1804 Vermont Manuscript Land Deed — Jamaica, Windham County — Signed & Sealed
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1804 Vermont Manuscript Land Deed — Jamaica, Windham County — Signed & Sealed
$185.00
An original handwritten Vermont land deed dated September 10, 1804, documenting the conveyance of one acre in Jamaica, Windham County, to Salmon Lawrence of Groton, Massachusetts, for the stated consideration of ten dollars.
The deed names William Johnson of Acton, Vermont, described as a “yeoman,” and bears the signatures of Johnson and Amos Daggett. Both are identified as grantors in the endorsement on the reverse.
The property is described as lying in the southeast corner of Lot No. 25. Its detailed survey language traces the boundaries through beech stumps, stakes, and stones, with distances measured in rods and links—an evocative record of rural land ownership in early nineteenth-century Vermont.
The reverse bears a subsequent acknowledgment before Samuel Fletcher, justice of the peace, together with a recording endorsement referencing Jamaica Records, Book 3, page 562. Folded paper seals with traces of red sealing material survive beside the grantors’ signatures.
Condition: Age toning, scattered spotting, intersecting storage folds with splits and small losses, and edge wear. Some ink show-through from the reverse. The principal text remains generally clear and readable. Please examine photographs for condition.
A distinctive early Vermont manuscript with appeal to collectors of New England history, genealogy, land records, and American legal documents.
