Scope and Content: As the body responsible for the general care and supervision of Massachusetts harbors and tidewaters, the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners had as its primary function to insure that the channels were fully navigable and to otherwise protect, improve, and develop these areas.  St 1881, c 196 provided that the boundaries of municipalities bordering on the sea would extend to the line of the Commonwealth as already defined by law. The commissioners were to locate and define the boundaries between localities from the high water mark outward, and to file reports accompanied by suitable plans and exhibits, showing said boundary lines, with the appropriate registry of deeds and the office of the state secretary. Reports were issued by county: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes and Nantucket, Plymouth and Norfolk, and Suffolk and Essex. –Accompanying plans are found in: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Maps and plans ((M-Ar)50), and may be located through the Massachusetts Archives Shelflist Database (consult reference staff)
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by county
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