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Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC001
Scope and Contents
The Town of Southborough has published a Town Report since 1860. Reports contain information about town officials and appointments, and provide updates on projects undertaken by each town department and committee. Throughout the 1850’s individual town departments also published annual reports; particularly the assessor and school committee.
Dates:
1851 - 2023
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC002
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...
Dates:
1761 - 2023
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC003
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...
Dates:
1769-1961
Collection — Container: Archives Box #1030
Identifier: TC005
Scope and Contents
The town of Southborough separated from Marlborough in July 1727 after local residents petitioned the legislature to form a new town because it was too far a distance for them to travel to church. Prior to its incorporation the area had been named ‘Stoney Brook’ after a local stream.This collection includes the original citizen’s petition that brought about the formation of Southborough, and the Act of Settling and Town Line Records which formalized the boundaries between...
Dates:
1727, 1878
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC006
Scope and Contents
Over the years the Southborough Town Clerk’s Office has collected a variety of state and federal government publications which relate to its operations. This library includes materials collected by the town as early as 1799, and is chiefly composed of congressional reports and published laws.
Dates:
1799 - 1940
Collection — Container: Archives Box #1004
Identifier: TC007
Scope and Contents
Contains lists of Southborough residents who were eligible to vote or serve on a jury from 1771-1947. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Massachusetts Law required the Selectmen in each town to prepare lists of persons who were qualified and eligible for Jury duty. In 1784 the legislature directed that these persons should be “of good moral character and qualified as the constitution directs, to vote”. In 1808 it was further stipulated that men over the age of seventy should be excluded from...
Dates:
1771 - 1947
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC008
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...
Dates:
1741 - 1950
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC009
Scope and Contents
This collection includes non-governmental publications found within the collections of the Town Clerk’s Office which relate to the history of the Town of Southborough and surrounding communities.
Dates:
1870 - 1990
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC010
Scope and Contents
This collection contains lists of paupers and petitions for aid and support from impoverished townspeople, correspondence relating to the disposition of paupers, updates on their care, and the names of their benefactors. Expense books also document accounts of the Overseers of the Poor with various local merchants to purchase supplies necessary for the care of paupers, such as medicine, food, clothing, and equipment. Some statewide statistics relating to the care of the poor are also...
Dates:
1735 - 1868
Collection — Container: Archives Box #1014
Identifier: TC011
Scope and Contents
Eleven 12"x15" photographic prints showing landscapes and panoramic views of Southborough. They include scenic shots of Southborough's farmland, houses and hills, Mr. Sears' house, hay cultivation and agricultural work, a shepherd and flock of sheep, and the Boston water supply in Southborough. One photo is noted to include Batista Berri, Paul Berry’s father.
Dates:
c. 1910
