CHARLES H. WALCOTT PAPERS,
[ca. 1875] - 1901

Not to be reproduced without permission from the Concord Free Public Library.

Vault A45, Walcott, Unit 1

EXTENT: 2.75 linear feet. 12 manuscript volumes, one container.

ORGANIZATION: Organized in three series. Series I: Title examinations for properties in Middlesex, Norfolk, and Suffolk Counties, [ca.1880]-1901; Series II: Notes on properties, land, and roads in Concord, Massachusetts, [ca.1875]-1897 includes one bound volume and four folders of loose sheets; Series III: Letters from Horace R. Hosmer to Charles H. Walcott, 1889-1892.

BIOGRAPHY: Charles Hosmer Walcott was a lawyer in Concord, Massachusetts. The son of Joel Walcott, he was born (1848) and died (1901) in Concord. He graduated from Harvard in 1870 and studied law at Harvard Law School and in the office of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar. In 1872, he became a partner in the Boston law firm of Buswell, Howe, & Walcott and also opened a law office in Concord. Walcott's legal work consisted largely of conveyancing. In 1886, he was appointed to the newly established State Board of Arbitration. He served Concord through a variety of offices, boards, and committees. He was Superintendent of Schools (1872), Assessor, Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, Library Committee member, and a member of committees for the 1875 centennial celebration of the Battle of Concord and the 1885 celebration of the 250th anniversary of the town's incorporation. Walcott was President of the Middlesex Institution for Savings. He was also a member of the Concord Antiquarian Society, the Social Circle in Concord, Shakespeare Club, Saturday Club, and Tuesday Club, as well as Curator of the Concord Lyceum. Walcott was married twice: in 1875 to Florence Keyes (daughter of John Shepard and Martha Lawrence Prescott Keyes), who died in 1877 shortly after the birth of their second son; in 1891 to Jessie McDermott, with whom he also had two children. Walcott published Concord in the Colonial Period in 1884 and Sir Archibald Campbell of Inverneill in 1898.

SCOPE AND CONTENT: Series I consists of eleven manuscript volumes containing title examinations for properties in Middlesex, Norfolk, and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts [ca. 1880]-1901 (but relating to property transactions going much farther back in time than the date span of compilation reflects). Volumes include many properties in Concord as well as properties in Acton, Bedford, Boston, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Dedham, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Lowell, Marlborough, Maynard, Medford, Melrose, Sharon, Somerville, Stow, Sudbury, Waltham, Watertown, and elsewhere. Series II contains one bound volume and one folder of loose sheets of notes on properties, land, and roads in Concord [ca. 1875]-1897, and three folders of loose notes on roads. Loose notes are also available as a typewritten transcript (1978). Series III contains letters from Horace R. Hosmer to Charles H. Walcott [1889-1892]. Letters discuss Concord and other local history and genealogy, including the story of the “Acton Pirate” related to Walcott by Hosmer.

SOURCE OF ACQUISITION: Series I: Prescott Keyes Estate. Series II: Presented to Ruth Wheeler by Prescott Keyes. Series III: source undiscovered.

NOTES/COMMENTS: Series II and III: Foldered material in a single box. Series III: transferred from letter file (formerly numbered 3a/H-5, 3a/H-6, 3a/H-7, 3a/H-8, 3a/H-9, 3a/H-10, 3a/H-11, 3a/H-12).

PROCESSED BY: C. Manoli-Skocay with the assistance of Bette Aschaffenburg and Jim Stoessel. Series II inventory compiled by Marian Miller. Finding aid completed 30 March 2002.  

Container List.

SERIES I: TITLE EXAMINATIONS FOR PROPERTIES IN
MIDDLESEX, NORFOLK, AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES, [ca. 1880] -1901
 

Volume 1. SUNDRY TOWNS

Concord

Sudbury Road	Patrick Hagerty	1
	Potter Estate	1
	George R. Hubbard	2, 4
	George E. Titcomb	10
Stow Road	Daniel W. Sheehan	1
	Wheeler & Hosmer Estates	1
Acton Road	John LeGross	3
Nine Acre Corner	Edwin Wheeler	3
Lexington Road	Bridget Murphy	10
Dowd's Lane	Frank Dowd	5
	Ellen Collins	10
Barrett's Mill Road	C.A. Hayward	10
	Geo. A. Barrett	5     (see also Vol. II)
Barnes Hill Road	Eli Dakin	5
Byron Street	James J. Byron	8
Wood Street	Alonzo Tower	8
	James S. Garland	8
Strawberry Hill Road	Joseph A. Smith	8

Acton

West Acton	Nath'l E. Cutler	1
	Edwin L Hayward	3
South Acton	A.G. Shattuck	4
	Neil Currie	4

