Bidspirit auction | 1837 Lowell Massachusetts Quitclaim Deed

1837 Lowell Massachusetts Quitclaim Deed Eliphalet Case to First Universalist Meeting-House - This original legal document is a quitclaim deed dated June 12, 1837, for property located in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The document records the transfer of a tract of land from Eliphalet Case, identified as a Gentleman, to The Proprietors of the First Universalist Meeting-House in Lowell for a consideration of five thousand dollars. The text is written in iron gall ink on a printed folio form and provides a detailed metes and bounds description of the property. The description references several local figures and landmarks, including Jonathan Tyler, Henry Coburn Junior, William Lamb, and the Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack River. The document bears the original signatures of Eliphalet Case and Luella I. Case, who relinquished her right of dower. It is attested by J. M. Warren, Justice of the Peace. Two red wax seals are present on the right margin, covered by diamond-shaped paper wafers. The form includes the printed credit of R. Meacham and J. P. Norton, Prs. A recording notation at the bottom states the deed was received and recorded in the Middlesex Registry of Deeds, Book 364, Page 357, on June 26, 1837. The reverse side contains a manuscript filing notation identifying the grantor and grantee.