Know all men by these presents that I, William Munroe of Boston in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, gentleman, in consideration of one dollar to me paid by The Concord Free Public Library a corporation duly organized ad established under a charter granted by the Legislature of the Commonwealth aforesaid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby remise, release, and forever quitclaim unto the said Concord Free Public Library all that lot of land in the town of Concord in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth aforesaid situated near the intersection of Main and Sudbury (formerly called Hubbard) streets, and bounded and decided as follows: beginning on said Sudbury street as land of the town of Concord now occupied by a school-house and running north-westerly by said land on a line established by deed from said town to said William Munroe, dated December 27th, 1870 and recorded with Middlesex deeds lib, 1166 fol. 114—about eighty-eight feet to land of Cyrus Benjamin—thence northerly by land of said Benjamin on a line established by deed from said Benjamin to said William Munroe, dated May 1st, 1869 and recorded with Middlesex deeds lib. 1079 fol. 127—about one hundred and fifty-four feet to Main street —thence easterly on the line of said street about two hundred and eighty-five feet in a straight line to a stone post on land of said William Munroe—thence southerly on land of said William Munroe on a line running parallel with the front of the Library Building now standing on said land and at the distance of one hundred and forty feet from the face of the stone step leading into the outer porch of said building about forty-two feet to a stone post on land of said William Munroe—thence running southwesterly on land of said William Munroe and on said Sudbury street in a straight line about two hundred and seventy-three feet to the point of beginning—in trust to forever keep and maintain therefore a building for a Public Library for the use of the inhabitants of the town of Concord; and as it is my purpose and design in this community that no building shall ever be erected upon the granted premises, except for the use of a public library as aforesaid, in further trust to keep the ground not occupied for the building used for a library free from any building whatever and open for light and air and as an ornamental enclosure for the benefit of the inhabitants of Concord, but without a right in said inhabitants to go upon or in the same except for reasonable access to said library under such regulations as may be made by said corporation.
I also for the same consideration hereby give grant sell and convey to said Concord Free Public Library so much of the land at the intersection of said Main and Sudbury streets not included in the lot of land above granted and described, as was included in the parcel of land conveyed to me by deed from George M. Brooks dated April 26th, 1869 and recorded with Middlesex deeds lib. 1079, fol. 125—And I authorize the said corporation to convey the same to the town of Concord whenever the said town shall grade the same in a manner satisfactory to said Corporation, and shall agree to keep the same always in a good state of repair as part of the public street.
To have and to hold the granted premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, to the said Concord Free Public Library and its successors and assigns, to their own use and behoof forever, upon the trusts aforesaid.
And I do hereby, for myself and my heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said grantee and its successors and assigns that the granted premises are free from all incumbrances made or suffered by me and that I will and my heirs, executors, and administrators shall warrant and defend the same to the said grantee and its successors and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by, through or under me but against none others.
In witness whereof I the said William Munroe having no wife have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty-sixth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
Signed, sealed and delivered,
In presence of
Saml. Hoar
Wm. Munroe
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Suffolk ss. April 26th, 1873
Then personally appeared the above named William Munroe and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed, before me - Samuel Hoar - Justice of the Peace.
Cambridge April 29 1873, 10 A.M. Received and entered with Middlesex So Dist Deeds, libro 1256, folio 322. Attest: Chas. B. Stevens Register.