Image Lot Price Description


2147
$237.00

INTERESTING 1713 DEED FOR LAND IN DARTMOUTH SIGNED BY HENRY HOWLAND WHOSE FAMILY ORIGINALLY BOUGHT DARTMOUTH FROM MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY IN 1652.

This document conveys land to David Wood and is signed “This fourth day of December, 1713 and in the 12th year of Her Majesties reign Queen Anne of Great Britain, France and Ireland”. Document is signed by Henry Howland, Elizabeth Tucker and Benjamin Crane, all well known families of early Dartmouth. The Howland Family goes all the way back to John Howland who was a signor of the Mayflower Compact in 1620. CONDITION: 12″ x 12-1/2″ sheet is watermarked laid-paper which is soiled, acid burned, foxed, cracked at folds with reductions which affect some text. Framed between two pieces of glass and quite easily read with dark ink. 50494-15 (400-600) – Lot 2147


Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antique Auction - August 2016
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