Quitclaim deed for the peninsula of Boston, Massachusetts, from Charles Josias and the Massachuset Indians to the inhabitants of Boston, 19 March 1684/5 [1685]

Item Information

Title:
Quitclaim deed for the peninsula of Boston, Massachusetts, from Charles Josias and the Massachuset Indians to the inhabitants of Boston, 19 March 1684/5 [1685]
Description:
This 1685 quitclaim deed formalized the transfer of the peninsula that became the town of Boston from the native Massachuset Indians to the English colonists. Charles Greely Loring exhibited the deed at the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1879 and several nineteenth-century histories of Boston refer to it. Loring's children donated the deed to the Historical Society in 1904. Image of page 1 depicts entire page; image of page 2 depicts detail area showing endorsement
Creator:
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Date:
March 19, 1685
Format:
Manuscripts
Location:
Massachusetts Historical Society
Collection (local):
Massachusetts Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Deeds--Massachusetts--Boston
Indian land transfers--Massachusetts--Boston
Indians of North America--Massachusetts--Boston
Massachuset Indians--Land transfers
Real property--Massachusetts--Boston
Boston (Mass.)--History--1600--1775
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
54.2 cm x 68.6 cm
Link to Item:
https://www.masshist.org/database/808
Terms of Use:
Item from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Image use and licensing information: www.masshist.org/library/permissions
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Language:
English
Identifier:
nuview_808