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Massachusetts Archives

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Petitions for licenses [Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners of Massachusetts]

Part of: Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners of Massachusetts

Petitions for licenses, 1866-1906.

10 document boxes
Call no.: EN3.03/641X

Scope and Content: As part of its licensing function, the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners and its predecessor in this function, the Board of Harbor Commissioners (1866-1879), received petitions from persons requesting permission to build structures in lands adjacent to the water or to solid fill or dredge in tidewaters and harbors.  Petitions approved by commissioners resulted in permits and licenses and are recorded in annual reports and minutes.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date petition was received. arranged chronologically in reverse order
Notes: Petitions missing for 1884, 1887-1893, 1904; there are very few petitions for 1872-1878 and 1882-1887.Petitions for 1879-1887 glued into two letterbooks (box 10)
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