Bedford

South Street	John A. Merriam	2
	Herman Lips	9

Boston

W. Newton Street

Edwin B. Horn

6

Cambridge

Cambridge Street

D.W. Lewis

6

Lincoln

Lex. & Concord R'd	Joshua Brooks	10
	Charles Brown	7

Maynard

Main Street	J.K. Harriman	3, 5
Pine Street	J.K. Harriman	3
	Alfred  Brunelle	5, 8
Concord Road, etc.	Jona. P. Bent	4
Stow Road	F.H. Salisbury	6
Brooks & Maple Streets	Warren A. Haynes	7
	Tilly Haynes	7
Concord Road	Christopher Whitney	8

Medford

Dudley Street

Emma M. Kellum

4

Sharon

Grace D. Lovejoy

2

Stow

Concord Road

Lydia Maynard

8

Sudbury

North Sudbury	Andrew Haynes	6
	Warren A. Haynes	7

Waltham

Main Street	Herman A. Priest	3
Prospect Street	Herman A. Priest	3

Volume 2. SEVERAL TOWNS

CONCORD

Monument Street	Wm. H. Hunt	1
	Lewis Flint	6
	Emeline E. Barrett	1
Second Division	Cyrus Hosmer	1
Main & Thoreau Streets	H.S. Richardson	1
Main Street	Geo. Hunt's Store	5
	Rebecca P. Damon	5
(near)	James Tuma	8
(Railroad Lane)	Jos. D. Brown	3
Lowell Road	Jos. A. Melvin	5
Walden Street	Geo. B. Davis	6
Barrett's Mill Road	Geo. M. Barrett	6
Acton Road	Jona. Wadley	7
Belknap Street	Middlesex Ag'l Soc'y	7
Stow Road (Westvale)	Est. Wm D. Brown}
	John Ingham}	7
	John Butterworth	8
Bedford Street	Sarah W. Hosmer	10
Hubbard Street	Jas. B. Wood	9
(extension)	Jas. B. Wood	10
	Edwd. Coughlin	10
New Street & Extension	Rosalie L. Lewden	10
	W.B. Wood
Cambridge Turnpike	Catherine E. Bulger	3
Virginia Road	Michael McCaffery	3
	D.L. Giles	8
Elm Street	Wm. L. Eaton	3

Sudbury

North Sudbury	Geo. H. Bent	4
North Sudbury	Sidney D. Haynes	2
North Sudbury	Albert T. Parmenter	9
	Est. Abel B. Jones	2

Maynard

Tuttle St.;  Acton & Prospect Sts.	A.D. Smith	4
	(John Fuller)
	(L.N. Fowler)
Acton Street	Albert Battey	1
	Asa D. Smith}
	Thos. Wagner}	7
Summer Street	Thos. H. Brooks	7
Concord Street	Randall-Fowler	10

Stow

	Charlotte Conant	10
	Asa D. Smith	4
	Micah Smith	6
	Sarepla C. Goodnow	2

Somerville

Elm Street

Wm. T. Henderson

3

Melrose

Melrose Highlands

Adelaide L. Burke

4

Carlisle

Bedford Road

Artemas Hill

5

Cambridge

(Port.) Plymouth St.

Hannah Griffths

8

Lincoln

Virginia Road	D. L. Giles	8
Cambridge Turnpike	Bridget Cahill	9

Volume 3. SUFFOLK and NORFOLK

Boston

Chandler Street	Edw'd A. Martin	1
Caledonia Street}	Caroline E. Jackson	1
St. Paul Street}	Charles A. Jackson	1
Harvard Street	Amelia B. Vinal	1
Boston Street	Norton Iron Co.	1
Leyland Street	Louise J. Fonner	1
Dorchester Ave.	Wm. J. Robinson	2
	Chas. Babbidge	8
Lauriat Ave.	Laming & McIlroy	2
Chapman Ave.	Wm. J.J. Knox	2
Cazenove Street	Nath'l M. Jewett	3
Robin Hood Street	Hooper Estate	3
	Frost Bros.	7
Withington Street	Nath'l M. Jewett	3
Howard Place	C. Boultenhouse	4
Fuller Street	Catherine M. Stinson	4
	Geo. F. Murray	4
Welles Ave.	Wm. J. Robinson	2
Westland Ave.	Thos. M. Stevens	4
Springfield St.	D. J. Sullivan	4
Norfolk Ave.	Margaret Boyd	5
Pelham Street	Hannah Miller}	5
	D. J. Sullivan}	5
Dudley Street}	Frost Bros.	5
Nonquit Street}
Magnolia Street	Frost Bros.	6
	John Sullivan	6
Lebanon Street	Frost Bros.	6
Alexander Avenue	(Est. R.C. Hooper)	6
	(Frost Bros.)	6
Sharon Street (W. Rox.)	Lawrence Cleary	6
St. Botolph Street	Frost Bros.	7
Humphrey Street	Margaret J. Ryan	8
W. Chester Park	Josiah B. Kendall	8
Beacon Street	Alden Avery	8
Montague Street (Dorch.)	Geo. W. Oliver	8

Chelsea

Cherry Street

Frost Bros.

