Scope and Content: As part of their function to oversee Boston Harbor and Back Bay lands, the Commissioners on Public Lands (and their predecessors in this function until 1861, the Commissioners on the Back Bay) kept minute books to record their activities and expenditures.  Minutes of their weekly meetings document actions taken to fill and develop the Back Bay, including gaining rights and title to the area, selling and leasing the lands once filled, and laying streets and sewers.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of meeting
Notes: Volume 1, presumably containing minutes of the Commissioners on Boston Harbor and the Back Bay, 1852-1855, is lacking
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