A deed on vellum, confirming transfer of rights on a land and some other buildings from Jacob Green to Daniel Hitchings, Charlestown in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonies in America, 1679. English.
Charlestown neighborhood, where the deal recorded in this deed took place, is the oldest neighborhood in Boston (established in 1629) and was the first capital of Massachusetts and a separate town until it was annexed to Boston in 1874. The famous 1775 Bunker Hill Battle took place In the Charlestown peninsula.
In Charlestown proper there were, in the year 1670, less than 300 houses and in all of Boston only 4000 residents. The small colonies fought for their existence in those early days and had to face the attacks by the natives and daily hardships.
The deed is inscribed in ink and signed by Jacob Greene, his wife Mary Green, Humphrey Davey who drafted it and some more signatures which were not deciphered.
46.5X52.5 cm. Fair condition. Lacking ink stamp. Tears. Stains. Tear to lower corner, not affecting text. Framed for display with glass on both sides; unexamined out of frame.