7

Hyde Park

Pierce Street	Elizabeth  M. O' Connor	8
	Martha A. Habberly	9
Highland Street (Pond)	Helen Bryant	8
Pleasant Street	C. F. Goodspeed	9
West Street	Edgar V. Hazard	8
	Mary Coveney	9
Hyde Park Ave.	Mary Coveney	9
Dell Street	Mary Coveney	9
Norway Park	Fairmount Land Co.	10
Oak Street	Elizabeth T. Willett	11
Elizabeth T. Willett	Charles Haley	11
Albion Street	Oscar W. Whitaker	12

Dedham

Eastern Ave.	Nath'l M. Jewett	12
Bryant Street	Nath'l M. Jewett	12

No. Weymouth

Bridge Street

Sarah E. Merrifield

12

Volume 4. MIDDLESEX COUNTY

Sudbury

So. Sudbury	C. L. Goodnow Est.}	1
	Jos. Feldman}
Wayland Road	Wm. Rice Farm	2
Concord Road	John J. Dewyer	2
Concord Road	Benj. Snow	1
Rd. to Pratt Tavern	Levi Dow}	1
	Geo. W. Gilman}

Wayland

Concord Road	James Sherman}
	Mary J. Knox}	2

Maynard

Concord Road or Street	Josiah Brown Est.}
	Henry Fowler Est.}	3
	Herbert B. Fowler}
	Silas Brooks Est.}
	Silas P. Brooks Est.}	5
	Lydia Brooks}
	Jona. P. Bent Est.	6
Summer Street	Wm. J. Parker}	3
	Sam'l G. Brown}
	Lydia Brooks Est.}
	Ephm. Randall Est.}	6
	James R. Bent}
Nason Street	Artemas Whitney}	3
	Joseph Hird}
	Est. Jessie Pratt	4
	Jessie Pratt (Ritchie)	3
Acton Street	Wm. T. Parker}
	Ezekiel S. Brown Est.}	4
	George F. Brown
Sudbury Road, etc.	Estate of Levi L. Pratt}
	Est. C. P. Hemenway}	4
	Est. A. Maynard}
Brooks Street	Estate Silas Brooks}
	Alfred T. Haynes}	5
Parker Street

Acton

Centre, Concord Road, etc.	John E. Cutter}	7
	M. M. Keezer}
West, Turnpike, etc.	Jona. B. Davis}	8
	Libbie L. Brooks}
South	David W. Hosmer}	9
	Ephm. L. Hall Est.}
(Fletcher Cor.)	Lorenzo A. Pratt	10
	Adeline A. Priest	10
	W. E. Faulkner Est.}
	C. A. Harrington}	11
East	Wm. J. Whitney}	10
	Ida F. Goodwin}
East	Israel H. Miles}	7
	Geo. H. Brooks}
South (School St.)	Abel Jones Est.}	11
	Warren H. Jones}
East	Est. J.B. Perkins}	7
	M. H. Warden}

Cambridge

Pleasant & Warland Sts.	E.B. Manning}	12
	Jas. R. Bent}
Leonard Avenue	Hovey Estate}
	Wm. E. Doyle}	12
	S. M. Thompson}

Marlborough

Ft. Meadow Reservoir	W. T. Parker	4
Hosmer Street	Est. Lewis Hapgood}	8
	Lyman Hapgood}

Woburn

Old Road to Reading	Jas. York Jr.	1
(Mishawum)

Volume 5. MIDDLESEX (CONCORD)

Sudbury Road	H. E. Bigelow	5
Sudbury Road	Ephraim Wheeler}
	HenryWheeler}	1
	Caleb Wheeler}
	Frank E. Cutler	1
	Martha A. King	1
	Henry D. Coolidge	1
	Heath-Keyser	3
Devens Street	Jona. Wheeler}
	H. J. Coolidge}	1
Thoreau Street	Caleb H. Wheeler}	1
	James B. Wood}
Lowell Road	Abel Davis}	2
	H.P. Worthley}
	Winn-Emerson	11
Potter Street	Est. J. H. Potter}	2
	James Hagerty}
Fairhaven [Street] Road	Jas. B. Wood}	3
	Geo. M. Brooks}
	Potter Est.}	3
	Emma V. Maguire}
	Walcott, Holden	3
	A. H. Wheeler}	5
	Geo. R. Wheeler}
Strawberry Hill Road	Joseph A. Smith	2
Nine Acre Corner	Est. Chas. Mile	2
	John Fitzpatrick	4
	M. H. Holden	4
	D. L. Garfield	3
	F.A. Wheeler	5
	Est. Darius Miles}	4
	Mary O. Lufkin}
Harvard Road or Turnpike	L. Eaton}	2
	Wm. Munroe}
	Sophia J. Pierce	12
	Peter L. Towle	12
River & Elm Sts.	Lucy R. Brown}
	Wm. F. Hurd}	6
	Lucy F. Chapman}
	Episc. Church	6
	Geo. E. Walcott
	F. B. Sanborn	6
Riverside Park	R.W. Browning	7
	H.J. Judkins, etc.	7
Old Marlborough Road	Thos. Wheeler Est.}	11
	Benj. Derby}	8
	Harvey Wheeler}	11
	Jeremiah Sheehan	11
	Thibault	8
	Dan'l Tarbell}	9
	E. F. Berry}
	D.W. Sheehan	10
Westvale	Damon Mfg. Co.	8, 9
Westvale, Derby Street	J. S. Howard	10
	Loring N. Fowler	10
	L. A. Pratt	10
Westvale, Main Street	Mark Mara	10
Commonwealth Avenue	R. Warner}	12
	E. M. Cadwell}
Grant Street	Brooks & Heywood}
	John Dempsey}	11
	John Hopkins}
Lexington Road	Abel Moore}	11
	Edw'd Connors}
Walden Street	C. H. Bartlett}	11
	E.W. Emerson}
Nine Acre Corner	Est. Issac Garfield}	3, 4, 5
	Est. Geo. Heywood}
	F. C. Dumaine}

