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Correspondence concerning summer census [Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics]

Part of: Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics

Correspondence concerning summer census, 1878-1955 (Bulk: 1904-1924).

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Call no.: LA2/6X

Scope and Content: Pursuant to 1892, c 280, towns with increased summer residency could apply to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (known after 1909 as the Bureau of Statistics) for a special census of town residents for the purpose of obtaining temporary licenses for additional liquor stores.  Correspondence between the bureau and town clerks concerns the summer censuses taken in Lenox, Nahant, and Salisbury (1904-1919) and Hull in 1924 under the Division of the Census (Census Division) of the state secretary’s office.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by town, thereunder chronologically
Notes: Provenance of documents on Pullman strike unclear.  Records preserved by the Division of Statistics, Department of Labor and Industries
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