Scope and Content: The Metropolitan Park Commission (MPC) (1893-1919) and its successor the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) (since 1919) have been responsible for oversight of the acquisition of land for the Metropolitan Parks District (Boston and surrounding communities).  To arrange for land taking and finalize the transfer of land, the Law Department Conveyancing Department (Division) maintained correspondence (recorded in letterpress copybooks) with property owners and their attorneys, registers of probate, tax collectors, and with the secretary of the MPC to determine title, execute deeds, settle taxes, settle boundaries and transfer title to land taken.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Scheduled as: Land title search Correspondence
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