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From John Quincy Adams to Josiah Adams, 18 September 1826
Minute for Deacon Adams—18. Septr. 1826.
Salt-Marsh as Returned by the Inventory—
| Acres— | Qurs: | Rods | Limit of bid | ||||||
| 9 .. | 2.. | 2. | Harris lot Marsh and upland | at $83 | — | 789:52 | 900.. | ||
| 10.. | 2.. | 29. | Gull Island Marsh | 58 | . . | 619..51. | 750.. | ||
| 13.. | 3.. | 22 | Cove Marsh | 70. | 972.12 | 1100.. | |||
| 2.. | 1.. | 25 | Rock-Island do | 60. | 145..50 | 175—200 | |||
| Woodland. | |||||||||
| 15.. | 2.. | 32. | Ruggles and Thayer lots | at 45 | = | 706..50. | = | 900 | |
| (a.) | 5. | 3— | 33. | Quincy Hancock. | 35 | = | 208..44. | reserved | |
| (b.) | 11.. | 3.. | 9. | Beale lot | 25 | = | 295..18 | reserved | |
| (c.) | 3.. | 3— | 13. | Old Adams lot | 55 | = | 210..62 | 400 | |
| (d.) | 27.. | 0.. | 13. | Borland lot | 55 | = | 1489..46. | < |
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| 14.. | 2.. | 29. | Furnace or Field lot | 35 | = | 513..84 | < |
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| 6.. | 0. | 39. | Savil lot—(J. Adams’s Will lot) Owen’s | 38 | . . | 237..26 | reserved | < |
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| 6.. | 0.. | 28 | Savil (with Joy lot) | 50 | . . | 308..75. | < |
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| 17.. | 2.. | 31. | Joy lot. | 40 | . . | 707..75 | < |
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| (a.) | By the deed there should be 10 Acres— | By Survey of Jedidiah Bass | May 1785. | 8. | Acres | 3. | Qurs |
| (b.) | By Jedidiah Bass’s Survey in May 1785. | 20. | |||||
| (c.) | By Will of John Adams in 1760. bought of Owen | about | 4 | ||||
| (d.) | By Borland’s Deed about 25 acres | By Survey of Jedidiah Bass | December 1783— | 28. | |||
| (e.) | By Deed of Neddy Curtis | 16.. | |||||
| (f). | By Will of John Adams in 1760. | Said to be bought of Benjn. Owen | about | 6 | |||
| (g) | By Deed of the Savil’s | 7. | 36. | Rods | |||
| (h.) | By Deed of John Joy. | by Estimation more or less | 20.. | ||||
MHi: Adams Papers.