Damon family papers, 1819-[ca. 1885].

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Damon family papers, 1819-[ca. 1885].

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Papers, 1819-[ca. 1885], include: 7 deeds & related documents, 1819-1838 (certificate of sale, Roger Brown to Ephraim H. Bellows, for sale of spring of water, 1819 Nov. 25; deed, Ephraim H. Bellows to Elisha Parks & Thomas Lord, for land, cotton factory, grist mill, etc., 1831 Apr. 16; deed, Elisha Parks & Thomas Lord to James Derby, for real estate, cotton factory, & water privileges, 1833 Sept. 20; certificate of sale, James Derby to Calvin C. Damon, for "all the premises in a deed given by ... Parks & ... Lord to said ... Derby," & for land, house, spinning frames. (Cont.) machinery, fixtures, etc., 1834 Nov. 6; deed for same, 1834 Dec. 26, recorded 1835 Jan. 2; deed, James Derby to Calvin Damon, for "Bellows Factory Lot" & land in Acton, 1834 Dec. 27; deed, Ezra Conant to Calvin C. Damon, for land in westerly part of Concord, 1838 Oct. 10); 2 daguerreotype ports. (Calvin C. Damon, [undated]; Anne E. Hagar, [ca. 1859]); autograph note, H.D. Thoreau to Mr. Damon, with survey sketch, [undated]; passage copied from "the lecture on Greatness" by R.W. Emerson, copied in hand of Ellen Emerson, with autograph signature of R.W. Emerson. (Cont.) [undated]; 7 photographs ([ca. 1885]) by Alfred Munroe (2 of Old Manse, 1 each of Egg Rock, river view, Concord Free Public Library & view down Main Street, Munroe garden, & view from Nashawtuc Bridge).

18 items : photos. ; 43 cm. (framed to 57 cm.) or smaller.

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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