Scope and Contents From the Collection: A Chattel Mortgage is a loan used to purchase an item of movable personal property. Records include a description of goods and chattels, the terms of agreement between parties concerned, names of vendor and vendee, place, amount, list of goods or chattels, amount paid, conditions and agreement of mortgages, payments, and signatures of vendors. Some volumes include an index listing vendors and vendees alphabetically, along with the year and page number.Chattel Mortgage books were...

Scope and Contents Parts 1 and 2 of this volume include records and petitions relating to the laying-out of new roads, widening of roads, road boundaries, and locations of town lines in Southborough from 1723-1930. They also include information on the locations of existing town roads, correspondence relating to the rebuilding of Cordaville, safety inspections conducted on town roads, and reports of the Selectmen and Road Commission relating to town ways. The spines of the volumes incorrectly identify the date...

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This volume includes "true copies of the locations and laying-out of roads", and well as orders for building roads. The majority of the book is typewritten, and a chronological index of documents is included at the front of the volume. Most of the original documents can be found either in "Road Petitions and Town Lines" or "Laying-out of Roads". The volume is labeled "Roads: 1894" on its spine, however the documents contained actually span from 1723-1924.

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...

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Typewritten copies of meeting minutes are available for 1883-1898 and 1939 to present. As of March 2025, the minutes for 1903-1904, 1929-1931, and 11/28/1962-6/1/1964 are missing and cannot be located. Additionally, four meetings in 1985 were never transcribed, and only handwritten drafts of those minutes survive.

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Typewritten copies of meeting minutes are available for 1883-1898 and 1939 to present. As of March 2025, the minutes for 1903-1904, 1929-1931, and 11/28/1962-6/1/1964 are missing and cannot be located. Additionally, four meetings in 1985 were never transcribed, and only handwritten drafts of those minutes survive.

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Typewritten copies of meeting minutes are available for 1883-1898 and 1939 to present. As of March 2025, the minutes for 1903-1904, 1929-1931, and 11/28/1962-6/1/1964 are missing and cannot be located. Additionally, four meetings in 1985 were never transcribed, and only handwritten drafts of those minutes survive.

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Typewritten copies of meeting minutes are available for 1883-1898 and 1939 to present. As of March 2025, the minutes for 1903-1904, 1929-1931, and 11/28/1962-6/1/1964 are missing and cannot be located. Additionally, four meetings in 1985 were never transcribed, and only handwritten drafts of those minutes survive.

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Typewritten copies of meeting minutes are available for 1883-1898 and 1939 to present. As of March 2025, the minutes for 1903-1904, 1929-1931, and 11/28/1962-6/1/1964 are missing and cannot be located. Additionally, four meetings in 1985 were never transcribed, and only handwritten drafts of those minutes survive.

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Typewritten copies of meeting minutes are available for 1883-1898 and 1939 to present. As of March 2025, the minutes for 1903-1904, 1929-1931, and 11/28/1962-6/1/1964 are missing and cannot be located. Additionally, four meetings in 1985 were never transcribed, and only handwritten drafts of those minutes survive.