📜 ORIGINAL 1872 WARRANTY DEED FOR A CEMETERY / BURIAL LOT IN GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, WRITTEN ON A PRINTED LEGAL FORM AND FILLED IN BY HAND.

🏛️ THE DOCUMENT OPENS WITH THE PRINTED HEADING:

“KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS”

✍️ THE GRANTORS ARE:

LEWIS G. ROBBINS

JOHN C. RUSSELL

OF GREAT BARRINGTON, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

💵 THE CONSIDERATION IS STATED AS:

SEVENTY DOLLARS

👤 THE PROPERTY IS CONVEYED TO:

GUY DAY

OF GREAT BARRINGTON

⚰️ THE PROPERTY IS DESCRIBED AS A CERTAIN PARCEL OR BURIAL LOT IN THE SOUTHEASTERLY PART OF THE MAHAIWE CEMETERY IN GREAT BARRINGTON.

🗺️ THE LOT APPEARS TO BE IDENTIFIED AS:

LOT NO. 84

ON A RECORDED PLAN OF BURIAL LOTS

(ENTERED IN THE REGISTRY OF DEEDS)

📏 THE DESCRIPTION ALSO NOTES BOUNDARIES, INCLUDING REFERENCE TO:

LOT NO. 83

AND STATES THE LOT IS TO BE USED BY THE GRANTEE, HIS HEIRS, AND ASSIGNS FOR BURIAL PURPOSES AND NO OTHER.

🖋️ SIGNED BY:

L. G. ROBBINS

J. C. RUSSELL

🔴 THE DEED RETAINS TWO RED PAPER SEALS

🔵 AND A PAIR OF ATTACHED 25-CENT U.S. REVENUE STAMPS WITH MANUSCRIPT CANCEL, A GREAT VISUAL FEATURE.

📅 THE DEED IS DATED IN FEBRUARY 1872

AND THE REVERSE SHOWS IT WAS:

RECEIVED APRIL 22, 1872, AT 4:08 P.M.

AND RECORDED IN BOOK 137, PAGE 61

AT THE BERKSHIRE / GREAT BARRINGTON REGISTRY.

🔥 THIS IS A STRONG PIECE OF 19TH CENTURY NEW ENGLAND LEGAL AND GENEALOGICAL EPHEMERA, WITH EXCELLENT APPEAL FOR COLLECTORS OF:

⚰️ CEMETERY / FUNERAL HISTORY

📜 MASSACHUSETTS DEEDS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS

🧬 GENEALOGY / LOCAL HISTORY

🏛️ BERKSHIRE COUNTY MATERIAL

🔵 REVENUE STAMP DOCUMENTS

📌 CONDITION:

ORIGINAL FOLD LINES, LIGHT AGE TONING, AND GENERAL HANDLING WEAR CONSISTENT WITH USE. STAMPS, SEALS, SIGNATURES, AND MANUSCRIPT TEXT REMAIN ATTRACTIVE AND DISPLAYABLE.