Stow Street		5
Old Camp Road	Hayward Farm	3
(near Powder Mills)	Jem C. Richards

Volume 6.  CONCORD

Main Street (South Side)		1
Walden St. to Sudbury Road
Main Street (South Side)
Sudbury Rd. to Academy Lane		2
Main Street (South Side)
Academy Lane to Belknap Street		8, 3
Academy Lane		3
Sudbury Road (North Side)		9, 7, 2, 3
Sudbury Road (South Side)		12
Main Street (South Side)
Thoreau Street to Railroad		7, 4, 5
Railroad Lane (or Cottage Lane)		4, 7
Main Street (South Side) cor. Thoreau St.		8, 7
Love Lane		9, 7
Main Street (South Side)
Belknap St. westward		8, 7
Thoreau Street (N. School St.)		4, 7, 8
Belknap Street (High & Texas Streets)		7, 8, 9
Main Street (North Side)		6
Union Turnpike (Elm Street)		6
Cyrus Hubbard Estate		8
Chas. R. Wetherbee Estate		8
Chas. R. Wetherbee Estate		8
Chas. J. Stearns Estate		8
Mary A. Stearns Estate		8
Grant Street and Elsinore St.		9
Hubbard Street (North Side)
From Devens St. westward		10, 11
From Devens St. eastward		10
Hubbard Street (South Side)		11
Devens Street		10, 12
Walden Street (West Side)		11
Elsinore Street		9

Volume 7. MIDDLESEX

Lincoln

Cambridge Turnpike	Joseph White}	1
	Asa F. Calef}
Concord Road	L.W. Weston	1
Near F. R. R. Sta.	Est. Hosea Weston}
	L.W. Weston}	1, 3
	Roger Sherman}
Wayland Road	F.A. Hayden}
	Katie F. P. Dodge}	2
	James Farrar
Wayland Road, etc.	John Lasher}
	Chas. S. Bamforth}	2
	Thos. L. Giles}
Wayland Road	Wm. Hayden}	3
	Anna L. Snelling}
Near Weston Line	Est. Ephm Brown}
	Est. Parker M. Brown}	3
	Est. Gardner Moore}

Wayland

Rd. to Waltham & Sudbury	Calvin Sherman}
	Hannah E. Walker}	3
	Evelyn M. Greaves}
Pond St. Cochituate	A.H. Bryant	3

Maynard

Euclid Ave., Linden St., etc.	John Comeau	4
Main St., etc.	Est. Wm. O'Donnell	4

Littleton

South Littleton (Boxboro Road)	Wm. Grimes}	5
	Mary P. B. Grimes}
Road from Depot to Boxboro	Sam'l Sanderson}	5
	Henrietta Kimball}
	Jos. A. Robbins	6
West Acton Rd.	Est. Henry T. Taylor}	7
	Willis H. Gooch}
Rd. to Depot fr. Centre	Est. Sam'l Smith	7
	Mary F. Osborn}

Stow

Lower Village	Saper Place}	6
	J. Keyes Hall}
Harvard Road	Est. Jas. B. Brown}
	Geo. H. S. Brown	7
	E. F. Richardson

Acton

West Acton	Est. Levi Wetherbee}	6
	Edwin L. Hayward}
Gravel Pit Road	Francis Kinsley}	8
	Chas. W. Pitman}
Groton Road	Alfred Handley}
	Henry Loker}	8
	J.A. McLane}
East Acton	David Wetherbee	9

Lexington

Bloomfield Street}	Nath'l Mulliken	11
Eustis Street}
Mt. Vernon St.	Levi Prosser}	10
	Wm. B. Wilson}
Bedford Road	Issac Madill}	10
	Bradbury & Heald}
Concord Road	Est. Robt. Parker}	10
	Wm. J. Neville}

Bedford

Davis Road (West Side)	Abner Lane}	11
	John Conners}
Billerica Road	Est. Jacob Gragg}	11
	Annie G.L. Skelton}
	Est. Abner C. Childs}	10
	Arabella W. Lawrence}
Burlington Road	Martin Kelly	11

Somerville

Broadway	Geo. D. Edmands}	12
	Jno. A. Armstrong
Morrison St. & Place	Emily J. Paine}	12
	Martha W. Brown}
Cedar & Chestnut Sts.	Lucy H. Derby	12

Winchester

Harvard St.

