Brookline (Mass.)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Brookline account book, 1732-1779.
This is an account book for the town of Brookline. It makes notes of payments made to and from the town by it's citizens, sometimes with clarifying notes attatched.
Brookline History
This is one folder from the Brookline Manuscript Collection with four essays on Brookline's history.
Brookline Selectmen/town government orders, financial papers, 1758-1835.
This is a collection of orders, receipts, and bills made by the selectmen of Brookline between 1758 and 1835 while carrying out their duties as selectmen.
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.
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.