1841-1904
Guide to the Collection
Restrictions on Access
The bulk of the additions to the Bowditch collection of Boston conveyances is stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Abstract
This collection consists of early land conveyance records for Boston and other cities and towns in Massachusetts, collected and transcribed in the 19th century by Boston lawyers, including William I. and Frederick C. Bowditch, as part of their work as conveyancers.
Biographical Sketches
George D. Bigelow (d. 1938) was a lawyer who, according to street directories, had an office in Boston from 1877-1938. He resided in Framingham from ca. 1903 until his death on 15 August 1938.
Frederick Channing Bowditch (1854-1925) was the son of William Ingersoll Bowditch (1819-1909) and Sarah Higginson Bowditch (1819-1919). He attended MIT and Harvard Law School. He was a lawyer and conveyancer and was the president of the Conveyancers' Title Insurance Company. He married Elizabeth Thompson Forster in 1897.
William Ingersoll Bowditch (1819-1909) was the son of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838) and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch (1781-1834). (He was the brother of Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch, the real estate lawyer who compiled the Boston conveyances in the Bowditch Titles collection.) William I. Bowditch graduated from Harvard University in 1838 and received the LL.B. degree in 1841. He was a conveyancer and estate trustee. He married Sarah Rhea Higginson (1819-1919), and they and their children resided in Brookline.
John Goldsbury (died 1878) graduated from Harvard University in 1842. According to street directories, he practiced law in Boston from 1846-68.
John Tyler Hassam (1841-1903) was the son of John Hassam and Abby Hilton Hassam. He graduated from Harvard University in 1863. After serving eight months as First Lieutenant of the 75th U. S. Colored Infantry, he returned to Boston and studied law in the office of Ambrose A. Ranney. In 1867, he was admitted to the bar. He was an active and well-respected conveyancer. He became a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in 1867 and wrote several genealogical articles. He helped oversee the publication of Suffolk Deeds and the indexes to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society from 1881 until his death in 1903. His use of historical records in his professional work and during genealogical research projects prompted him to advocate for the preservation of county court records and better access to the materials in the state archives. He married Nelly Alden Batchelder in 1878.
Edward Sprague Rand (ca. 1807-1884) graduated from Harvard University in 1828 where, in 1831, he received his LL.B. According to street directories, he had a law office in Boston from 1832-1883. He was a member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. He died on 19 January 1884.
Edward Sprague Rand, Jr. (1829-1897) graduated from Harvard University in 1855, and in 1857, he received his LL.B. from the same institution. According to street directories, he shared a law office in Boston with his father from 1858-1876. He resided in Dedham and was an active member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
Luther L. White (dates unknown) was a Boston lawyer where, according to street directories, he maintained an office from 1857-1868.
Collection Description
This collection consists of 443 volumes of real estate conveyances, 15 volumes of indexes and 1 box containing photocopies of tables of contents, and 1 additional volume (relating to office forms used by a conveyancer). The dates of the collection and in the carton list indicate the year the titles were examined and researched. The contents of the volumes--transcriptions of property deeds and probate records--span a wide range of dates, many including transcriptions of 17th-century information. Separate cumulative indexes exist for several series and are stored onsite. Many of the volumes of conveyance records include tables of contents or indexes that list the locations (streets) of the properties examined and the names of the vendor or purchaser of the properties. Photocopies of the tables of contents for the Bowditch series remain onsite for reference.
Acquisition Information
Gift received in 1963 from Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, through Massachusetts Historical Society member William L. Payson. (MHS Proceedings, November 1963, page 142.) Previously, in 1878, William I. Bowditch received the Goldsbury's Titles volumes from John Goldsbury's wife and daughter, Maria B. and Edith Goldsbury. (See the letter dated 12 October 1878, affixed to the inside cover of Goldsbury's Titles, volume 1.)
Restrictions on Access
The bulk of the additions to the Bowditch collection of Boston conveyances is stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1841-ca. 1890
This series consists of 80 volumes of conveyances relating to Suffolk County properties researched by William I. Bowditch. Each volume includes a table of contents listing the locations (streets) of the real estate titles researched. Two index volumes cover this series and are stored onsite, as are photocopies of the tables of contents of the volumes.
[Suffolk] Titles, William I. Bowditch, 5 October 1841.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, Dec. 27, 1843.
Suffolk Titles, n.d.
Suffolk Titles, East Boston, n.d.
Suffolk Titles, South Boston.
