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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Petitions : manuscript, 1778 and [ca. 177--178-]

Title: Petitions : manuscript, 1778 and [ca. 177--178-]

Two petitions signed by various Boston citizens, including Benjamin Edes, John Hancock, Ezekiel Savage, Caleb Blodget, William Dawes, and others.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 32 cm. or smaller.

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Bridgham, Jonathan. Extracts of leases from the selectmen of the town of Boston, 1678.

Title: Extracts of leases from the selectmen of the town of Boston, 1678.

Contains extracts of leases given to Joyliffe and Bridgham.

ArchivalResource: [2] p.; 31 cm.

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. The Province of the Massachusetts Bay, &c., To the Town of Boston for the support of sundry indigent persons not belonging to nor inhabitants of any town within said Province, from Mar. 1st, 1734/5 to May 1st, 1736, Dr.

Title: The Province of the Massachusetts Bay, &c., To the Town of Boston for the support of sundry indigent persons not belonging to nor inhabitants of any town within said Province, from Mar. 1st, 1734/5 to May 1st, 1736, Dr. 1736.

ArchivalResource: [4] p., 41 cm.

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Gibbs, Henry, d. 1759. To the freeholders and other inhabitants of the Town of Boston in Town Meeting regularly assembled, 1734 Mar. 11 [microform].

Title: To the freeholders and other inhabitants of the Town of Boston in Town Meeting regularly assembled, 1734 Mar. 11 [microform].

Petition to erect a wharf as part of Boston's defenses.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 26 x 38 cm.

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Scottow, Joshua, 1615-1698. Deed, 1648 Feb. 28.

Title: Deed, 1648 Feb. 28.

Agreement between Joshua Scottow and the Town of Boston concerning a parcel of land.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 x 38 cm.

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Warner, Gilbert. To the gentlemen the Selectmen of the Town of Boston : the petition of Gilbert Warner and Alden Bass of Boston, 1734 Jan. 24.

Title: To the gentlemen the Selectmen of the Town of Boston : the petition of Gilbert Warner and Alden Bass of Boston, 1734 Jan. 24.

Petition to build a wharf in Boston; p. [2] has text of approval.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 26 x 38 cm.

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Newell, Timothy. A journal kept during the time Boston was shut up in 1775 [manuscript transcription], 1775-1776.

Title: A journal kept during the time Boston was shut up in 1775 [manuscript transcription], 1775-1776.

Handwritten copy of a journal kept by Boston selectman Timothy Newell, 19 April 1775-17 March 1776, describing events during the Siege of Boston. Newell details the number of men wounded and killed, size of British and Continental troops, and confiscated livestock. Also includes copies of letters sent and received by Newell addressed to Gen. Howe, 8-9 March 1776. The journal was copied most likely by Thomas Wallcut from papers held by Jeremy Belknap. Pages 13-16 are missing from transcription.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46956916 View

Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. The freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Boston-- are hereby notified to meet at Faneuil-Hall : on Wednesday the fourth day of May current-- / by order of the Select-men, William Cooper, town-clerk.

Title: The freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Boston-- are hereby notified to meet at Faneuil-Hall : on Wednesday the fourth day of May current-- / by order of the Select-men, William Cooper, town-clerk. [1768]

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 16 x 20 cm.

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Boston Ss: [Bills] granted by the Selectmen, October 25, 1762, [with order signed by William Cooper, town clerk, to David Jeffries, treasurer, to pay them and Signatures of the grantees].

Title: Boston Ss: [Bills] granted by the Selectmen, October 25, 1762, [with order signed by William Cooper, town clerk, to David Jeffries, treasurer, to pay them and Signatures of the grantees].

ArchivalResource: 2 p., fol.

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Petition : Boston, to the selectmen of the town of Boston, 1734 Feb. 19.

Title: Petition : Boston, to the selectmen of the town of Boston, 1734 Feb. 19.

A petition to the town meeting from ninety-three householders whose signatures are attached, arguing that the markets would be "a means of raising the prise of provisions" and proposing that the town appropriate the buildings for some other use.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (in box)

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Letter of the selectmen, dated, Nov. 9, 1767, regarding the non-importation agreement. With autograph signatures of Joseph Jackson, Samuel Sewall, John Ruddock, John Hancock, William Phillips, Tim. Newell and John Rowe.