G. Edward Smith

12

Belmont

White St. (Waverley)

E. C. Benton

12

Watertown

Near Arsenal St.	Est. Josiah Stickney}
	Geo. W. Walker}	1
	Chester Sprague}

Volume 8.  MIDDLESEX

Bedford

South St., Otis St., est.	A. O. Evans}	1
	Frank E. Cutler}
South Road	Est. Wm. Hartwell	2
South Road	Est. Reuben Reed}	2
	Est. Philip A. Locke}
	Est. Caroline S. Nourse}
	Charles L. Watt}
West Street	Sarah C. Sampson	1
Huckins Street	Est. Uriah Goodwin}	3
	Louis E. Berry}
Billerica Road	Est. Benj. Hutchinson}
	Est. Susannah Hutchinson}	3
	Est. Simeon Stearns}
	Rich'd A. Griffin}
Concord Road (Bed. & Con.)	Est. Patrick Kelly}	1
	Est. Bridget Kelly}
	Oliver J. Lane & wife	4
Main Street	Est. John D. Billings & ux}	4
	Mary A. Lane}

Billerica

Salem Road	Est. Hannah T. Morrison}	8
	Jeremiah Nelson}
High St. & Dane Ave.	Alden O. Dane}	8
	Almira C. Smith}
Andover Street	Jona. Gates}
	Geo. W. Searles}	9
	H. D. Livingston}
Lowell & Bedford Road	John A. Merriam}	9
	Mary A. Pardee

So. Billerica and Bedford

Main Street	Chas. E. Hosmer	9
	Henry Desmazes	3

Chelmsford

	Otis Adams}
	Est. Timo. O'Keefe}	9
	John O'Keefe}

No. Wilmington

Rds. to Andover & No. Reading	Est. Cyrus L. Carter}
	Lucy M. Haley}	4
	Est. Wm. Blanchard}

Lowell

Varnum & 7th Street

Est. A. Dillingham

9

Carlisle

River Road	Wm. F. Hodgman}	6
	Loammi D. Hodgman}
River Road (Carlisle & Concord)	Est. Sam'l Devens}
	Frank McCoy}	6
	Harry D. Swift}
River Road	M. Emilia Viena	6
Acton Road	Lydia A. Walker}
	Est. Geo. Heywood}	5
	A. M. Kerrigan}
Westford Road	Levi S. Hutchinson}	7
	Irving F. Bickford}
Near Lowell Road	Est. Jefferson Green}
	Est. Chas. A. Carr}	6
	Emma C. Bend}
Estabrook Road	Est. Abel Taylor}
	Est. Humphrey Prescott}	5
	Eugene L. Teabo}

Lexington

Vine Street, etc.	Chas. G. Fletcher	10
	Est. Matthew Gately}

So. Lincoln

South Co. Road}	Est. Rufus Morse}
New Rd. to Wayland}	Stephen H. Blodgett}	11
Old Town Road}	James H. Farrar}
Main Street & rd Con. to Walth.	Est. Rufus Wyman}	11
	Elizabeth M. Smith}

Sudbury

Lancaster Road}	Dan'l Goodnow}
Rd. to Framingham}	Est. James L. Willis}	12
	Edwin B. Hosmer}
Pendleton Hill	Cyrus Hunt}	12
	Aaron Hunt, Jr.}
North Sudbury	John Doyle}
	Est. Wm. N. Johnson}	12 (note reads "not approved")
	S. H. Thibault & al.}

