Job and Earl Carpenter: family documents; deeds, plats, wills, letters, receipts, etc

Cranston and Providence: 1814-1891. A 56-page archive of documents that relate to the Carpenter family in Rhode Island, who date to the early settlement of the state in the 1600s. Job Carpenter, born in Cranston, (1778-1845) was the son of Nathaniel Carpenter (1744-1828) and Deliverance Greene (1751-1821). Job Carpenter married Mary Westcott in 1804 and operated a large variety store in the Arcade in Providence. His brother, Earl, (1794-1863) operated the family ice business among other enterprises. Job Carpenter bought and sold a significant amount of property, and the first deed in this collection is dated 1814 and is signed by Arthur and Anstis Greene and witnessed by Joseph Battey and the famed surveyor Benoni Lockwood. It refers to a lot originally owned by the Lockwood family in Cranston. The plat papers include a lengthy description of the Sabin lots which refers to the street in downtown Providence near Mathewson Street and mentions James Sabin's holdings back to 1805. Several papers in the legal group evidence a problem Job was having with trespassers on his land; one document from 1828 states that he "forbid Warren Batcheldor, Daniel Giles, Samuel Thayer, and Owen Hartnell from laying any Wall, carting any Sand on, or Scoring any Mud or taking anything...from a lot of land...in a range with George Coultons shop...to the north line of Capt. Charles Stewarts Barn...." A witnessed document from 1825 states that "Daniel Cleveland has this evening in my Store in the presence of Capt. Rud. West of New Bedford and William Greene of Johnstown that he was a tearing my land all to pieces and taking the turf of any where he could find it...he said Mr. Baldwin gave orders." This was signed by Richard West and "Wm Greene". The archive includes: (1) Fifteen deeds totaling 24 pages, 1814-1845, most 13" x 15", holograph, and printed and holograph; (2) Plat drawings, 7 pages in all: Sabin lot 1808, Dean Street 1844, Lot on Cove Street in Providence, n.d., Angell Lots nearing Dean's Slaughter House, n.d., Lots for sale by Job Carpenter, 1833, various sizes 12" x 15"; (3) Holograph wills, 8 pages in all: Mary Carpenter of Providence 1834 and 1854, Sarah Davis widow of Providence, (unfinished) n.d., List of expenses in settling estate of Job Carpenter, 1833. Most 8" x 14". (4) Misc. receipts, 4 pages; (5) Various legal documents, 13 pages in all: Deposition of David Cleveland 1825, Power of Attorney Sylvester Westcott to Job Carpenter 1825, Complaint of Trespass (two), Providence 1828, Contract with Smith Slocum 1830, Rent of Farm to Henry Greene 1830, Indenture of Trust Job Carpenter to Earl Carpenter and William E. Richmond 1833, Job Carpenter appointed Measurer 1842, most 8" x 14"; (6) Two letters totaling 4 pages: Women's Centennial Executive Committee of Rhode Island, Providence June 15, 1875 to Mr. John Salisbury from Eliza S. Manchester thanks for the rigging of the Gaspee; and, Mrs. William Prestwich, sister of John H. Salisbury, writes to her sister regarding husband's (?) illness and death of washerwoman Mrs. Hazard, Westerly, February 19, 1891, 4" x 7". inches. Overall good to very good, browning, small holes and tears at folds. Item #56243

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