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 Bound ledger book including the name, address, occupation, and age of the afflicted individual, the nature of their illness (i.e. chicken-pox, dog bites, eye infections, mumps, smallpox, measles, meningitis, diphtheria, dysentery, tuberculosis, yellow fever, whooping cough, scarlet fever, influenza, etc.), the date the illness began, the date notice was received by the board of health, the name of the person reporting the case (often a physician or school nurse), entities notified of the...

Scope and Contents Bound ledger book including the name, address, occupation, and age of the afflicted individual, the nature of their illness (i.e. chicken-pox, dog bites, eye infections, mumps, smallpox, measles, meningitis, diphtheria, dysentery, tuberculosis, yellow fever, whooping cough, scarlet fever, influenza, etc.), the date the illness began, the date notice was received by the board of health, the name of the person reporting the case (often a physician or school nurse), entities notified of the...

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 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.

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

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

Scope and Contents This series includes several hundred grave registration cards for veterans buried in Southborough who served in the military anytime from the French-Indian War through to the present. Included are the veteran’s name, service details, enlistment dates, burial location, and a description of their headstone if the grave is marked.Note: The Veteran's Grave Card index is a secondary source which was created by the Works Progress Administration at date considerably later than the...

Abstract A series of anecdotal notations provide interesting information relating to decedents, or remarks on their causes of death which cannot be found in the official town death records. Some examples include:1795 - Mr. James Williams, aged 48. Buried 10/22/1795. "What is extraordinary to be remembered about this gentleman, is that he was one of the most corpulent persons, perhaps in the country. He weighed in March last at 430 pounds, and it is altogether likely that when he died he...