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Colonial Plymouth

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Colonial Plymouth

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Auction Date:2011 May 11 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Manuscript DS, one page, 8 x 12, March 14, 1682. A division of Edward Gray's land, including "little house by the watterside." Between Dorothy Gray and John Gray, for the land "from the seaside to the King's Road or Highway…northerly side of the Great Rock…" Signed twice each by Ephraim Morton and John Tomson, and docketed on the reverse by Nathaniel Morton.

Manuscript DS, one page, 8.25 x 5.5, March 29, 1683. Document regarding the division of Edward Gray's land. Signed by Dorothy Gray [widow] and John Gray [son]. Witnessed by Ephraim Morton, Ephraim Tinkham, with his "ET" mark, Isaac Cushman, and John Bryant Junr.

Manuscript DS, 7.75 x 9.25, October 28, 1684. A document regarding land owned by Edward Gray at Shawamot. Signed at the conclusion by Nathaniel Morton, with several lines in Morton’s hand as well.

Manuscript DS, one page, 7.5 x 6, October 30, 1684. A a receipt pertaining to the estate of Edward Gray. Signed by Dorothy Gray, as Administrator, and signed as witnesses by Nathaniel Thomas and Stephen Sloss.

Manuscript DS, 6 x 8, March 3, 1685/6, being a period transcript of the bounds of land between John Gray and Caleb Cook.

ADS, signed “Thomas Faunce,” one page, 8 x 6.5. A 1686 transcript of 1666/7 record of bounds of Benjamin Eaton's land, formerly George Clark's and betwixt Francis Billington and the lots that were John Cooke's, near "the Swamps called Bradfords Marsh."

ADS, one page, 8 x 12, March 4, 1688/89. A quit claim between Edward Gray and John Gray, pertaining to father Edward Gray's estate. Signed by Edward Gray around his wax seal. Witnessed by Samuel Sprague and Ephraim Colle.

Manuscript DS, one page, 15 x 12, January 15, 1689. A a deed of Samuel Little and his wife Sarah to John Gray. Signed by both Littles next to their respective wax seals. Witnessed by John Barkor and Rachal Newcom. Also signed by Nathaniel Thomas, who adds several lines at the bottom.

Manuscript DS, one page, 7.5 x 12, November 1, 1693. "An Inventory of the Estate of Lieut. Ephraim Morton late of Plymouth deceased taken & apprized the first day of November 1693." An extensive list of materials belonging to Morton, including cattle, sheep, pewter, furniture, wool, grain, corn, spinning wheels, lumber, and farm equipment.

Manuscript DS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 12, November 2, 1693. A will of Ephraim Morton who "being weak of body through sickness yet of disposing memory & understanding…ordain these presents to be my last Will & Testament…" Signed by Morton, and endorsed by Samuel Sprague and William Bradford, and attested at the end, “A true copy examined by Nathl Thomas Register."

Manuscript DS, one page, 14 x 9.5, July 17, 1694. A deed between Captain Joseph Howland and John Gray "in consideration of the full & just sum of fifteen pounds…[land] off Rockey Nooke in Plimouth…" Signed by Joseph Howland, witnessed by James Winslow and Joseph Southworth, and docketed on the reverse by Samuel Sprague.

Manuscript DS, one page, 10 x 13, September 15, 1700. A deed between James Winslow and John Gray, for 2/3rds of an acre of land for forty shillings. Signed by James Winslow, next to his red wax seal. Witnessed by John Colle and Nathaniel Clark, also signed by William Bradford, Justice of the Peace, with a few additional lines in his hand.

Manuscript DS, one page, 9.75 x 14.75, December 17, 1700. Document concerning a land purchase reads, in part: “Benjamin Eaton Senr & Benjamin Eaton Junr…in consideration of the sum of Ten Pounds in Currant money of New England to us or one of us in hand by John Gray of Plimouth…[purchase] ten acres…between Francis Billington lott & The lott that was John Cooper…" Signed by Benjamin Eaton Sr., his mark "X", and Benjamin Eaton, Jr., both with their seals. Also signed by William Bradford, Justice of the Peace, with three lines in his hand, and docketed by Samuel Sprague.

Manuscript DS, one page, 8.75 x 12.5, February 12, 1703/4. A signed scribal copy of "An agreement of Several of ye Neighbors living at and about Rockey Nooke in the Township of Plimouth respecting ye bounds of their lands…" being a copy of the original document of 1669 signed in a scribal hand by Jacob Cooke, Edward Gray, and Francis Combes with their "x" mark.

Conditions of the documents rate between good and very good, as would be expected with 300 year old documents. Several have professional repairs along folds, others have scattered toning and staining, partial fold separations, and scattered paper loss.

In 1686, the area that included Plymouth Colony was reorganized under a single government known as the Dominion of New England to include the colonies of Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. The unpopular union did not last, however, and was dissolved in April 1689. The return of self-rule for Plymouth Colony was also short-lived, however, as Great Britain established a new charter combining Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and other territories, with the proclamation ending the existence of Plymouth Colony made in October 1691. The act was formally enforced following the arrival of the charter of the Province of Massachusetts Bay on May 14, 1692, with last official meeting of the Plymouth General Court occurring on June 8, 1692. Superlative documentation from the last years of the Plymouth Colony and a slowly evolving ‘new world.’
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