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Auction Sale. The John Hancock Mansion House

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1863

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 321-330

GUSN

GUSN-251851

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Description

Auction for the John Hancock House, "All the materials of the most celebrated Mansion House, consisting of all the brick, stone, iron, slate, and elaborate wood work connected with the same." Auctioned on June 16, 1863 by Samuel Hatch, auctioneer.

Details

Descriptive Terms

auctions
auctioneers
brick (clay product)
stone (rock)
iron (metal)
slate (rock)
woodwork
mansions
broadsides (notices)
prints (visual works)

Physical Description

1 broadside

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.322

Image Dimensions

20.24 x 12 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

J.H. Eastburn's Press (Printer)

Material Type

broadsides (notices)
prints (visual works)

Other People

Hatch, Samuel, 1812-1893

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 321-330

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