Returns of liquor licenses granted, 1868-1869.

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Returns of liquor licenses granted, 1868-1869.

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Series currently consists of volumes listing liquor licenses issued by elected county license commissioners in Suffolk County, July 6, 1868-Apr. 1, 1869, as submitted to the state secretary. See also: Massachusetts. Treasury Dept. Returns of sales of liquor and liquor licenses, 1868-1869 ((M-Ar)2499X); Middlesex County (Mass.). County Commissioners. Licenses issued, 1868-1869 ((M-Ar)2159X)

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St 1832, c 166 authorized county commissioners in Massachusetts to grant liquor licenses to innholders and retailers. St 1852, c 322 (revised by St 1855, c 215) established state-wide prohibition, forbidding the sale of all liquor except for medicinal, chemical, or mechanical purposes. This was changed by St 1868, c 141, passed in April of that year, which authorized county commissioners (in Suffolk County specially-elected license commissioners) to issue licenses for the sale of liquor in their...