Box 2

Scope and Contents: Contains testimony, depositions, and agreements related to the operation of the iron works and legal disputes with John Gifford, dated 1672-1681. Includes depositions about delivering iron to build a ship, and about land obtained from Thomas Savage in his lawsuit against the Undertakers of the Iron Works, and a statement of Gifford claiming debts owed to him by the iron works. There are also articles of agreement between brothers Samuel, Nathaniel, and Thomas Leonard, and Simon Bradstreet...

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Contains legal documents related to iron works investor Henry Webb and John Gifford, dated 1652-1658. Includes copies of an agreement between Webb and Samuel Bennett and order to pay Bennett, as well as a copy of an assignment of John Gifford to Henry Furber and further endorsements, attested by Edward Rawson (1615-1693), secretary of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Previously labeled pages 471-478.

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Accounts current of the iron works, showing operational expenses and payments at Braintree and Lynn, dated 1653, including carting iron and other labor such as work done on house windows by a Salem glazier, and cutting firewood, as well as court costs in the lawsuit between the Undertakers of the Iron Works and John Gifford, forge accounts, and medical expenses in Boston for sick Scottish workers.

Previously labeled pages 181-216.

Scope and Contents: Contains accounts and legal records, dated 1653. There is an account of Francis Perry copied from John Gifford's journal, for varied labor performed by Perry and his sons; Perry later sued John Becx and Co. and John Gifford for unpaid wages. Also includes court documents related to the lawsuit between the Undertakers of the Iron Works and John Gifford, such as a petition to the Massachusetts General Court by Robert Bridges, Henry Webb, and Joshua Foote, on behalf of the iron works, to...

Scope and Contents: Contains an inventory of stock and tools at the iron works, accounts of disbursements and other expenses related to running the iron works, and records pertaining to the lawsuit between the Undertakers of the Iron Works and John Gifford, dated 1653-1655. Includes attachments on Gifford's goods, and depositions and testimony of John Forsyth, John Clarke, and Samuel Bennett. There are also inventories of property of the Undertakers of the Iron Works. One account explains how much would be...

Scope and Contents: Contains accounts and legal documents related to the iron works and its lawsuit against John Gifford, and Gifford's counter suit, dated 1654-1660. Includes attachments on goods of Gifford, who was imprisoned when he was unable to meet his bond requirements; depositions and testimony regarding land owned by the iron works, accounts with clerk William Aubrey, company debt, and unpaid wages; copy of a jury verdict related to debts owed by the iron works; and a 1655 statement of iron works...