Archives Box #1030
Container
Contains 28 Results:
Non-Importation Agreement and Boycott Against British Goods, 1774-09-05
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
In August, 1774 Parliament passed the “Intolerable Acts''. This document (dated 9/5/1774) is an agreement which 116 Southborough men signed in response to those acts, vowing to suspend all commercial intercourse with Great Britain, and not to purchase or use any goods imported from Great Britain.Signers include: Manasseh Stow, Isaac Johnson, Asahel Moore, William Collins, Solomon Newton, Jonas Ball, James Parker, Abner Parker, Elisha Hedge, Amos Newton, Absolom Ward, James...
Dates:
1774-09-05
Provincial Congress Action Against General Gage, 1775
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Abstract: "His excellency General Gage, since his arrival in this Colony hath conducted as an instrument in the hands of an arbitrary ministry to enslave this people; and a detachment of the troops under his command has of late been by him ordered to the Town of Concord to destroy the public stores deposited in that place for use of the Colony: and whereas by this clandestine, without any provocation given by them, have been illegally, wantonly, and inhumanely slaughtered by his troops. It...
Dates:
1775
List of Men in Southborough, c. 1775
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
c. 1775
An Act to Prevent Monopoly and Oppression, 1777
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
Set standard prices for goods and services in the town.
Dates:
1777
Report of the Committee on the Form of Government, 1778
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
Abstract: "Although the [constitution] is, in general in our opinion unexceptionable, yet being under disagreeable necessity to accept or reject the whole, we are constrained to the latter for the following reasons: First, the constitution is not preceded by a bill of rights whereby the power of the assembly is not circumscribed, and they are left at liberty to alter or repeal at pleasure those very laws which are a principal part of the constitution and thereby sap it's very foundation....
Dates:
1778
List of Voters Invoice and Assessors for the Year, 1779
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1779
An Act Relative to the Sale of Firewood and Bark, 1779
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 09
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1779
Abatement of Fines for Resolve of Court, 1783
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 04
Scope and Contents
Tax credit to the Town of Southborough by the Treasurer of the Commonwealth in the amount of 642 pounds, 7 shillings and 6 pence, 1783. Signed by Samuel Adams, president of the Senate and John Hancock.
Dates:
1783
Proceedings of a County Convention held at Worcester, 1784
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
In regard to matters (largely financial) to be resolved in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the aftermath of the Revolutionary war, having attained peace and secure borders.
Dates:
1784
Town Meeting Warrant to “hear the constitution or frame of government for the United States”, 1787-11-30
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1787-11-30