Bill, 1779 January 19

Handwritten bill from William Collson to Andrew Bordman for carpentry work on January 19, 1779. Payment acknowledged by William Collson on verso.

Will, 1747, June 24

Handwritten copy of Last Will and Testament of Andrew Bordman II, with an approval of the document by Samuel Danforth, Judge of the Probate of Wills, Middlesex County. The document provides detail on the inheritance of Bordman's wife Elizabeth.

Will, 1783 April 15

Handwritten copy of Last Will and Testament of Sarah Phips Bordman.

Affidavit of the administrators of the estate of Hannah Lee, 17 January 1788

Handwritten affidavit declaring Isaac Story of Marblehead, Mass. the executor of the estate of Hannah Lee, with the estate's proceeds to be distributed to Thomas and Sarah Fayerweather, Thomas Hubbard Townsend of Needham, and Andrew and Mary Bordman of Tewksbury. The affidavit also appoints London merchants to recover lands in England.

Plat and note, undated

Handwritten plat and note in unknown hand regarding the inheritance of land by William Phips, Sarah Bordman, and Elizabeth Phips from their grandfather's estate. The note offers evidence for the location of the land, and the plat draws it out.

Statement from Andrew Boardman to Harvard College, 1745-1764, 19 September 1764

Statement of Andrew Boardman III's account with Harvard College for the years 1745 to 1764.

Indenture, 1786 March 3

Indenture between the widow Sarah Bordman and Francis Moore for rental of the Bordmans' Cambridge house by Moore. The indenture is signed by Joseph Lee on behalf of Sarah Bordman, and later by her son Andrew.

Inquiry of land rights, c. 1795

Handwritten list of five directives for completing the title search on a property purchased by a Mr. Harris from Andrew Bordman IV. The property was inherited from Bordman's mother Sarah, who in turn received the property from the estate of her brother Spencer Phips.

Notes on mortgages, fragment, 1837

Fragment of a handwritten list of mortgages.

Plan for warehouse, undated

Hand drawn plat noting "Old warehouse" and "new warehouse" near the "Great Bridge" and the "high way down to Marretts warft," with a note discussing the metes and bounds of the property in reference to measures of "Mr. Bordman."

Real estate list, fragment, undated

Small handwritten note listing four properties: farms in Amherst and Partridgefield, land in Rutland, and two lots in Otisfield.

Writ, 1808 April 23

Writ of the Middlesex County Court of Common Pleas for the case of Andrew Bordman vs. John Bates ordering Bates to relinquish possession of a house lot in Concord and to pay costs and damages to Andrew Bordman IV.

Letter from Benjamin Colman to Edward Wigglesworth about John Leverett, 1728 March 4

Benjamin Colman wrote this letter to Edward Wigglesworth on March 4, 1728; it was sent from Colman, in Boston, to Wigglesworth, in Cambridge. The letter concerns their mutual friend, John Leverett, who had died several years before. It appears that Wigglesworth was charged with writing an epitaph for Leverett and had solicited input from Colman. Colman writes of his great admiration for Leverett, praising his "virtue & piety, wisdom & gravity [...] majesty & authority [...] eye & voice, goodness & courtesie."

Paris, France, ca. 4th Century (Time Series Map 1 of 8) (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image from the historic paper map series entitled: Lutece ... plan de la ville de Paris ..., par M.L.C.D.L.M. ; A. Coquart, delineavit et sculp. It was published by Jean & Pierre Cot in 1705. Scale [ca. 1:10,000]. This image is of map 1 entitled: Lutece, ou, premier plan de la ville de Paris: tiré de Cesar, de Strabon, de l'empereur Iulien, et d'Ammian Marcellin. The map represents Paris ca. 4th Century. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, towns and villages, roads, selected buildings, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Paris, France, 5th-10th Century (Time Series Map 2 of 8) (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image from the historic paper map series entitled: Lutece ... plan de la ville de Paris ..., par M.L.C.D.L.M. ; A. Coquart, delineavit et sculp. It was published by Jean & Pierre Cot in 1705. Scale [ca. 1:10,000]. This image is of map 2 entitled: Lutece conquise par les François sur les Romains, ou, second plan de la ville de Paris: tiré du misopogone de l'empereur Iulien, d'Amian Marcellin, de Gregoire de Tours, de Boece, de l'abbé Suger, des ancients titres, du tresor des chartres, des archives de St. Germain, de St. Magloire, de St. Eloy, du temple et des vestiges de cette ancienne enceinte qui subsiste encore au jourd'huy ou l'on a vû de nos jours. The map represents Paris, 5th to 10th Centuries. Map in French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the European Datum 1950, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 31N projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, towns and villages, roads, built-up areas and selected buildings, fortification, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.