Boston Mill Corporation records, (inclusive) 1643-1878

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Boston Mill Corporation records, (inclusive) 1643-1878

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Records of the Boston Mill Corporation, which was concerned with filling in the Mill Pond in Boston, Mass., putting through streets, and selling land.

4.5 linear feet (7 vols., 2 cartons)

Baker Library, Harvard Business School

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SNAC Resource ID: 6382567

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Boston Mill Corporation

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On May 31, 1643, the Town of Boston granted land, bordering the Charles River, to a group of mill owners. The Proprietors of the Mill Pond, as they eventually came to be called, controlled the fate of acreage which included a grist mill, pond, streams, and as well as adjoining property. By 1804, however, Boston no longer needed to have working mills within the city limits, and on March 9 of that year, the current owners of the property incorporated as the Boston Mill Corporation . I...