Archives Box #1030
Container
Contains 28 Results:
Town Meeting Warrant to “hear the constitution or frame of government for the United States”, 1787-12-17
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 40
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:
1787-12-17
Report of the Committee to the Constitutional Convention, 1787
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 03
Scope and Contents
Abstract: "Your committee chosen for the purpose of taking into consideration the federal constitution, do report as follows: It is our opinion that the federal constitution as it now stands, ought not to be ratified, but that under certain limitations and amendments it may be a salutary form of government, which limitations and amendments we think but left to submit to the wise Deliberation of the Convention fully confiding in their wisdom and integrity that they will, at the same time...
Dates:
1787
Subscribers of the Oath of Allegiance, 1789
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents
"Oath signed by the Town Selectmen, Treasurer, Constables, Assessors, and Warden on 4/30/1789. Abstract: ""The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is and of right ought to be a free, sovereign and independent state, and I do swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Commonwealth, and I will defend the same against traitorous conspiracies and all hostile attempts whatsoever, and that I do renounce all allegiance, subjection, and obedience to the King, Queen, or Government of Great...
Dates:
1789
An Account of Old Continental Money Sold, 1790
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents
Listing of continental currency converted to dollars
Dates:
1790
Letter from the Selectmen of Southborough to the Selectmen of the Town of Boston relative to the Embargo, 1808
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
In 1808 the Selectmen of the Town of Boston requested that Southborough and many other towns join it in petitioning the president (Thomas Jefferson) of the United States to suspend the Embargo Act of 1807. Southborough’s Selectmen denied this request, despite agreeing that the embargo’s frustration was “universally felt”, and concurring that an embargo on agriculture and commercial activities struck a fatal blow to sources, was oppressive to operations, and an infringement on personal...
Dates:
1808
Wartime and Military Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC008
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of records which relate to Southborough’s militia, and document the town's role in military conflicts from the French Indian War forward. There is considerable documentation relating to the Revolutionary War, including enlistment records and payment stubs for local men who served in the continental army. The town’s records relating to the Civil War are even more expansive and provide extraordinarily thorough accounts of local soldiers and their...
Dates:
1741 - 1950
Return of a New Road from Nathaniel Gibbs, 1773
File — Container: Archives Box #1030, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
Laying-out of a new road at the request of the Inhabitants
Dates:
1773
Roads and Ways in Southborough
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC015
Scope and Contents
Records relating to the placement of roads in Southborough extend back to 1723, predating the Town of Southborough itself which did not break away from Marlborough until 1727. The collection includes countless citizen’s petitions requesting that new roads be laid-out in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, which afford a unique window into the Town’s growth and settlement.The majority of materials document the formation of new roads, along with subsequent maintenance, repairs, and...
Dates:
1723 - 1949