Note 11 — THE HANCOCK HOUSE AND ITS FOUNDER.
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In this connection, the subjoined document—the original of which we have now at hand—may not be uninteresting, as showing the conditions on which the heirs of Governor John Hancock consented to sell so large a piece of the estate:—
"We the Subscribers, being a Committee of the town of Boston for the purpose of purchasing a piece of Land for the erection of public buildings, certify to all whom it may concern, that the Governor's pasture purchased by us, shall be conveyed to the Commonwealth for that use only, and that no private building shall be erected upon any part of said pasture. Witness our hands this 9th day of April, 1795.
Wm. Tudor, John C. Jones, Jos. Russell, William Eustis, H. G. Otis, Thos. Dawes, William Little, Perez Morton."