Archives Box #1030
Container
Contains 28 Results:
Petition To Separate From Marlborough, 1727-05
File — Multiple Containers
Abstract
“To the honorable William Dumer Esq. Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief [of] the Honorable Council and House of Representatives at their sessions in May 1727:The petition of us the subscribers inhabitants of the Southerly part of the town of Marlborough Humbly sheweth That whereas Divine Providence which appoints the bounds and habitations of all men hath so ordered our lots or at least most of us that we are at such a distance from the place of Public Worship that...
Dates:
1727-05
Vote to Raise and Appropriate Twenty Dollars to Purchase the Original Petition for the settling of the Town of Southborough from The Town of Marlborough, 1878-03-25
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
At a town meeting on 3/25/1878, the town of Southborough voted to purchase the original 1727 Citizens Petition from the Town of Marlborough that had brought about the separation of the two towns and created Southborough. It cost them twenty dollars.
Dates:
1878-03-25
Town Lines, 1727-06-12
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
Meeting minutes dated 6/12/1727 relating to the setting of town lines between Stoney Brook (now Southborough) with Marlborough, Framingham, and Westborough.
Dates:
1727-06-12
An Act for Dividing the Town of Marlborough, and Erecting a New Town There by the Name of Southborough (1727 Chapter 13), 1727-07
File — Multiple Containers
Abstract
Acts and Resolves of Legislature
Commonwealth of Massachusetts1727, Chapter 13An Act For Dividing the Town of Marlborough, and Erecting
A New Town There by the Name of Southborough
Whereas the southerly part of the town of Marlborough, within the county of Middlesex, is competently filled with inhabitants, who labour under great difficulties by their remoteness from the place of publick worship, &c. and have thereupon made their application to the said...
Dates:
1727-07
Founding of Southborough
Collection — Container: Archives Box #1030
Identifier: TC005
Scope and Contents
The town of Southborough separated from Marlborough in July 1727 after local residents petitioned the legislature to form a new town because it was too far a distance for them to travel to church. Prior to its incorporation the area had been named ‘Stoney Brook’ after a local stream.This collection includes the original citizen’s petition that brought about the formation of Southborough, and the Act of Settling and Town Line Records which formalized the boundaries between...
Dates:
1727, 1878
Agreement between the City of Boston Water Board and the Town of Southborough, 1894
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 08
Scope and Contents
Dated 2/14/1894. The agreement was confirmed by an act of Legislature, and approved 3/14/1894.
Dates:
1894
Town Utilities
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC027
Scope and Contents
This collection contains information on early utility services in the Town of Southborough. It is primarily composed of contracts between the Town of Southborough and gas, water, and electric companies.
The Marlborough Electric Company was founded in 1886, and extended its services to Southborough about 1900. It continued to expand in subsequent years, bringing electricity to Northborough in 1908, Berlin in 1909, Westborough in 1910, and Bolton in 1912.
The Boston Water Board was created in...
Dates:
1890 - 1950
Southborough in the Revolution, 1773 - 1808
Series — Container: Archives Box #1030
Scope and Contents
This series documents the Town of Southborough and its inhabitants in the period leading up to, during, and after the Revolutionary War. It includes documents that were signed by both Samuel Adams and John Hancock.A number of citizens' petitions and agreements provide insight into the opinions of townspeople prior to the conflict, and express frustration with the actions of Great Britain. As early as 1773, the town’s selectmen were called upon by their constituents to examine and...
Dates:
1773 - 1808
Petition on Rights and Privileges, 1773-02-05
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
Abstract: "To the selectmen of the Town of Southborough, We the subscribers desire you to insert the following article in the next warrant you issue for calling a meeting: To see if said Southborough will do anything by way of ascertaining the rights and privileges of this province and the infringement of those rights, and pass any legal vote or votes concerning the same that may be proper". Signed by twenty-five townsmen: Mark Collins Jr., Jonathan Champney, William Collins,...
Dates:
1773-02-05
Communication from the Committee of Correspondence of the Town of Boston, 1773-06-22
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents
Communication from the Boston Committee for Correspondence thanking Southborough and other towns in the Commonwealth for extending aid and relief during the harbor blockade, 6/22/1773.
Dates:
1773-06-22