Volume 9.  MIDDLESEX, MAINLY CONCORD

Bedford Street	John B. Moore}
	Catholic Cemetery}	1
	F. R. & E. Garfield}
	Est. John Keating}
Bedford Street	J.W. Palmeter}
	John J. Hayes}	6, 1
	Geo. W. Floyd}
Bedford Street	Benj. Clark}	2
	Mary Dolan}
Bedford Street	Est. Sally Nealey	4
Bedford Street	Chas. W. Goodnow}
	John B. Moore}	4
	Bridget Grimes}
Bedford Street	Reuben Brown}	4
	Est. John Battles}
Bedford Street	Frances J. Surette	6
Bedford Street	Est. Thos. M. Melvin}	6
	Jas. W. Palmeter}
	Thos. M. Balcoun}
	John J. Hayes}
	James Hayes}
	Patrick McGrath}
Bedford Street (continued)	Francis Jarvis}	8
	John H. Richardson}
	John Keyes}
	Dan'l Shattuck}
Lexington Road	Benj. Clark}	2
	Bridget Grimes}
	Jabez Gowing}
	Warren Fitts}
Lexington Road	Est. Jno. B. Moore}	11
	Nath'l. Hawthorne}
	Geo. E. Messer}
Lexington Road	John Curtis}	12
	Davis-Beals Place}
	Wm. Kettle}
Davis Court	Est. C.B. Davis}	2, 3
	Patrick J. White}
Old Bedford Road	Chas. Gordon}	4
	Waldo Flint}
	Josiah Merriam}	5
	Joseph Merriam}
	Est. Sampson Mason}
	Est. Frank Clark
	Terence Magoren}
Dowd's Lane (Bedford Court)	Dan'l B. Clark}	7
	Frank Dowd}
	Est. Mary A. O'Brien}
	Franklin Dowd}
Cambridge Turnpike	Shannon & Carson lots}	9
	M. Flannery}	10
	W. H. Higgins}
Cambridge Turnpike	Paul Harris}	9
(Con & Lincoln)	Wm. Fitzgerald}
	Cyrus Smith}
	D. C. Harris}
	W. M. & L. E. Brooks}
Cambridge Turnpike	Est. James Wright}	10
	Wm. J. Karin}
Sandy Pond Road	Asa F. Calef}	10
	Mary R. Wright}
	Wm. J. Karin}
Middle Street	Henry A. Wheeler}	2
	Isaiah Brooks}

Acton

Wm. Wheeler

2

Lincoln

Camb. Turnpike	P. Harris	9
Camb. Turnpike	Cyrus Smith	9
	W. M. & L. E. Brooks}
Camb. Turnpike	Mary R. Wright	10
Wayland & Con. Rd.	H. K.W. Hall	10
Rd. to Boston	Abel Brooks}	6
	Thos. Lynah}
	Wm. Leighton}
South Road	Est. Wm. Jones}	3
	Jno. A. Burgess}

 Volume 10.  BOSTON

Dorchester

Buckingham Place	C. J. & R. T. Paine}	1
	Geo. Cousins}
Savin Hill Ave.}	Coffin Est.}	1
Everett Rd.}	Fred. E. Everett}
Springdale St.}	Della H. Walker}
Cottage Terrace	Amos D. Gould}	1
	Carl F. Monk}
Hooper Avenue}	Hooper Est.}	7, 2
Half Moon Street}	Frost Bros.}
Thacher Road	Thacher Est.}	9
Cushing Avenue	Fannie G. Frost}	2
	Carl F. Monk}
Chamblet Street	Hooper Est.}	3
	Frost Bros.}
	J. G. Jobling}
Mayfield Street}	Baker Farm}	3
Morrill Street}	Associates}
Oleander Street	Sumner Est.}	4
	C. Boultenhouse}
Wells Avenue	Geo. D. Wells}	5
Samoset Street	Frost Bros.}
Rosemont Avenue	Robt. S. Copp}
Armadine Street	Geo. W. Oliver}
Rockwell Street	W. R. McDonald}
Brent Street}	A. R. Baker}	6
Talbot Avenue}	W. C. B. Fifield}
Carlisle Street}	Geo. D. Welles}
	Wm. G. Gibson}
	B. S. Frost}
Edgewater, Mattapan	Wm. C. Brackett	7
	A. Talbot, Jr.}
	J. A. McCloskey}
Moultrie Avenue	Geo. O. Wood}	7
	G. W. Oliver}
Norfolk Street}	Est. Thos. W. Capen}	8
Darling Street}	Chas. G.W. Capen}
	Mary E. Barker}
King Street	Franklin King}	8
Train Street	L. J. Logan}
	David Green}
	Jas. Stevenson}

Brighton

Antwerp Street	Est. M. Day Kimball}	9
Waverley Street	Edmund Rice}
Lincoln Street	Frost Bros.}

Roxbury

Washington Street	Owen Nawn	10
Harrison Avenue
Plymouth Court
Walnut Street/Ave.	Est. Wm. Danforth}	11
Circuit Street	Frost Bros.}
Ottawa Street	Est. Isiaac A. Kendall}	11
	Sarah E. Merrifield}

West Roxbury

Poplar Street	Met Land Co.}	12
Kittredge Street	Frost Bros.}
Augustus Avenue
Baker Street	Patrick O'Neill}	12
	Wm. D. Hennessy}

Volume 11. CONCORD, ETC.