Title: Letter of the selectmen, dated, Nov. 9, 1767, regarding the non-importation agreement. With autograph signatures of Joseph Jackson, Samuel Sewall, John Ruddock, John Hancock, William Phillips, Tim. Newell and John Rowe.

ArchivalResource: 1 page.

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Deed for tomb ninety five, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, 1807 Jan. 10.

Title: Deed for tomb ninety five, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, 1807 Jan. 10.

Permission given to Edward Chamberlain and Benjamin Tilden to build a tomb. Signed by Charles Bulfinch.

ArchivalResource: 1 p., in folder ; 26 cm.

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Savage, Thomas, 1640-1705. Letter to Selectmen of Boston from the colonial military committee concerning repairs to city fortifications, 1671 Feb. 17.

Title: Letter to Selectmen of Boston from the colonial military committee concerning repairs to city fortifications, 1671 Feb. 17.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. [Letter to General John Thomas, Commander of the American troops at Roxbury, concerning street firing and the detaining of townsmen passing through Roxbury. Signed by John Scollay, Timothy Newell, Samuel Austin, and John Pitts, Selectmen of Boston].

Title: [Letter to General John Thomas, Commander of the American troops at Roxbury, concerning street firing and the detaining of townsmen passing through Roxbury. Signed by John Scollay, Timothy Newell, Samuel Austin, and John Pitts, Selectmen of Boston]. May 6, 1775.

ArchivalResource: [1 v.] 8 x 13 in.

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Document, 1822 Mar. 1 [microform].

Title: Document, 1822 Mar. 1 [microform].

Lease by the City of Boston of their right to flats on Front Street to Jonathan Amory; signed by Eliphalet Williams, Chairman of the Selectmen, and Amory.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) in folder ; 26 x 38 cm.

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Sutton, Bartholomew. To the inhabitants of the Town of Boston legally assembled, 1734 Mar. 11.

Title: To the inhabitants of the Town of Boston legally assembled, 1734 Mar. 11.

Petition to purchase a small piece of land adjacent to his property.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 x 38 cm.

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Ireland, Edward. Reports of the Dock Square watch, Boston, Mass., 1768-1774.

Title: Reports of the Dock Square watch, Boston, Mass., 1768-1774.

Two reports by Edward Ireland, constable of the Dock Square (or Town Dock) watch, and other members of the watch to the Boston Selectmen, 15 Nov. 1768 and 28 Dec. 1774. The reports complain of disrespect and threats from British military officers during encounters with the watch late at night on the docks. Includes typed transcriptions.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Boston Mill Corporation. Records, 1769-1814 [microform].

Title: Records, 1769-1814 [microform].

Records include petitions to the Boston Selectmen; official notices of the Selectmen to the Corporation; correspondence of charles Bulfinch as chairman of the Selectmen--all dealing with the proposal of filling in Boston's Mill Pond.

ArchivalResource: ca. 100 items (in folders) ; 26 x 38 cm.

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Buttler, Leonard. Deed, 1648 Feb. 28.

Title: Deed, 1648 Feb. 28.

Agreement between Leonard Buttler and the Town of Boston concerning a parcel of land.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 x 38 cm.

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Marion, Joseph, 1685?-1761. To the freeholders and other inhabitants of the Town of Boston in Town Meeting regularly assembled, 1734 Mar. 10.

Title: To the freeholders and other inhabitants of the Town of Boston in Town Meeting regularly assembled, 1734 Mar. 10.

Proposals in matters relating to town government; p. [4] contains text of town meeting's vote to take the "proposals into consideration," signed by Samuel Gerrish, town clerk.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 26 x 38 cm.

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Petition : Boston, to the Selectmen of the Town of Halifax, 1808 Aug. 10.

Title: Petition : Boston, to the Selectmen of the Town of Halifax, 1808 Aug. 10.

Copy of a petition to the President of the U.S. to suspend the embargo, with a communication to the Selectmen of Halifax, requesting them to adopt the petition signed by the Boston Selectmen Charles Bulfinch, William Porter, Ebenezer Oliver, Jonathan Hunnewell, John May, Francis Wright and Joseph Foster.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.), in folder ; 39 cm.