Suffolk Titles, Chelsea and Winthrop Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, South Cove.
Suffolk Titles, Mill Pond Wharf.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, South Boston.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, June 30, 1851.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, Feb. [18]55.
Suffolk Titles, South Boston.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, State lands.
Suffolk Titles, Boston Water Power Co., William I. Bowditch, 1860.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, Streets and Plans, an index to the plans contained in the records of the Suffolk Registry of Deeds, by Francis Lincoln, 1861.
Inscription inside front cover: "William I Bowditch, 1861".
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, Boston Water Power Co., William I. Bowditch, 1866.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1864.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1868.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1868.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1868.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1870.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1870.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1870.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1870.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1871.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1872.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1872.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1873.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1874.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, Wm. I Bowditch, 1883.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, circa 1890.
Suffolk Titles, circa 1890.
II. Suffolk Titles, Frederick C. Bowditch, 1877-ca. 1890
This series consists of 10 volumes of conveyances relating to Boston properties researched by Frederick C. Bowditch. The volumes in this series have two numbering sequences; both numbers are included on the carton list. Each volume includes a table of contents listing the locations (streets) of the real estate researched. Photocopies of the tables of contents of the volumes are available onsite.
Suffolk Titles [inc. Boston, Brookline, Lynn], Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, May 7, 1877.
Suffolk Titles [inc. Lowell, Cambridgeport], Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, July 1878.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, Oct. 26, 1881.
Suffolk Titles, Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, 1882.
Suffolk Titles.
Suffolk Titles, Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, 1886.
Suffolk Titles, Fred C. Bowditch, 1888.
Suffolk Titles [inc. Brookline, Medford, Cambridge].
Suffolk Titles, circa 1890.
III. Out of County, Frederick C. Bowditch, 1879-1886
This series consists of 5 volumes of conveyances relating to properties in Middlesex and Norfolk counties, and a small number in Essex County researched by Frederick C. Bowditch. This series also includes title searches for some properties in Roxbury. (Roxbury, a separate city until 1868 when it was annexed to Boston, is actually part of Suffolk County, but Bowditch chose to include title searches relating to Roxbury in this series.) The volumes in this series have two numbering sequences and the carton list includes both numbers. Each volume includes a table of contents listing the locations (streets) of the real estate researched. Photocopies of the tables of contents of the volumes are available onsite.
Out of County, Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, Oct. 1879.
Out of County, Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, Oct. 12, 1880.
Out of County, Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, 1881.
Out of County, Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, 1884.
Out of County, Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, 1886.
IV. Middlesex County Titles, [William I. Bowditch], 1847-1885
This series consists of 10 volumes of conveyances relating to Middlesex County properties probably researched by or for William I. Bowditch. The volumes in this series have two numbering sequences and the list includes both numbers. Each volume includes a table of contents listing the locations (streets) of the real estate researched. Photocopies of the tables of contents of the volumes are available onsite.
Middlesex Titles, 1847.
Middlesex Titles.
Middlesex Titles.
Middlesex Titles.
Middlesex Titles.
Middlesex Titles.
Middlesex Titles.
Middlesex Titles.
Middlesex Titles.
Middlesex Titles, circa 1885.
V. Norfolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1845-ca. 1889
This series consists of 23 volumes of conveyances relating to Norfolk County properties researched by William I. Bowditch. The volumes in this series have two numbering sequences and the list includes both numbers. Each volume includes a table of contents listing the locations (streets) of the real estate researched. Photocopies of the tables of contents of the volumes are available onsite.
Norfolk Titles, circa 1845.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, May 29, 1847.
Norfolk Titles, William I. Bowditch, Oct. 1847.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles, Wm. I. Bowditch, 1860.
Norfolk Titles, Wm. I. Bowditch, 1863.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles, Wm. I. Bowditch, 1868.
Norfolk Titles, Wm. I. Bowditch, 1870.
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles, Wm. I. Bowditch, [1869?].
Norfolk Titles.
Norfolk Titles, circa 1889.
VI. Special Titles, William I. Bowditch, 1856-1858
This series consists of 2 volumes of special projects undertaken by William I. Bowditch regarding conveyances in Chicopee, Mass., and Iowa. Photocopies of the tables of contents of the volumes are available onsite.
Special Titles, Chicopee, circa 1856.
Special Titles, Iowa, Wm. I Bowditch, Dec. 1858.
