Worcester (Mass.), Records, 1686-1941

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Worcester (Mass.), Records, 1686-1941

1686-1941

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This collection was formed originally from papers collected principally by William Lincoln (1801-1843). The son of Levi Lincoln (1749-1829), William Lincoln attended Harvard and was admitted to the Worcester bar in 1825. He was elected to the state legislature in 1835 and in 1838 was appointed a trustee of the State Lunatic Hospital in Worcester. His accomplishments include writing a _History of Worcester_ (Worcester: Moses D. Phillips and Company, 1837), editing the _National Aegis_, and serving as corresponding secretary, 1826-1841, of the American Antiquarian Society. This collection contains legal documents, correspondence, institutional records, maps, and receipts. There are tax records, 1754-1847, including valuation lists, school and highway tax lists, tax collection notices, tax abatement records, and tax record books, including one kept by Samuel Jennison (1788-1860). There are school records, 1738; 1785-1905, including school committee lists and reports, school construction records, school registers, 1830-1845, essays and questions for the Bullock Prize examinations, Thomas Payson's (1764-1844) petition for a monthly salary, and record books of the Thomas Street School kept by Caleb B. Metcalf (1814-1891), and of the Worcester Boys' English School. The collection also contains municipal records, 1686-1857, including petitions and ordinances, minutes of town meetings, 1731-1741, a list of the poor receiving public support, 1733-1767, and road and bridge construction records. There are license records, 1729-1789, census records, 1784-1826, voter lists, 1775-c. 1850s, list of marriages, 1770-1795, three record books with lists of deaths, 1807-1849, and a record book, with a list of women attending an inaugural ball for Zachary Taylor in 1849. The collection contains fire company records, including record books of Engine Company No. 2, and a record book for the purchase of a fire bell. There are militia records, 1762-1865, including records of Crafts' Cavalry Regiment, the Worcester Lancers, the Worcester City Guards, and records and record books of the Worcester Artillery Company. There is a box of Civil War documents, 1861-1865, containing records of the Second Massachusetts Artillery Regiment, the Third Battalion of Riflemen, and Worcester men in other regiments. The box also contains enrollment records and subscriptions to raise enlistment bounties. The collection contains business and institutional records, including records of the following Worcester banks: Worcester County Institution for Savings, Citizens Bank, and State Bank. There is also a speech by Henry Chapin (1811-1878) to the board of directors of the City National Bank. There are miscellaneous business records, 1792-1809, for Thomas's Coffee House, as well as for the Rural Cemetery, the Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the Holden Reservoir, the Worcester Turnpike Company, and a company proposing to build a canal from the Connecticut River to Boston. There are records, 1821-1900, from the following Worcester churches: First Baptist Church, Central Congregational Church, Union Congregational Church, Plymouth Congregational Church, Grace Episcopal Church, and the Worcester Free Church. There are records, 1793-1840, of Worcester libraries, including the Associate Library Company, Worcester Library Society, Social Library, and Military Library Society. There are also records of antislavery societies, temperance societies, the Worcester Music Hall Association, the Liberal Republican Club, and other Worcester organizations and clubs. There are records of events and celebrations, and a record book, 1941, for a mural by Leon Kroll (1884-1975) in the Worcester War Memorial Auditorium. There is an index of Worcester views by Benjamin Thomas Hill (1863-1927), an index to the Worcester Common Burial Ground, and records of land transactions involving the American Antiquarian Society.

six manuscript boxes; two oversize folders (4 items); ten folio volumes; seven octavo volumes

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City National Bank.

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Hill, Benjamin Thomas

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Collector. From the description of Lafayette in the United States, 1824-1825 : collection, 1824-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77901267 Benjamin Thomas Hill (1863-1927), son of Jonathan Henry and Sarah Bruce Jenkins Hill, was born in Worcester, Mass. He graduated from Harvard in 1886 and from Harvard Law School in 1889. Although he practiced law in Worcester from 1889 to 1927, he was best known as a historian and local antiquarian. Hill possessed a remarkable technical...

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Worcester Library Society.

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Social Library.

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State Bank.

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Jennison, Samuel, 1788-1860

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Crafts' Cavalry Regiment.

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Union Congregational Church.

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Worcester Boys' English School.

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Worcester Artillery Company.

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Worcester Free Church.

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Association Library Company.

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Worcester Turnpike Company.

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Chapin, Henry, 1811-1878

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Henry Chapin (1811-1878) was a lawyer and judge in Worcester, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1839-1880. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259235 ...

Worcester Music Hall Association.

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Worcester Common Burial Ground.

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American Antiquarian Society

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The American Antiquarian Society was founded in Worcester, Mass., in 1812, largely through the efforts of Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831). The Society's original stated purpose was to "encourage the collection and preservation of the Antiquities of our country, and of curious and valuable productions in Art and Nature [that] have a tendency to enlarge the sphere of human knowledge." AAS from its inception attempted to be national in its collecting and its membership, which is by election....

Payson, Thomas, 1760-1844

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Thomas's Coffee House.

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Plymouth Congregational Church.

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Liberal Republican Club.

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Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974

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Artist. From the description of Reminiscences of Leon Kroll : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743152 Leon Kroll (1884-1974) was a painter from New York, N.Y. Kroll was a leading painter during the 1920's and 1930's. From the description of Leon Kroll papers, 1905-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220244127 Leon Kroll (1884-1974) of New York, N.Y., was a pai...

Thomas Street School.

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First Baptist Church

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Worcester County Institution for Savings

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Opened June 11, 1828 by a distinguished group of men in Worcester, Mass., as an encouragement to young men and others to save a portion of their wages; first such organization in the country. By 1848 assets exceeded $1,000,000. Originally located in what is now the Central Exchange Building but later located on the corner of Foster and Main Street. Bank bought out by BankBoston in early 1990s. From the description of Worcester County Institution for Savings collection, 1830s-1990s. (...

Worcester Lancers.

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Grace Episcopal Church

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Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Worcester, Mass.)

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The Manufacturers, Mutual Fire Insurance Company was founded in 1835 by Rhode Island textile manufactuer, Zachariah Allen. Allen organized a group of textile manufacturers to insure themselves against fire and to share the losses, a principle known as mutual insurance. From the description of Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company records, 1835-1948. (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 747280804 ...

Metcalf, Caleb B., 1814-1891

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Holden Reservoir.

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Citizens Bank.

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Second Massachusetts Artillery Regiment.

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Worcester (Mass.)

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Worcester, Worcester County Massachusetts is located on the Blackstone River forty-four miles southwest of Boston, Mass., and forty-three miles northwest of Providence, R.I. Originally known as Quonsigamog or Quinsigamond, it was first settled in 1675 but was afterwards abandoned due to Indian attacks. Worcester was permanently settled in 1713, incorporated as a town in 1684, and as a city in 1848. From the description of Collection, 1686-1941. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCa...

Worcester City Guards.

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