Manuscript "plat of the wharf lot near the bridge, a part of the estate formerly owned by the late James Sabin
Providence: January 4 (recorded January 10), 1826. Folio sheet (approx. 7½" x 12¼"), docketed on verso, and signed by Nathan W. Jackson, Town Clerk, in 1827, and W.R. Staples, Prop. Clerk; previous folds; very good. The description of this Providence lot bordering Elisha Dyer's land opens with "Laid out to Job Carpenter of Providence a piece of land situate in the town of Providence on the west side of the river containing 1926 square feet on the east side of the seven mile line..." This was land formerly owned by the "late James Sabin." James Sabin (ca. 1731-1806) is known primarily for the tavern in Providence that he ran at what is now the corner of South Main and Planet Streets, whence forth the mariners in the Gaspee Raid. An inscribed tablet on the Planet Street side of the Gaspee Building reads: "Sons of Liberty--Upon this corner stood the Sabin Tavern in which on the evening of June 9th in 1772 the party met and organized to destroy HRM Schooner Gaspee in the destruction of which was shed the first blood of the American Revolution." In the early 1780s James Sabin had a store on the west side of the Great Bridge which was distinguished by the sign of General Washington and sold patent medicines and horse saddles. This is likely the plat referred to in this map. From 1800 to 1802 Sabin's house was used as a hairdressing/barber shop. After his death in 1806 Sabin's store was taken over as a liquor, fireworks, and hat store. Lockwood Street in Providence was named in recognition of the work of Benoni Lockwood, civil engineer and land surveyor, who drew this map. Item #56111
Price: $425.00
