Box 1
Contains 19 Results:
Notices to selectmen of arrival and departure of servants and other persons, 1758-1764.
This is a collection of memoranda sent to the town of Brookline by individual citizens informing the town of new additions to a household or if someone was from that citizen's household. These people are described to the "Select Men" as "Labouring man," "servant," "tenant," or with no specific role or employment noted.
Petition to repeal the Personal Liberty Act, undated.
The item is a single page petition with five signatures on the first page, the second twenty-seven. The petition requests the Massachusetts legislature to repeal the 19th, 20th, and 21st sections of 144th chapter in the general statutes, regarding "Habeas Corpus." Link to general statutes and sections in external documents in this guide.
Notification of district representation from Norfolk County, 1857.
4 leaves, notifying public of district representation.
Notes on Brookline men in various wars, circa 1920.
This is a 3 page, hand-written set of notes regarding Brookline during conflicts by Edward Wild Baker, which go in chronological order starting in King Philip's War through to the Civil War. Reference to books listed with page numbers.
“Important intelligence” about Shay's Rebellion, 1787.
One page sheet written by Major-General Lincoln to Governor James Bowdoin relating events following .
Brookline History
This is one folder from the Brookline Manuscript Collection with four essays on Brookline's history.
General Orders
This contains five different General Orders of the Commander in Chief to Massachusetts militia, signed by Adj. General, William Donnison.
Early Brookline Recollections, undated
This is one folder from the Brookline Manuscript Collection with four essays on Brookline's history.
Why Town Planning?, 1931
This is one folder from the Brookline Manuscript Collection with four essays on Brookline's history.
Pierce Hall, 1956
This is one folder from the Brookline Manuscript Collection with four essays on Brookline's history.