Business records, 1806-1841.

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Business records, 1806-1841.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207183168

This record book contains the text of the act of incorporation, a list of shareholders and number of shares subscribed for, by-laws, and minutes of meetings of proprietors, directors, and stockholders, 1806-1841. There is relatively little financial information in these records. The loose items include an 1813 deed, a bill dated 1823 for services to the corporation, an 1837 summons, four items relating to the dissolution of the corporation in 1841, and a ten page typed transcription of passages relating to the turnpike extracted from the records of the Middlesex County Commissioners.

1 v. ; folio.1 folder (8 items)

American Antiquarian Society

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American Antiquarian Society

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Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831

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Thomas was a New England printer and bookseller who strongly supported the American Revolution. He was also a founder of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. From the description of ALS: Worcester [Massachusetts], to Mr. Bress, 1795 Aug. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86160118 Caleb Alexander was born in 1755 in Northfield, Massachusetts, a town founded by his grandfather. He attended Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown Universities, receiving degrees fro...

Davis, Aaron, 1763-1817.

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Worcester Turnpike Corporation.

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The Worcester Turnpike Corporation was incorporated by the Massachusetts General Court in 1806. This was the result of a petition made in 1805 by Aaron Davis (1763-1817) of Roxbury and a number of others who desired the construction of a more direct road from Boston to Worcester. At the first meeting of the proprietors in Boston, a board of seven directors was selected. Among the original directors was Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) of Worcester, who was also chosen moderator. In 1805 Th...