Chattel Mortgages Vol. 7, 1940 - 1951
Scope and Contents
By definition a Chattel Mortgage is a loan used to purchase an item of movable personal property. They include a description of goods and chattels, the terms of agreement between parties concerned, names of vendor and vendee, place, amount, list of goods or chattels, amount paid, conditions and agreement of mortgages, payments, and signatures of vendors. Some volumes include an index listing vendors and vendees alphabetically, along with the year and page number.
Chattel Mortgage books were often ‘catch-alls’, and used to record a lot of miscellaneous town records in addition to the Mortgages, such as dog licenses.
Volume 2 includes a registry of Dog Licenses issued in Southborough, 1849-1864
Volume 3 includes a registry of Dog Licenses issued in Southborough 1864-1874
Volume 4 includes a registry of Dog Licenses issued in Southborough 1883-1893
Dog licenses include the date and number of license, owner's name, and the dog's name along with its age, breed and color.
Volume 4 also includes Appointments of Railroad Police (1883), Assignments of Mortgages (1884), Notices of Women Doing Business in Their Own Names (1884-1890), an opinion of P. C. Bacon regarding the Town of Southborough and the Pilgrim Evangelical Society relative to lands and sheds (1884), Bills of Sale (1885)
Dates
- Creation: 1940 - 1951
Creator
- From the Collection: Southborough Town Clerk (Organization)
- From the Collection: Town of Southborough (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Whenever possible, digital surrogates must be consulted in lieu of the original documents to prevent unneccesary handling and mitigate wear. Research is accommodated by appointment only. Please call (508) 485-0710 x 3005 to make an appointment, or send an email to: [email protected]
Extent
3 Volumes (774 pages) : This volume was split into three book boxes during conservation (two parts, plus the previous binding is stored in it's own box).
Language of Materials
English
Preservation Actions
This volume underwent conservation treatment in January 2017 at the Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, MA.
Treatment Summary:
The volume was collated and disbound. Pages and enclosures were surface cleaned where necessary. The inks were tested for solubility. The pressure-sensitive tape was removed mechanically and with heat. Metal fasteners were removed mechanically. Enclosures with obscured manuscript material were removed with local applications of moisture but in general they were left adhered to support leaves. Mending of tears was minimal and performed only where absolutely necessary using Japanese paper and wheat starch paste. Pages and enclosures were placed in buffered folders and housed in two custom phase boxes. A filler piece was constructed to the interior dimensions of the previous binding. The previous binding was housed in a custom phase box. Written and photographic treatment documentation was kept by NEDCC and provided to the client.
Materials used in the conservation of this volume include: Japanese kozo paper, Aytex–P wheat starch paste and lignin-free buffered folder stock.
Repository Details
Part of the Southborough Town Clerk’s Office Municipal Archive Repository