Fine Books & Manuscripts
Description:
Ball Family of Concord, Massachusetts and Temple, New Hampshire, Archive, 1688-19th Century. Including a Concord deed signed by Nathaniel Ball (1688); four handwritten Concord deeds from the 1720s-30s; two printed Concord deeds signed and fulfilled by hand, 1730s; ten Temple, New Hampshire deeds, late 18th-early 19th century; [and] a prodigious number of receipts and other small documents.
Estimate $300-400
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Keywords
Nathaniel Ball, Temple
Christopher D. Fox
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
508-970-3200
Fine Books & Manuscripts
The Fine Books & Manuscripts department delivers scholarship, expertise, and attention to detail in appraisals, evaluations and auctions of rare and historically important material ranging from medieval manuscripts to presidential documents.