Committee on the Widening of Main Street records, 1871-1872.

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Committee on the Widening of Main Street records, 1871-1872.

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The General series includes agreements made by property owners to allow the town to widen the road over sections of their land, William Munroe's report on the estimated cost of the project, correspondence from the Middlesex County Commissioners, a list of subscribers donating money for the project, and the Committee's financial report to the Selectmen; the Bills series includes receipted bills for costs relating to the widening of the road and a summary statement of cash paid out.

40 items : plans ; 32 cm. or smaller.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord (Mass.). Committee on the Widening of Main Street

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Committee appointed to make recommendations on the widening of Main Street, Concord, Mass., on the south side, largely in response to William Munroe's plan to build a library for the town at the intersection of Main Street and Sudbury Road. Munroe planned the project and arrived at an estimate ($5,000). The Middlesex County Commissioners agreed to pay 2/5 of the cost; another 1/5 was to be raised through private subscriptions, and the remaining 2/5 to be appropriated from municipal ...

Middlesex County (Mass.). Commissioners

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Munroe, William, 1806-1877

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William Munroe was born in Concord, Massachusetts 1806 June 24 and died there 1877 April 27. He was the son of William Munroe, a pencil maker in Concord. A businessman in dry goods and importing in Boston, New York, and Europe, he was a partner in the dry goods importing house of Little, Alden & Co. and a director of Pacific Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Munroe was the founder of the Concord Free Public Library. Built on the former site of Nathan Brooks' house, the library opened in 1873...