Papers collected by First and Second Church (Boston, Mass.), 1693-1858 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Miscellaneous papers collected by the First and Second Church (Boston, Mass.), 1693-1858. Includes a deed of sale for an enslaved person from Abigail Davis of Boston to Thomas Nowell of Brookline, 1693; two Boston deeds of Mary Eliot, etc., and Elenor Clark, both to Samuel Clarke, 1695; Brookline town tax records for 1746-1747 and 1792-1793; church records, kept in part by Rev. William Nelson, probably of the Baptist Church of Christ in Taunton, 1747-1784, including a covenant, baptisms, and deacon elections; an account of Rev. Abraham Jarvis of Christ Church, Middletown, Conn., with Ashael Johnson, 1783-1786; a business letter from Thomas Handasyd Perkins to Elias Hasket Derby, 1792; a shipping record from the Astrea of Salem in the port of Cadiz, signed by Henry Prince and Nathaniel Bowditch, 23 Sep. 1798; and the bill of fare for a dinner for Boston city government in Faneuil Hall, 1858