Monument Street	Est. Abner Buttrick}
	Est. Nathan Barrett}	1
	Edward Coughlin}
Monument Street	Fred G. & Minor Pratt}	1
	J. R. Day}
	Mary R. Glover}
Monument Street	Est. Timo. Prescott}	1
	Est. Thos. Benjamin}	6
	C. W. Goodnow}
Monument Street & Court Lane	David Shattuck}
	John Garrison}	2
	Lorenzo Eaton}
	Burying Grounds}
	Ag'l Soc'y}
Monument Street & Common	Est. Timothy Minot	6
Monument Street	Francis Jarvis}	7, 6
	Calvin S. Fifield}
	S. R. Kimball}
	Est. Asa C. Collier
	Est. Humphrey Barrett}
Monument Street	Abel B. Heywood}	2
	F. R. Gourgas}
Mill Dam (North Side)		3
Mill Dam (South Side)		4
Lowell Road	Jacob B. Farmer}	5
	Dan'l B. Clark}
	Est. F. W. Towle}
Lowell Road	James Wood}	5
	Albert E. Wood}
	F. Tracy Hazen}
Lowell Road	Est. Jos. A. Melvin	5
	Eliz'th Turner & Sons}
Lowell Road	Wood & Farmer	5
	Thos. T. Davis

SERIES II: NOTES ON PROPERTIES, LAND, AND ROADS
IN CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS, [ca. 1875] - 1897

(NOTE: All locations in Concord, Mass., unless otherwise noted. Listed in page number order.)

Series II: Manuscript Volume
 

PAGE	PROPERTY
1	Monument St. – Timothy Prescott
9	9 Estate on Walden St.  – Nathan B. Stow
12	Weston, Mass., - Teel Farm
16	Wayland, Mass., - Farm of Dennis McDonnell (see also p. 26)
19	Lexington Rd. – Wright Smith Farm
24	Monument St. – S. B. Prescott Houselot
26	Wayland, Mass., - Dennis McDonnell Farm (see also p.16)
28	Lexington Rd. – Patrick Carson’s House and lot
34	River Meadow – Stedman Buttrick Farm and outlands
38	Bedford St. – S. M. Holden
42	North part of Concord – Henry Bull Farm
44	Lowell St. – Dr. John Reynolds Place
47	Bow St. – Louis A. Surette
48	Mill Pond – J. F.Thayer Estate
55	Virginia Rd. – Robert Algeo Estate
60	Texas St.– Henry J. Hosmer (Mrs. Quinn’s Lot)
62	Bedford St. –  Patrick W. White’s Lot
64	Concord  (near Acton) - Warren Robbins Farm
69	Main St.– Daniel Shattuck  (Hudson Cottage Lot)
70	Main St. – School-house Lot – Hudson
78	Walden St. – Charles Bartlett Place
82	Old Marlboro Rd. – John Hosmer Farm
93	East Quarter School House Lot – Rufus Meriam
99	Concord Mill Dam Company, 1829
107	Near Court House- Surette Houselot (John White)
112	Bedford, Mass., - John Connors Farm
122	Walden St. - Cyrus Stow Farm
125	F. J. and L. A. Surette (see also  p. 111)
142	Fairhaven Rd. (Old Road to Nine Acre Corner) – Michael Wood Six acres swamp near Fairhaven– Simon Willard
144	Sudbury Way Settlers (including Billings, Merriam, Wheeler, c.1660-7)
147	“Way to the Nine Acars” (sic)
148	Seven Star Lane, 1731
149	Main St. – Dakin, 1665; Heywood, 1700; John Scotchford, 1665; John Prescott, 1693; Edward Bulkeley, 1673
opp. 150	Report of a committee appointed by Concord selectman to determine the bounds of a highway, Concord, 1726/7
155	South Field Rd. – Scotchford, Buss, Luke Potter, Josh. Wheeler
157	Highway to Watertown – Jno. Billings
159	Way to Mr. Flint’s Farm
161	Lancaster Rd. – Wm. Buss
163	Sudbury Rd. (Way to Swamp Bridge) – Wm. Buss, 1690; Smedly
165	Way to Dundell – Buss
166	Chestnut Field Path
167	Lexington Rd. – Thomas Dane, 1635; Richard Rice, 1666
170	Way to Rocky Meadow – Caleb Ball, 1729; Geo. Wheeler, 1655
171	Highway to Rocky Hill
172	Highway to Nut Meadow
173	Plain Way to Walden - Sam’l Stratton, 1662/3
177	Way to Great Meadows – Blood’s Land, 1666; Bateman, 1666
178	Way to Fifty-Acre Meadow – John Jones, 1666
181	Nine Acre Corner-Wm. Parkman
182	Baker’s Rd.
183	Barrett’s Mill Rd. – Wm. Buttrick, 1676
187	Highway Rates, 1669/70
190	Ways in the Twenty Score  (Concord into Carlisle, 1697)
191	Hawthorne Lane to Sandy Pond Rd. – Francis Fletcher, 1692/3
193	Groton Rd. – Wm Buttrick, Boaz Browne, 1691
194	Monument St. – Thomas Dane
opp. 194	Old Groton Road, laid out in 1699
199	North Quarter, 1702
201	Lowell Rd. – Robert and Jno. Hunt, 1701
205	Way to Brick-kiln Island, 1666
205	Way to Mento. (Hubbard’s Bridge) Edward Bulkeley, 1673
209	Billerica Rd. – Joseph Dane, Thomas Pellet, 1666
211	Samuel Davis’s Road, 1696
212	Way to the Town Meadow 1665/6
213	Way to Elmbrook Meadow – John Wheeler, Sr., Samuel Hartwell, Eliezar Flagg, 1691
214	Long Meadow – Samuel Prescott and John Shepard
215	Marlborough Rd. – Michael Wood, 1673
218	Harrington Rd.- laid out 1838
219	Stratton’s Rd.- laid out 1665/6
221	Highway to the new Grant – laid out 1665/6 by John Flint and John Smedley
224	Monument Street, 1699
225	Highway to Woburn- laid out 1665 by Sgt. Thomas Wheeler
226	Way to John Fassett’s (Shaushine Corner) – laid out 1720/1
227	Way to Watertown – laid out 1681
230	Ball’s Hill Rd., 1746/7
230	Liberty Street
231	Way over Fox’s Bridge (Hawthorne Lane), 1726
234	Hosmer Road  (Baker Avenue) – Josiah and Elijah Hosmer, 1775
235	Way from Thos. Wheeler’s Mill – John Parlings (Parlin), 1733/4
237	Way from Blood’s Farm – James Blood, 1734/5
240	Virginia Road, 1804
242	Highway at John Mason’s and James Adams’s, 1665/6
243	Walden Street, 1726
243	Ways to Lincoln, 1735/6
250	Union Turnpike, 1808
opp. 260	Elm and Main Streets, 1822
	Additional notes

