Thursday, August 30, 2007

RICHARD HENRY DANA SR- TAVERN DOCUMENT 1822

1822 CAMBRIDGE -RICHARD HENRY DANA SR- TAVERN DOCUMENT
Autograph lease for Cambridge, MA tavern Item number: 170142703598


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Richard Henry Dana, Sr. - Autograph Document.1822 Tavern Lease - Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Handwritten document, 2pp., appx. 7" x 9.5", on folded folio sheet, Cambridge, MA, May 25, 1822 -- a lease from Edmund T. and Richard H. Dana to William Wyman for property "for many years occupied as a tavern" near the causeway leading to West Boston bridge and "consisting of a large house, barn, stables, shed, &c." Signed and sealed on page two, "William Wyman", "Edmd T. Dana" and Richd H. Dana".

Richard Henry Dana (1787-1879) - Poet; essaysist. Father of Two Years Before the Mast author, Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815-1882).

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