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Title |
Records of Deeds, Volume 1. |
Creator |
Mount Auburn Cemetery |
Date |
1832 - 1835 |
Year Range from |
1832 |
Year Range to |
1835 |
Scope & Content |
Bound volume of tan fabric printed in black ink on the spine "1, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Records of Deeds, Lots 1 to 400." Volume 1, 1832-1835, with deeds relating to Lots 1 - 400. The Record of Deed consists of copies of original deeds to cemetery lots. Similar to traditional real estate deeds, the cemetery deed states the parties to the conveyance, a description of the lot, the amount paid for the property, and enumerates conditions, limitations and privileges regarding the premises. The original deeds are signed by officers of the cemetery, witnessed, and affixed with a corporate seal. Bound together in volumes, the Record of Deeds are arranged chronologically by date of transfer. |
Object Name |
Records |
Collection |
Deeds |
Catalog Number |
2008.081.001 |
Search Terms |
Deed |
Subjects |
St. James Lot (#82) Hannah Adams (monument, Lot #180) Spurzheim monument (Lot #181) Harvard University (Lot #295) Tremont House (Lot # 324) Harvard University (Lot # 330) |