Series II: Foldered Materials
 

Folder 1
I.	Bound Volumes on Properties and Roads: loose sheets (10) formerly laid into volume
Folder 2
II:	Loose notes on roads 1-26
1	Lexington Road
2, 3	Heywood Street / Potter’s Lane
4	Thomas Stow’s Road
5, 6	Way to Flint’s Farm
7	Chestnut Field Path
8	Sudbury Ways
9	Road to Watertown
10	Lancaster or Stow Road
11	Cambridge Turnpike
12	Stow and Waltham Road through Nine Acre Corner
13	Bedford Street
14	Ways to Fairhaven and Nine Acre Corner
15	Way at Long Meadow
16	Way to Dunsdale
16	Way to the old meeting-house frame
17	Chelmsford Road
18	Way to Rocky Meadow
19	Way to Rocky Hill
19	Way to the Frog Ponds
20	Seven Star Lane
21	James Smedly’s Road
22	Lowell Road
23	Bedford Street
24	Stow’s Farm Road
25	Highway to Nut Meadow
26	Ways to the Great Meadow and Great Fields
Folder 3
II.	Loose notes on roads 27-57
27	Barrett’s Mill Road
27	Way to the Sawmill
27a	Strawberry Hill Road (Thos. Barrett’s Road)
28	Roads in the Twenty Score
29	The Harrington Road
30	Way to Mento
31	Plain Way to Walden
32	Baker’s Road
33	Virginia Road
34	Mason’s and Adams’s Road
34	Way to Town Meadow
34a	Way to Thomas Wheeler’s Mills
35	Highway to the New Grant or Acton
35b	Law’s Path
36	Ways in Concord Village or New Grant
37	Ball’s Hill Road
38	Liberty Street
39	Ways to Blood’s Farm
39	Whittaker’s Road
40	Everett Road
40a	Lane leading to the South Field
41	Roads in Lincoln
42	Hayward’s Road
43	Wood Street
44	Old Groton Road
44a	Way to Fifty Acres Meadow
45	Road to Thomas Davis’s Lot
45	Way to Brick-kiln Island
46	College Road
46	Temple Road
47	Union Turnpike or Elm Street
	Billerica Road
49	Marlborough Road
	Monument Street
	Westford Road
50	Harvard Road
51	Thoreau Street}
	School Street}
52	Belknap Street (including Texas or High Streets)
53	Middle Street
54	Academy Lane
55	Railroad Lane
56	Love Lane}
	Heywood’s Lane}
57	Sam’l Hosmer’s Road
	Additional roads listed in notes, no corresponding pages
5N. 41.	Easterbrook Rd. and Way, 1801
5N. 46.	T. Ways Thro Jona. Butt’s Past., 1764
8g.	Way to John Miles’s Pasture
40a.	Lane to South Field
6N. 47	{Path to Town Meadow
4	{
6N. 153	Road to White Pond Plain
6N. 155+	Way to Cranefield
	Fassett’s Road    7N 47
	Harvard Road  12N.  17 (1787)
Folder 4
II.	Loose notes on roads: unnumbered

Series III.  Letters from Horace R. Hosmer to Charles H. Wolcott.
 

Folder 5
	Eight letters from Horace R. Hosmer to Charles H. Walcott, 1889-1892
Date	Former Letter File Number
6 October 1889	3a / H-5
5 January 1890	3a / H-6
17 March 1890	3a / H-7
19 March 1890	3a / H-8
19 April 1891	3a / H-9
15 July 1892	3a / H-10
undated	3a / H-11
16 December 1892	3a / H-12

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