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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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Junk Collector's Licenses issued by the town selectmen to persons collecting and dealing in junk, old metal, and second hand articles. Include the name of the collector, their town of residence, date of license and license expiration, and license number. The volume is simply labeled 'Collector's Licenses'.

Scope and Contents This volume contains a list of licenses issued by the Town Selectmen from 1902-1938. It includes the dates licenses were issued, the names of the people or businesses they were issued to, locations where business was to be conducted, and the fee paid to obtain the license. The contents is as follows: Dealers in Oleomargarine, 1928-1938 (pg. 23) Junk Dealers Licenses, 1922-1927 (pg. 30-43) Gasoline Permits, 1930-1931 (pg. 44-49) General List of Licenses Issued, 1933-1937 -...

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...

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...

Scope and Contents Softbound volume entitled "Complete Record of the Names of all the Soldiers and Officers in the Military Service and of all the Seamen and Officers in the Naval Service of the United States from the town of Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts during the rebellion began in 1861". The ledger is divided into two sections: Soldiers and Officers of the Military Service, and Seamen and Officers of the Naval Service. Listed are each soldier's name, term of enlistment, regiment, company,...

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This volume provides the names of those who subscribed to the Southborough Military Fund during the Civil war, along with their respective contributions.

Scope and Contents 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...