8 September 1735

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting held at the town house].

The subject of the meeting is a request to fill in Cedar Swamp. The meeting was adjourned without the matter being put to a vote. Attested as a true copy signed as Proprietor's Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.041

November 1726

Hathaway, Thomas, fl. 1717-1726

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting held at the town house].

George Badcock and Henry Tucker have asked the township's permission to build a grist mill. After examining the records of the township and on consultation with Benjamin Hammond's survey, it is determined that title to the land is clear. Attested as a true copy signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.045

05 July 1828

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Wirt

Asking for comments on Georgia's claims pursuant to an 1802 federal agreement that extinguished Indian titles within the state's boundaries. The letter anticipates the events leading up to the 1829 Georgia-Cherokee Crisis; the Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia, which found in favor of the Indians, thus limiting states' rights; and eventual removal of the Cherokees via the famous "Trail of Tears."

GLC08279.01

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

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

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

February 3, 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

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

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

5 August 1717

Kerbe, Richard, fl. 1717

Document signed

Title: [Sale of a parcel of 35 acres in Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Bay Colony].

Also signed by Joseph Allen (his mark). Witnessed by Nathaniel Howland and Temperance Kerby. Kerbe and Allen agree to sell land to Robert Barker. Signed with his mark.

GLC02924.021

28 March 1717

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a report of a meeting held in Dartmouth Township on 28 March 1717 discussing land taken for highways].

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

GLC02924.022

January 28, 1717

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a report of a meeting held in Dartmouth Township on 28 January 1717].

Christopher and Robert Gifford had neglected to take up lands. The committee ordered the lands to be surveyed. Date from docket. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.023

13 April 1713

Korbin, Richard, fl. 1713

Document signed

Title: [Indenture for the sale of land in Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Bay Colony]

Also signed by Joseph Allon (his mark). Witnessed by Robard Korbin and Benjamin C[illegible]. Richard Korbin agrees to sell the land to Joseph Allon. Signed with his mark.

GLC02924.024

28 March 1717

Hathaway, Thomas, fl. 1717-1726

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a report of a meeting discussing land taken for highways].

Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.025

January 28, 1717

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a report of a meeting held in Dartmouth Township on 28 January 1717].

Christopher and Robert Gifford had neglected to take up lands. The committee ordered the lands to be surveyed. Attested as "a true coppie of a coppie" and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.026

15 November 1718

Gifford, Robert, fl. 1718

Document signed

Title: [Indenture to purchase land in Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Bay Colony, from his brother, Christopher Gifford].

Also signed by Thomas Tabor, Junior, and George L. Lawton (his mark). Gifford agrees to pay 500 pounds to his brother for the land. Signature reads: "Robart Gifford."

GLC02924.028