Records, 1658-1838.

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Records, 1658-1838.

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This collection includes deeds (including a copy of a 1701 Indian deed), writs, and petitions, as well as other legal documents (e.g., warrant, guardianship appointment, indenture, approbation, bond, promissory note, receipt). There is a tax assessment list, 1781; "A List of the Polls and of the Estates, Real and Personal, of the several Proprietors and Inhabitants of the Town of Lancaster ...," 1784; tax assessment list for highway repair, 27 May 1794; "Apportionment of School money for the year 1801," 24 December 1801; list of voters, 16 February 1807; and "A Record of Highways ...," 20 April 1811. The collection also includes a plan, dated 1658, for the six hundred acre farm of Capt. Richard Davenport ( - ), a letter of dismissal, dated 5 May 1760, from the First Church of Lancaster for Joseph and Elizabeth Whitcomb, and a letter, dated 11 April 1779, to Rev. Samuel Mather (1706-1785) in Boston, Mass., from members of the Second Church of Lancaster requesting a council to review complaints lodged against their pastor.

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Mather, Samuel, 1706-1785

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American clergyman. From the description of Manuscript sermon : place not specified, 1791 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 729248589 Rector of Old North Church. Son of Cotton Mather. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to "My dear child" (a relative), 1776 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270636634 ...

Second Church (Lancaster, Mass.)

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Davenport, Richard

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Whitcomb, Joseph.

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First Church (Lancaster, Mass.)

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Whitcomb, Elizabeth.

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Lancaster (Mass.)

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Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts is located on the Nashua River, fifteen miles north, northeast of Worcester, Mass., and north of Wachusett Reservoir. It was settled in 1643 and incorporated in 1653. From the description of Records, 1658-1838. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259483 ...