VII. Goldsbury's Titles, 1847-1871
This series consists of 34 volumes of conveyances relating to Suffolk, Middlesex, Norfolk, and Amherst counties researched by John Goldsbury. One index volume listing streets and names (of vendors or purchasers) covers this series and is stored onsite. (The individual volumes in this series do not contain tables of contents.)
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, 1847.
Goldsbury's Titles, Middlesex Titles, John Goldsbury, 1847.
Goldsbury's Titles, [Middlesex Titles].
Goldsbury's Titles, Norfolk Titles.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, 1848.
Goldsbury's Titles, Middlesex Titles.
Goldsbury's Titles, Middlesex Titles, John Goldsbury, Oct. 16, 1851.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, July 1852.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, Sept. 16, 1853.
Goldsbury's Titles, Middlesex Titles, John Goldsbury, Dec. 3, 1851.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles.
Goldsbury's Titles, [Norfolk and Middlesex Titles].
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, April 1856.
Goldsbury's Titles, [Middlesex Titles], John Goldsbury, Jan. 1857.
Goldsbury's Titles, [Suffolk Titles].
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles.
Goldsbury's Titles, Middlesex Titles, John Goldsbury, Dec. 1858.
Goldsbury's Titles, [Norfolk Titles, some Essex Titles].
Goldsbury's Titles, [Suffolk Titles].
Goldsbury's Titles, [Suffolk Titles], John Goldsbury, 1 Aug. 1860.
Goldsbury's Titles, Middlesex Titles, John Goldsbury, 1 Aug. 1860.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, 25 May 1861.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, 10 March 1862.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, 26 January 1864.
Goldsbury's Titles, [Essex and Middlesex Titles], John Goldsbury, 14 April 1864.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, 22 Dec. 1864.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, 4 Dec. 1864.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, 23 May 1867.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, 19 Aug. 1868.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, 6 Oct. 1869.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, 18 May 1870.
Goldsbury's Titles, Suffolk Titles, John Goldsbury, 18 Feb. 1871.
Goldsbury's Titles, [Amherst County Titles].
VIII. Hassam Titles, 1867-1903
This series consists of 45 volumes of conveyances mostly relating to properties in Suffolk County, but include some relating to real estate in Norfolk and Middlesex counties researched by John T. Hassam. Each volume includes an index (at beginning of volume) arranged by street name. (There is no cumulative index volume for this series.)
[Note: No Hassam Titles, volumes A-D.]
Hassam Titles, October. 1867.
[Note: No Hassam Titles, volume F.]
Hassam Titles, October 1867 [mostly Norfolk Titles].
Hassam Titles, September 1868.
Hassam Titles, March 1869.
Hassam Titles, September 1869.
Hassam Titles, March 1870.
Hassam Titles, October 1870.
Hassam Titles, March 1871.
Hassam Titles, January 1872.
Hassam Titles, May 1872.
Hassam Titles, November 1872, Suffolk Titles.
Hassam Titles, January 1875.
Hassam Titles, January 1876.
Hassam Titles, January 1878.
Hassam Titles, March 1879, Suffolk Titles.
Hassam Titles, February 1881.
Hassam Titles, May 1882.
Hassam Titles, July 1883.
Hassam Titles, June 1884, Suffolk Titles.
Hassam Titles, January 1885.
Hassam Titles, June 1883.
Hassam Titles.
Hassam Titles, November 1885.
Hassam Titles, May 1886.
Hassam Titles, August 1886.
Hassam Titles, January 1887.
Hassam Titles, June 1887.
Hassam Titles, January 1888.
Hassam Titles, September 1888.
Hassam Titles, March 1888.
Hassam Titles, October 1889.
Hassam Titles, June 1890.
Hassam Titles, January 1891.
Hassam Titles, December 1891.
Hassam Titles, June 1892.
Hassam Titles, March 1893.
Hassam Titles, September 1893.
Hassam Titles, September 1894.
Hassam Titles, February 1895.
Hassam Titles, January 1896.
Hassam Titles, March 1897.
Hassam Titles, June 1898.
Hassam Titles, June 1899.
Hassam Titles, January 1901.
Hassam Titles, circa 1902-1903.
IX. White Titles, 1859-1868
This series consists of 13 volumes of conveyances mostly relating to properties in Suffolk County researched by Luther L. White. One index volume covers this series and is stored onsite. Each individual volume contains a table of contents indicating the street location of the property investigated. The tables of contents for volumes 1-2 also include the names of the vendor and the mortgager.
