Boston Mill Corporation records, 1769-1844 (inclusive), 1804-1828 (bulk).

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Boston Mill Corporation records, 1769-1844 (inclusive), 1804-1828 (bulk).

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Records of the corporation which was concerned with filling in the Mill Pond in Boston, Mass., putting through streets, and selling land. There are transfers of shares, deeds, letters, and miscellaneous unbound papers. The firm was originally known as the Proprietors of Mill Pond.

4.5 inear ft. (7 v., 2 cartons)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Smith, Ebenezer Augustus, 1754-1815

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Minot, William

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Whitney, Silas.

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Boston Mill Corporation

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On May 31, 1643, the Town of Boston granted land, bordering the Charles River, to a group of mill owners. The Proprietors of the Mill Pond, as they eventually came to be called, controlled the fate of acreage which included a grist mill, pond, streams, and as well as adjoining property. By 1804, however, Boston no longer needed to have working mills within the city limits, and on March 9 of that year, the current owners of the property incorporated as the Boston Mill Corporation . I...

Whitney, John, Sr., 1917-1995

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Proprietors of the Mill Pond.

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