Papers, 1708-1767.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1708-1767.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259492

The collection, which includes notes made in 1954 by Albert G. Waite, contains several land deeds, summonses, and other legal documents, a detailed inventory, surveyor's notes, wills, an indenture for a slave for three years, estate records, and family letters from London. The inventory list of Joseph Lemmon's estate provides information concerning the furnishing of a colonial home. An indenture, dated 1708, and a deed, 1712, are located in the oversize folder. Newclippings filed in the collection demonstrate that the former Charlestown State Prison was built by Charles Bulfinch in 1804 on land once owned by Joseph Lemmon.

1 folder (25 items)1 folder (2 items) ; oversize.

Gadsden Public Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6957629

Gadsden Public Library

Related Entities

There are 7 Entities related to this resource.

Lemmon, Joseph, 1692-1750

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tt62hc (person)

Joseph Lemmon (1692-1750) was the son of Joseph Lemmon (1662-1709), of Charlestown, Mass., and Mary Bradley Lemmon ( - ), and the husband of Elizabeth Phillips (1692-1784). He lived in Charlestown as a wealthy merchant and extensive landowner, and held the offices of town treasurer, and justice of the peace for Middlesex County. Two of his children were Joseph (1715-1772) and Mary (1717-1798), who married, in 1736, Joseph Lynde (1702-1788), of Charlestown, also a noted merchant and landowner. ...

Waite, Albert Goodnow, 1882-1971

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s488k9 (person)

Waite earned his Harvard AB in 1905. From the description of Notes in Spanish 1 and 5, 1901-1902. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074733 ...

Lynde, Joseph, 1702-1788

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60c4vss (person)

Massachusetts State Prison

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r53wbr (corporateBody)

The State Prison was opened in 1805 at Charlestown, Boston, as a successor to the prison on Castle Island. During 1878-1884 the prison was closed and inmates kept at Concord. With that exception, Charlestown remained the Massachusetts state prison until replaced by Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 1955-1956. From the description of Minutes of the State Prison Society, 1846-1848. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86144176 The State Prison at charlestown, Boston, ...

Lynde, Mary Lemmon, 1717-1798

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj4037 (person)

Lemmon, Joseph, 1715-1772

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69c8f2q (person)

Lemmon, Elizabeth Phillips, 1692-1784

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m62x1v (person)