Records relating to agricultural societies, 1820-1854 (bulk 1821-1834, 1846).

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Records relating to agricultural societies, 1820-1854 (bulk 1821-1834, 1846).

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Series consists of statements of bounty payments and supporting documents filed with the state secretary. Later items consist of correspondence to the secretary concerning agriculture including such topics as state bounties, the annual agricultural report, and a reward for a remedy for potato rot, offered per Resolves 1851, c 18. For payments to the Agricultural Society from 1819-1830, paid out by the General Court's Committee on Accounts, see its: Account rolls ((M-Ar)2268X)

2 file folders (partial doc. box)

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Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture

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Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State

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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...