Gloucester Selectmen’s Records, 1721-1754
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Title
Gloucester Selectmen’s Records, 1721-1754
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Description
The Gloucester Selectmen’s Records, Volume 2, 1721-1754 includes entries relating to meetings, the appointments of highway repairs to various surveyors, the commitment of tax lists to Constables for collection and settlements, agreements with people of the town to care for the poor and receive payments for their care, orders drawn on the Town Treasurer for expenses, lists of taxes abated, warnings out, and other entries related to town governance. Of note are names of people that do not appear elsewhere in town records. Includes Index.
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Contributor
Gloucester City Archives, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Institution: Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library
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Coverage
Massachusetts--Essex(county)--Gloucester
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Type
Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775
