Title search of Charlestown State Prison, 1837-1957 (bulk 1837-1945).

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Title search of Charlestown State Prison, 1837-1957 (bulk 1837-1945).

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The Dept. of Public Works and its successor from 1992, the Massachusetts Highway Department, have been responsible for development and maintenance of all state highways in the Commonwealth. St 1956, c 675 authorized transfer of the land and buildings of the former state prison in the Charlestown district of Boston to the Dept. of Public Works for highway purposes, necessitating an examination of title to the land.

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The State Prison was opened in 1805 at Charlestown, Boston, as a successor to the prison on Castle Island. During 1878-1884 the prison was closed and inmates kept at Concord. With that exception, Charlestown remained the Massachusetts state prison until replaced by Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 1955-1956. From the description of Minutes of the State Prison Society, 1846-1848. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86144176 The State Prison at charlestown, Boston, ...

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