmouth in the State of Massachusetts.

GLC02924.017

19 May 1712

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: An account of land set off & left to Christopher Gifford and Robert Gifford on the 19th of May 1712.

Includes the clerical signatures of Benjamin Hammond and Surveyor Benjamin Crane. Docket dated 1718. Certified as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.018

29 April 1712

Document

Title: [Property description].

Description of "thirteen acres of land laid out for Joseph Allen and John Allen."

GLC02924.019

1714/08/10

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a report of a meeting held for laying out 400 acres].

Delano signed clerically for Richard Borden, John Akin, William Wood, Jacob Barker, and Isaac Smith. Docket reads, "For Christopher Gifford to [illegible]." Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.020