White Titles, March 1859.
White Titles, August 1860.
While Titles, [September 1861].
White Titles, November 1862.
White Titles, October 1863-September 1864.
White Titles, October 1863.
White Titles, September 1864.
White Titles, March 1865.
White Titles, October 1865.
White Titles, September 1866.
White Titles, September 1867.
White Titles, October 1867.
White Titles, September 1868.
X. Bigelow Titles, 1880-1904
This series consists of 148 volumes of conveyances mostly relating to properties in Suffolk County, but also relating to properties in Norfolk and Middlesex counties researched by George D. Bigelow. Each individual volume contains an alphabetical index mainly containing names of the vendors or purchasers of properties, but each index also includes some street names. (There is no cumulative index volume for this series.)
Bigelow Titles, circa 1880.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
[Note: No vol. 7.]
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles [circa 1883].
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles, 1884.
Bigelow Titles, 1884.
Bigelow Titles, 1885.
[Note: No vol. 32.]
Bigelow Titles, 1885.
Bigelow Titles, 1885.
Bigelow Titles, 1885.
Bigelow Titles, 1886.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles, 1886.
Bigelow Titles, 1886.
Bigelow Titles, 1886.
Bigelow Titles, 1887.
Bigelow Titles, 1887.
Bigelow Titles, 1887.
Bigelow Titles, 1887.
Bigelow Titles, 1887.
Bigelow Titles.
Bigelow Titles, 1889.
Bigelow Titles, 1889.
Bigelow Titles, 1889.
Bigelow Titles, 1889.
Bigelow Titles, 1889.
Bigelow Titles, 1889.
Bigelow Titles, 1889.
Bigelow Titles, 1889.
Bigelow Titles, 1890.
Bigelow Titles, 1890.
Bigelow Titles, 1890.
Bigelow Titles, 1890.
Bigelow Titles, 1890.
Bigelow Titles, 1891.
Bigelow Titles, [1891].
Bigelow Titles, 1891.
Bigelow Titles, 1891.
Bigelow Titles, 1891.
Bigelow Titles, 1891.
Bigelow Titles, 1891.
Bigelow Titles, 1891.
Bigelow Titles, 1892.
Bigelow Titles, 1891.
Bigelow Titles, 1892.
Bigelow Titles, 1892.
Bigelow Titles, 1892.
Bigelow Titles, 1892.
Bigelow Titles, 1891.
Bigelow Titles, 1892.
Bigelow Titles, 1892.
Bigelow Titles, 1892-1894.
Bigelow Titles, 1892.
Bigelow Titles, 1892-1893.
Bigelow Titles, 1891-1892.
Bigelow Titles, 1893.
Bigelow Titles, 1895.
Bigelow Titles, 1893.
Bigelow Titles, 1893.
Bigelow Titles, 1892-1894.
Bigelow Titles, 1893.
Bigelow Titles, [1893].
Bigelow Titles, [1892-1895].
Bigelow Titles, 1894.
Bigelow Titles, 1894.
Bigelow Titles, 1894.
Bigelow Titles, 1894.
Bigelow Titles, 1894.
Bigelow Titles, 1894.
Bigelow Titles, [1894].
Bigelow Titles, 1894.
Bigelow Titles, 1894.
Bigelow Titles, [1894].
Bigelow Titles, [1894].
Bigelow Titles, [1895].
Bigelow Titles, [1895].
Bigelow Titles, [1895].
Bigelow Titles, [1895, some additions 1901].
Bigelow Titles, [1895].
Bigelow Titles, [1896].
Bigelow Titles, [1895].
Bigelow Titles, [1895-1900].
Bigelow Titles, [1895].
Bigelow Titles, [1896].
Bigelow Titles, [1895-1900].
Bigelow Titles, [1896].
Bigelow Titles, [1896].
Bigelow Titles, [1896].
Bigelow Titles, [1897].
Bigelow Titles, [1898].
Bigelow Titles, [1897].
Bigelow Titles, [1899].
Bigelow Titles, 1897.
Bigelow Titles, [1897].
Bigelow Titles, [1896].
Bigelow Titles, [1897].
Bigelow Titles, [1897].
Bigelow Titles, [1897].
Bigelow Titles, [1897].
Bigelow Titles, [1897].
Bigelow Titles, [1897].
Bigelow Titles, [1898].
Bigelow Titles, [1898].
Bigelow Titles, [1898].
