Archives Box #1003
Container
Contains 36 Results:
Highway Maintenance, Road Work, Boundaries, 1816 - 1909
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Records of maintenance work completed on town highways, bridge repairs, alteration of highway districts, deeds and leases to land for the installation or widening of roads, records relating to redefining highway boundaries, and a list of surveyors of highways (1803-1815).
Dates:
1816 - 1909
Plan of a Survey for the Proposed Boston and Providence Railway, 1828
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
"Plan of a survey for the proposed Boston and Providence Railway" by James Hayward, Jan. 1828
Dates:
1828
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
Petitions and Findings, 1761 - 1800
Series — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 02
Scope and Contents
Includes: 1) Petition of Isaac Buck to the Town Selectmen 1761. 2) Papers Containing the Proceedings of the Selectmen 1785. 3) Petition of Trowbridge Taylor to the Town Selectmen 1787. 4) Committee findings accepted by the town relating to Trowbridge Taylor.
Dates:
1761 - 1800
Board of Selectmen Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC002
Scope and Contents
Southborough appointed its first Selectmen shortly after the town was founded in 1727. The Select Board has several important responsibilities under Massachusetts Law, which include the power to prepare the town meeting warrant or agenda, the power to make appointments to town boards and offices, the power to employ professional administrative staff and town counsel, and the authority to grant licenses and permits. The Select Board also sets policy and strategic direction, coordinates the...
Dates:
1761 - 2024
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