Scope and Contents From the Collection: For most of the 1700’s and 1800’s Town Meetings were recorded in a series of Volumes dubbed “Town Records”. In Southborought’s formative years these volumes were catch-alls for recording most local matters. In addition to including records of questions raised and decisions reached at town meetings, they document everything from land grants and property disputes to the election of town officers, and laying-out of new roads. Town Record Books from the late 19th century also include itemized...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: For most of the 1700’s and 1800’s Town Meetings were recorded in a series of Volumes dubbed “Town Records”. In Southborought’s formative years these volumes were catch-alls for recording most local matters. In addition to including records of questions raised and decisions reached at town meetings, they document everything from land grants and property disputes to the election of town officers, and laying-out of new roads. Town Record Books from the late 19th century also include itemized...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: For most of the 1700’s and 1800’s Town Meetings were recorded in a series of Volumes dubbed “Town Records”. In Southborought’s formative years these volumes were catch-alls for recording most local matters. In addition to including records of questions raised and decisions reached at town meetings, they document everything from land grants and property disputes to the election of town officers, and laying-out of new roads. Town Record Books from the late 19th century also include itemized...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: For most of the 1700’s and 1800’s Town Meetings were recorded in a series of Volumes dubbed “Town Records”. In Southborought’s formative years these volumes were catch-alls for recording most local matters. In addition to including records of questions raised and decisions reached at town meetings, they document everything from land grants and property disputes to the election of town officers, and laying-out of new roads. Town Record Books from the late 19th century also include itemized...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: For most of the 1700’s and 1800’s Town Meetings were recorded in a series of Volumes dubbed “Town Records”. In Southborought’s formative years these volumes were catch-alls for recording most local matters. In addition to including records of questions raised and decisions reached at town meetings, they document everything from land grants and property disputes to the election of town officers, and laying-out of new roads. Town Record Books from the late 19th century also include itemized...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: For most of the 1700’s and 1800’s Town Meetings were recorded in a series of Volumes dubbed “Town Records”. In Southborought’s formative years these volumes were catch-alls for recording most local matters. In addition to including records of questions raised and decisions reached at town meetings, they document everything from land grants and property disputes to the election of town officers, and laying-out of new roads. Town Record Books from the late 19th century also include itemized...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: For most of the 1700’s and 1800’s Town Meetings were recorded in a series of Volumes dubbed “Town Records”. In Southborought’s formative years these volumes were catch-alls for recording most local matters. In addition to including records of questions raised and decisions reached at town meetings, they document everything from land grants and property disputes to the election of town officers, and laying-out of new roads. Town Record Books from the late 19th century also include itemized...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: For most of the 1700’s and 1800’s Town Meetings were recorded in a series of Volumes dubbed “Town Records”. In Southborought’s formative years these volumes were catch-alls for recording most local matters. In addition to including records of questions raised and decisions reached at town meetings, they document everything from land grants and property disputes to the election of town officers, and laying-out of new roads. Town Record Books from the late 19th century also include itemized...

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...

Scope and Contents For most of the 1700’s and 1800’s Town Meetings were recorded in a series of Volumes dubbed “Town Records”. In Southborought’s formative years these volumes were catch-alls for recording most local matters. In addition to including records of questions raised and decisions reached at town meetings, they document everything from land grants and property disputes to the election of town officers, and laying-out of new roads. Town Record Books from the late 19th century also include itemized...