Bigelow Titles, [1897-1898].
Bigelow Titles, [1898].
Bigelow Titles, [1898].
Bigelow Titles, [1898].
Bigelow Titles, [1898].
Bigelow Titles, [1898].
Bigelow Titles, [1899].
Bigelow Titles, [1898-1899].
Bigelow Titles, [1899].
Bigelow Titles, [1899].
Bigelow Titles, [1899].
Bigelow Titles, [1899].
Bigelow Titles, [1900].
Bigelow Titles, [1900].
Bigelow Titles, [1900].
Bigelow Titles, [1901].
Bigelow Titles, [1900].
Bigelow Titles, [1901].
Bigelow Titles, [1885].
Bigelow Titles, [1902].
Bigelow Titles, [1904].
XI. E. S. Rand Titles, City, 1834-1882
This series consists of 39 volumes of conveyances relating to properties in Boston researched by Edward Sprague Rand. Each individual volume includes a table of contents (located at the end of each volume) listing the street location of the property and the vendor or purchaser. Also, two index volumes are available onsite. (One index volume includes a rough alphabetical listing of streets contained this series. The other index includes personal names of vendors or mortgagers and street names of properties researched in the E. S. Rand Titles, City series and the E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City series.) Although the volumes comprising this series and the following series (E. S. Rand Titles, Country) have one numbering sequence, they have been separated into two series because they have been indexed in two different cumulative index volumes.
[E. S. Rand] Titles, City, 1834.
[E. S. Rand] Titles, Charlestown Land and Wharf Co. [1838].
[E. S. Rand] Titles, City [1838].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, 1839.
E. S. Rand Titles, City, 1839.
E. S. Rand Titles, City, 1840.
E. S. Rand Titles, City, 1841.
E. S. Rand Titles, City, 1842.
E. S. Rand Titles, [City,] [1843].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1845].
[Note: No. Vol. 14.]
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1846].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1847].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, 1847.
E. S. Rand Titles, City, 1849.
E. S. Rand Titles, South Boston , [1849-1875].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, 1850.
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1851].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1852-1853].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1855].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1856].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1857].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1857].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1858].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1859].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1859].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1860].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1860].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1862].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1870].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1873].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1867].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1870].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1871].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, 1873.
E. S. Rand Titles, [City,] 1874.
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1876].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1878].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1878].
E. S. Rand Titles, City, [1882].
XII. E. S. Rand Titles, Country, 1836-1881
This series consists of 10 volumes of conveyances relating to properties outside of Boston, including Roxbury, Norfolk County, Middlesex County, and Essex County. Each volume of titles includes a table of contents (located at the end of each volume) that lists the city and street location of the property and the purchaser or mortgager. One index volume is available onsite and this index includes titles in both E. S. Rand Titles, Country series and E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country series. This index is arranged by town and then lists street locations of properties in rough alphabetical order. Although the volumes comprising this series and the preceding series (E. S. Rand Titles, City) have one numbering sequence, they have been separated into two series because they have been indexed in two different cumulative index volumes.
E. S. Rand Titles, Country, 1836.
E. S. Rand Titles, Country, 1842.
E. S. Rand Titles, Country, 1844.
E. S. Rand Titles, Country, [1847].
E. S. Rand Titles, Norfolk County, [1850].
E. S. Rand Titles, Country, 1850-1851.
E. S. Rand Titles, Norfolk County, [1855].
E. S. Rand Titles, Country, [1858].
E. S. Rand Titles, Norfolk County, [1859].
E. S. Rand Titles, Country, [1881].
XIII. E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City, 1858-1876
This series consists of 11 volumes of conveyances relating to properties in Boston researched by Edward Sprague Rand, junior. Volumes 1, 3, 6, 8 each include a table of contents (located at the end of each volume) listing the street location of the property and the purchaser or mortgager. Also one index volume is available onsite. (This index includes personal names of vendors or mortgagers, and street names of properties researched in the E. S. Rand Titles, City series and the E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City series.) Although the volumes comprising this series and the following series (E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country) have one numbering sequence, they have been separated into two series because they have been indexed in two different cumulative index volumes.
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City, 1858.
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City, 1860.
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City, [1864].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City, 1866.
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City, [1868].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City, [1868].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City, 1869.
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City, 1870.
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City, [1871] .
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City, [1874].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City, [1876].
