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Collection Reference Number GLC02924.02
From Archive Folder Collection of 73 documents relating to Plymouth, Dartmouth Township, and environs 
Title A deed appointed to be recorded
Date 29 November 1652
Author Winslow, John (1597-1674)  
Document Type Legal document; Land transaction document
Content Description Known as the Dartmouth Purchase, this land became the town of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Wasamequin and his son Wamsutta sold the land to Winslow, William Bradford, Myles Standish, Thomas Southworth, John Cooke, and their associates, the Purchasers and Old Comers. The deed provides the boundaries of the land and enumerates the goods and money Wasamequin and Wamsutta received in return. Copy made in the presence of Jonathan Shaw and Samuel Eedy.
Subjects Land Transaction  Finance  Immigration and Migration  American Indian History  
People Winslow, John (1597-1674)  
Place written Massachusetts
Theme Law; Banking & Economics; Native Americans
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859