Dec 01, 2011 - Sale 2263

Sale 2263 - Lot 182

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(MASSACHUSETTS.) Archive concerning the Pemberton Square development in Boston. 42 manuscript documents; various sizes and conditions. Boston, 1836-58
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Pemberton Square was a private mixed-use development built in Boston in 1835. In its heyday, it housed numerous government and institutional offices, as well as upscale private residences. The Government Center complex was built on the site in the 1960s.
These are the papers of Benjamin Adams (1781-1858) as a Pemberton Square warden and proprietor. Adams was a prosperous Boston merchant, although not closely related to the presidential Adams family, and was responsible for arranging all maintenance in the development. His records include lists of residents and proprietors, signed petitions, meeting minutes, memoranda, and maintenance bills.
with--an archive of additional Benjamin Adams personal papers: a group of 46 receipts and bills relating to the widening of Doane Street, 1829 Approximately 100 financial and legal papers, including numerous deeds and other property records. All together, 0.2 linear feet in 5 folders.