Deed of sale for land adjoining Harvard Yard to the west, from John Betts to the President and Fellows of Harvard College, April 24, 1661.

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Deed of sale for land adjoining Harvard Yard to the west, from John Betts to the President and Fellows of Harvard College, April 24, 1661.

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With this deed of sale, created on April 24, 1661, John Betts sold land "by estimation about one acre & one rood more or less." The deed specifies that the land was bordered by Harvard College on the east, the property of Thomas Sweetman to the north, a meeting house to the sourh, and Cambridge Common to the west. The deed was signed by John Betts and his wife, Elizabeth Betts.

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