[Court appointment to inventory the Gannett estate], 1818 April 29

A one-page printed Middlesex County Court of Probate form appointing and authorizing William Hilliard, James P. Chaplin, and Royal Morse to inventory of the estate of Caleb Gannett.

An inventory of all of the estate of Caleb Gannett late of Cambridge in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, deceased, appraised upon oath by us the subscribers, duly appointed to that service by the Hon. James Prescott Esq. Judge of Probate & wills, in said county of Middlesex, viz., 1818 May 21

Eight-page handwritten inventory and appraisal of Caleb Gannett's real estate and personal estate by William Hilliard, James R. Chaplin, and Royal Morse with an attached certification of the Middlesex County Court of Probate signed May 26, 1818.

List of furniture, [1818]

Long paper notebook with a handwritten draft of the inventory of Gannett's furniture.

List of books, [1818]

Ten-page handwritten list of books presumably from Gannett's personal library. Some books have prices listed in pencil.

Sales at auction of property of the late Caleb Gannett Esq. of Cambridge, 1818

Eleven-page handwritten list of items sold from the estate of Caleb Gannett, dated May 29, 1818. Items are arranged by house location (such as "in the kitchen") and entries consist of the item name, the purchaser, and the price. The list includes a substantial section of "books in Office sold June 3, 1818." The verso of the last page includes the note: "Account of Sales at auction of the personal estate of C. Gannett- copied from auctioneer's book."

First Account of Administration on C. Gannett's Estate & Papers relating to the same, [1818]

Long paper notebook with a handwritten inventory of Gannett's estate arranged by house location with price estimates. The inventory appears to correspond with the "Sales at auction" document. The verso of the last page contains the note: "Inventory of Personal Estate (copy)."

Letters from Henry Warren to William Tudor,

Two letters providing information and historical sources on James Otis.