Boston: December 10 1803. The first 16½" x 13½" previous folds in eighths some minor separation and holes along the folds without significant loss; old paper repair on verso. "Boston Bank. Know all men by these presents that I John Parker of Dracut . yeoman in consideration of Three hundred --- dollars paid by the President Directors and Company Bank . do hereby give grant bargain sell and convey . certain tracts or parcels of land situate lying and being in Dracut . containing twenty-three acres bounded and described as follows viz. one piece containing ten acres and a half with a dwelling house and a barn & shop." This is followed by a lengthy holograph description of the boundaries of said parcel. And "A second piece of land adjoined to the above . contains thirteen acres" also followed by a lengthy holograph description of the boundaries. Beneath these descriptions is a printed section outlining the conditions of the loan. Signed by Parker and his wife Mercy. Witnessed by John Adams and Parker Varnum and signed a second time by Varnum as Justice of the Peace. Recorded and signed by Sam'l. Bartlett Registrar of Middlesex County. With a docket on the verso as well as a holograph quit-claim deed of 1830 signed by Joseph Chapman Cashier of Boston Bank and attested to by William Simonson Justice of the Peace. The second 12½" x 8" previous folds in quarters neat professional strengthening on the verso. "Know all men by these presents that I John Parker of Dracut in the County of Middlesex . am holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto the President Directors and Company of the Boston Bank in the full and just sum of Six hundred dollars or their successors or assigns." Dated December 9 1803 signed by John Parker and witnessed again by Adams and Varnum. Docket on the verso. The text sets forth the penalty if Parker fails to repay the $300 "With lawful interest" within one year. John and Mercy Coburn Parker recorded their intention to marry on November 6 1784. John Parker was born about 1760. The couple had eight children between 1787 and 1802.They resided on Christian Hill hence his nickname "Christian John." Dracut is on the New Hampshire border nestled between Lowell Mass. and Nashua N.H. <br/><br/> December 10 unknown books
Boston: Billings Clapp & Co 1884. Wraps. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Near fine. 18 unnumbered pages. 16 x 12 cm. Large folded advert for Nicol's Sarsaparilla with Iodode Of Lime at rear. A contemporary perhaps scurrilous attempt to sell medicine to families via a purported children's book. Interior with blank checkerboard spaces opposite a drawing within the squares that a child can copy to the accompanying blank. Front and back covers are chromolithographs. Drawing with advertising message on grid facing pages with plain grids. OCLC: 177708141. "The publishers manufactured Nichols' bark and iron./ Dated from one of the testimonials./ Outer pages laid down inside wraps. Billings Clapp & Co unknown
Boston: Mcindoe Bros. Prs. 1876. First Edition. Very good. Small broadside n. d. ca 1876; 9 3/4 x 5 3/4; thin beige stock illustrated with a wood engraving and and an intricate border; text in several fancy fonts; two small nicks and several faint creases to edges; overall in very good condition. A beautiful advertising broadside for window awnings which were manufactured by the well-known Boston Blower Company manufacturers of various pieces of machinery Champion Knife and Fork Scourer etc. window treatments and so on. The broadside illustrated and described the reasons why one should buy the fixtures and the ways to order them. Mcindoe Bros., Prs. unknown books
Boston: Boston: Rockwell and Churchill City Printers 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 X 10 in. high. 30 pages printed on one side of the page only. Full maroon morocco with gilt rules circular Boston seal on covers gilt inner dentelles all edges of text block gilt a nice quality binding but not signed by binder. Condition of book is VERY GOOD; Edges of spine & corners rubbed front hinge starting to crack at bottom few inches frontis engraving of John H. Lee is very good as is the text which is very clean. American History STK Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers hardcover