L. Land Auction, 1832-1835, 1832-1835

Records in this subseries concern a land auction held on August 5, 1835, in which Harvard attempted to sell its remaining land holdings in Maine. The auctioneers were Whitwell, Bond & Co., and the lands for sale were those left unsold by Prentiss Mellen, as well as a lot of one half of a township referred to as "Township No. 3, 8th range." This lot had been granted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the Trustees of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture on February 21, 1829, "for the support and maintenance of the Massachusetts professorship of Natural History." The land was presumably transferred to Harvard, and was successfully sold at the auction. This subseries contains correspondence, a deed of conveyance, a surveyor's plan, copies of the deeds of sale for each lot, an auction handbill, sales agreements, and memoranda.