Scope and Contents This collection includes minutes, correspondence, and administrative records documenting the Board’s activities, along with copies of licenses and permits issued to both businesses and residents. Importantly, it includes a series of records pertaining to communicable diseases and public health threats in the town, which provides a detailed account of persons afflicted with Influenza during the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918-1920. The majority of licenses relate to the production, sale, and...

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This volume contains: meeting minutes, warrants and agendas, and membership records

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This notebook contains copies of church policies, sermons, and meeting minutes c. 1780-1800, along with membership records and baptisms, marriages and deaths from 1781-1793.

Scope and Contents This collection includes records maintained by the Town Clerk’s Office which relate to the First Church of Southborough (Congregational), and the Pilgrim Evangelical Society of Southborough. Since there was no separation of church and state in Massachusetts until 1806, the majority of records pertain to the First Congregational Church where the pastor was an employee of the town. The congregation was supported through public taxation in the form of a mandatory “Minister Tax''. Surviving...

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This volume contains: meeting minutes, membership records, baptisms, marriages, and deaths

Scope and Contents From the Series: These ledgers provide a record of all tests and inspections performed by the Sealer of Weights and Measures in Southborough from 1908-1940 and 1950-1965. Each entry includes the name of the business being inspected or it’s proprietor, the type of business (i.e. Ice Delivery, Milk Delivery, Gasoline Station, Dairy, Grocery Store, Bakery, Butcher), and its address. For each business the Sealer recorded the quantity of platform scales over 5,000 pounds, platform scales under 5,000 pounds,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: These ledgers provide a record of all tests and inspections performed by the Sealer of Weights and Measures in Southborough from 1908-1940 and 1950-1965. Each entry includes the name of the business being inspected or it’s proprietor, the type of business (i.e. Ice Delivery, Milk Delivery, Gasoline Station, Dairy, Grocery Store, Bakery, Butcher), and its address. For each business the Sealer recorded the quantity of platform scales over 5,000 pounds, platform scales under 5,000 pounds,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: These ledgers provide a record of all tests and inspections performed by the Sealer of Weights and Measures in Southborough from 1908-1940 and 1950-1965. Each entry includes the name of the business being inspected or it’s proprietor, the type of business (i.e. Ice Delivery, Milk Delivery, Gasoline Station, Dairy, Grocery Store, Bakery, Butcher), and its address. For each business the Sealer recorded the quantity of platform scales over 5,000 pounds, platform scales under 5,000 pounds,...

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This collection consists of three ledger books which provide a record of all tests and inspections conducted by the Sealer of Weights and Measures in the Town of Southborough from 1908-1940 and 1950-1965.

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These infantry militia rolls list officers and privates that served under the command of Captain Francis Fay, Captain Peter Brewer, Captain Humphrey Wheeler, Captain Webster Johnson, and Captain Artemas Ward. The rolls note whether or not each soldier had attained the age of 21 years, were in or out of uniform, and what weapons and equipment they were provided.