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Petition : to the selectmen of the town of Boston, 1734 Feb. 19.

Title: Petition : to the selectmen of the town of Boston, 1734 Feb. 19.

A petition to the town meeting from ninety-three householders whose signatures are attached, arguing that the markets would be "a means of raising the prise of provisions" and proposing that the town appropriate the buildings for some other use.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (in box)

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Salter, William. Receipt, 1734.

Title: Receipt, 1734.

Receipt for 16 half-barrels of powder transferred to the Powder House.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 x 38 cm.

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Appointment of Samuel Danforth of Billerica, Mass., as surveyor, 1719 February 16.

Title: Appointment of Samuel Danforth of Billerica, Mass., as surveyor, 1719 February 16.

Handwritten document signed by Boston selectmen Thomas Cushing, Isaiah Tay, Elisha Cooke, and Oliver Noyes. Danforth is to run the lines and renew the boundary marks of a tract of land lying north of the Merrimack River.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 22 cm.

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. [Indenture between the Selectmen of Boston and Thomas Veren, placing Hannah Seccombe as an apprentice to Thomas Veren].

Title: [Indenture between the Selectmen of Boston and Thomas Veren, placing Hannah Seccombe as an apprentice to Thomas Veren]. February 26, 1693.

ArchivalResource: [1 v.] 15 x 12 in.

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Rand, William, Physician. To the freeholders and other inhabitants of Boston assembled at their Annual Meeting, 1734 Mar. 10.

Title: To the freeholders and other inhabitants of Boston assembled at their Annual Meeting, 1734 Mar. 10.

Petition to have a particular land purchase properly recorded.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 x 38 cm.

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Lease : to Jonathan Amory, 1822.

Title: Lease : to Jonathan Amory, 1822.

Manuscript document; Lease of Town of Boston of their right in flats on Front Street to Jonathan Amory, signed by Eliphalet Williams, Chairman of the Selectmen.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet (3 p.)

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Records, 1701.

Title: Records, 1701.

List of the town tax for Rumney Marsh (later Revere), Mass., sent to Constable John Belcher, signed by John Marion, Jun., and other selectmen; together with order from the selectmen to the constable of Boston relating to tax collection.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1711.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1711.

Petition to the Selectmen of the town of Boston for the repair of a highway; signed by 71 citizens, including Josiah Franklin, father of Benjamin Franklin. Also includes an undated explanatory note.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155887185 View

Williams, Sendall. To the freeholders and other inhabitants of Boston assembled at their Annual Meeting, 1734 Mar. 10.

Title: To the freeholders and other inhabitants of Boston assembled at their Annual Meeting, 1734 Mar. 10.

Petition for increase of salary from the town for ringing "the bell of the Old Brick Meeting House in Cornhill" and "winding up the weights of the clock"; p. [2] contains the text of the referral to the Selectmen as also the text of the Selectmen's decision.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 26 x 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37248598 View

Boston (Mass.). Selectmen. Petitions : manuscript, 1772, 1778, 1791.

Title: Petitions : manuscript, 1772, 1778, 1791.

Four petitions signed by various citizens, including William Phillips, Paul Revere, Benjamin Edes, John Gill, William Vernon, and others.

ArchivalResource: 4 items ; 33 cm. or smaller.

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Whitman, Benjamin, 1768-1840. Benjamin Whitman legal report, 1818.

Title: Benjamin Whitman legal report, 1818.

Legal report of research conducted by lawyer Benjamin Whitman on the ownership rights of Boston's Town Dock. The report to the Boston Board of Selectmen, dated 19 Nov. 1818, details the ownership of the dock and abutting land from ca. 1641-1818, as described in various town documents.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. in a folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45501960 View

Clark, Samuel, Shipwright. To the freeholders and other inhabitants of Boston, assembled at their Annual Meeting, 1734 Mar. 10.

Title: To the freeholders and other inhabitants of Boston, assembled at their Annual Meeting, 1734 Mar. 10.

Petition for abatement of rent of Battery Wharf.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 x 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37248594 View