417 Capt. Bordman’s Account of Bounds of College Land

    May 1, 1734

    The Bounds of the Coll[ege] Farme at Townesend. We began at the most southwesterly corner of Cambridge school farm at a stake and stones, then to […] next to a small poplar, next a hemlock in a spoonwood swamp, next a large Hemlock on the brow of a Hill, next a black oke, next a black oke, next a chesnut, next a black oke, next a small cheesnut with stones which is the most south westerly corner; then turning an easterly corse marked a beech tree, next a black oke, next a black oke, next a black oke, next a chesnut, next a pich pine, next a black oke, then to a large redd oke with stones which is the corner, and then turned northerly and marked a large red oke with many other markes till we came into spoonwood swamp to a stake and stones joyning on Chambridg school farm which is the most easterly corner.

    Aprill 29 1734 The Colledg Dr. for the farme at Townsend

    To Biskett, gingerbread and oxe tongue for the jurney

    0–6–3

    To 2 quarts of rum

    0–4–8

    To 3 ℔. of chees

    0–3–0

    30 To expence on the rode

    0–3–8

    May 1/ To charges at grotton

    0–8–6

    2 May Expence at […]

     –7–4

    3 at Townesend

    0–3–6

    4 at Townesend

    0–4–2

    paid to Mr. Baldwin for keeping my hors

    0–5–6

    4 paid the Committe

    2–5–0

    To Mr. Wyman for a Coppy

    0–1–0

    To Mr. Ball at Concord

    0–5–0

    paid on the rode

    0–2–2

    to 6 days attendance at 8s per day

    2–8–0

    to my hors

    1–5–0

    Lent to Mr. Jones Coll[ege] money

     –9–6

    9–2–3

    [Endorsed:] Capt. Bordman’s account, and Bounds of College Land, 100 Acres at Townsend, May 1, 1734.

    Lands Papers, Miscellaneous, 1. 42.