XIV. E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country, 1859-1874
This series consists of 10 volumes of conveyances relating to properties outside of Boston, including Roxbury, Norfolk County, Middlesex County, and Essex County researched by Edward Sprague Rand, junior. Volumes 2, 4, 5, 7, 11 each include a table of contents (located at the end of each volume) that lists the street location of the property and the purchaser or mortgager. One index volume is available onsite and this index includes titles in both E. S. Rand Titles, Country series and E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country series. This index is arranged by town and then lists street locations of properties in rough alphabetical order. Although the volumes comprising this series and the preceding series (E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, City) have one numbering sequence, they have been separated into two series because they have been indexed in two different cumulative index volumes.
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country, 1859.
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country, 1862.
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country, 1865.
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country, [1866].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country, [1870].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Boston, formerly Roxbury, [1869].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Boston, formerly Roxbury, [1871].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country, [1871].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country, [1872].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country, [1874].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country, [1875].
E. S. Rand. Jr. Titles, Country, [1874].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country, [1874].
E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country, [1874].
XV. Miscellaneous Titles
This series consists of 5 volumes of conveyances, 1 volume of transcriptions of deeds relating to the Boston Water Power Company, and 1 volume tracking supplies of office forms used by a conveyancer. Of the 5 volumes of conveyances, 3 volumes contain titles relating to Suffolk and Middlesex counties researched by Ambrose Wellington, 1 volume consists of Norfolk Records researched by John Lothrop, and 1 volume includes titles researched by D. A. Dorr. Please note: Although the volume of Dorr Titles is numbered "Volume 30," (and there are two cumulative index volumes stored onsite), this is the only volume of titles researched by Dorr in the collection.
Dorr Titles, [1884] .
This volume includes title searches of Essex County, Suffolk County, Norfolk County. Note: No other volumes of Dorr Titles.
"Mr Swaim, Inventory of Conveyancing forms, etc.," 1928-1954.
Office log indicates numbers of forms ordered, and dates of orders.
Ambrose Wellington, Early Titles, [1857-1858].
Ambrose Wellington, Early Titles, [1857].
[Note: No volumes 3-6.]
Ambrose Wellington Titles, 1869.
Inscription: "Ambrose Wellington, 80 Washington Street".
John Lothrop, Norfolk Records, [1867].
Inscription: "39 Court Street".
Boston Water Power Company, deeds [1869].
XVI. Indexes
The following index volumes are stored ONSITE at Ms. N-2045 (Tall).Volumes
"William I. Bowditch, Index, 1878."
Index, partial, to Suffolk Titles, vols. 1-78 (streets on left side pages; people on right side pages).
Index, "Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, July 1878."
Seems to be index to Suffolk Titles, volumes 1-70, streets and people.
Index, "Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, July 1878."
Seems to be index to Suffolk Titles, volumes 1-70, streets and people.
Index, Goldsbury's Titles, by Fred[erick] C. Bowditch, Jan. 1879.
Index to people and streets, vols. 1-33.
Index, White Titles, vols. 1-12.
Index, E. S. Rand Titles, Streets.
Index to vols. 1-47, rough alphabetical arrangement by first letter of street name.
Index, E. S. Rand Titles and E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Street Index, Boston.
Index, E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Street Index, Boston.
Index, E. S. Rand Titles and E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Country (towns outside of Boston).
Index, E. S. Rand Titles, Probates.
Index, E. S. Rand, Jr. Titles, Probates.
Index, D. A. Dorr, Probates and Schedules.
The name inside front cover reads: "August Russ 15 Pemberton Square Boston April 1st 1877."
Index, D. A. Dorr, Street Index, volumes 1-36.
Index, D. A. Dorr, Street Index, volumes 36-46.
Index, Holden Titles, volumes 1-8.
Index, grantor schedules ?, Jewett-Sargent
Note: Pages with names and citation information are not attached to binding, and are slightly larger than the blank pages/text block that is still attached to the spine of the volume.Box
Photocopies of tables of contents of Suffolk Titles, William I. Bowditch.
Photocopies of tables of contents of Suffolk Titles, Fred[erick] C. Bowditch.
Photocopies of tables of contents of Out of County, Fred[erick] C. Bowditch.
Photocopies of tables of contents of Middlesex Titles, [William I. Bowditch].
Photocopies of tables of contents of Norfolk County, William I. Bowditch.
Photocopies of tables of contents of Special Titles, William I. Bowditch.
Preferred Citation
Additions to the Bowditch collection of Boston conveyances, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
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