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Board of War: Receipt books

Part of: Massachusetts Board of War

Receipt books, 1776-1781.

10 volumes
Call no.: PS2/63X

Scope and Content: Faced with the necessity of organizing the state’s response to military hostilities with Britain, the General Assembly of Massachusetts mandated the creation of the Board of War.  The board was charged with administering the conduct of the war effort on behalf of Massachusetts.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: The receipts are pinned and/or sewn into the respective volumes. — Book K, the tenth volume, has a differing format
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Board of War: Records of the Boston Laboratory

Part of: Massachusetts Board of War

Records of the Boston Laboratory, 1776-1785.

1 document box
Call no.: PS2/2354X

Scope and Content: During the Revolution, the Massachusetts General Court designated the Board of War to administer the war effort on behalf of the colony, including the provisioning of troops. –Under the Board of War, from July 1776 to 1783 the Boston Laboratory served as both a workshop and a storage and redistribution center for the regiments of the Continental Army.  It (1) purchased, stored, and redistributed materials needed by the regiments including saddles, bridles, horse collars, bayonets, coal, and rum  (2) manufactured goods from raw materials purchased including wagon spokes, tools, flints, carriage tires, timber, powder, iron, rubber, canisters, belts, thread, and tubes  (3) delivered finished goods to colonels, generals, and ships of the Continental Army including carriages, weapons, wagons, cartridges, and ammunition  (4) provided laboratory workers (carpenters, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, and ironworkers) with supplies, provisions, and salaries. –The laboratory’s surviving records show that the laboratory, apparently located at the fort on Castle Island (known as the Castle) in Boston Harbor, was active from mid-1776, under the supervision of Col. Thomas Crafts, head of the artillery regiment stationed there.  Resolves 1777-78, c 881 (Mar. 12, 1778) directed that the Council determine how many from the regiment be devoted to laboratory work.  Resolves 1777-78, c 1044 (Apr. 28, 1778) provided for the legislative appointment of a commissary of military stores, with the laboratory among his responsibilities, for which he should appoint a clerk and conductor and make return of the stores under his keeping to the Board of War. –Resolves 1778-79, c 127 (June 23, 1778) appointed a committee to examine the improper condition of the laboratory; Resolves 1778-79, c 286 (Oct. 15, 1778) admitted failure of the procedure instituted the previous April, and provided for legislative appointment of a comptroller of the laboratory , who would commission a master fire-worker and appoint a clerk; Col. Crafts was again ordered to provide laboratory staffing. –Per Resolves 1778-79, c 586 (Feb. 26, 1779), Col. Crafts and his officers resigned, and c 587, passed the same day, required the Board of War to settle accounts with Crafts for the funds and supplies furnished to the laboratory while the fort had been under his command.  Meantime Col. William Burbeck had been appointed comptroller (see Resolves 1781, Sept Sess, c 196, Sept. 29, 1781, per which Caleb Davis was made the governor’s agent in delivering materiel to the laboratory), and Joshua Bentley clerk (Resolves 1780, May-Sept Sess, c 107, June 22, 1780).  Resolves 1781, c 483 (Mar. 1, 1782) removed Burbeck’s title and pay because of diminished call on the laboratory’s resources, but supplemented his pay as captain-lieutenant of the Castle (Resolves 1779-80, c 430, Oct. 6, 1779) to continue superintending the laboratory, while Davis would sell excess assets for the benefit of the state.  Resolves 1783, May Sess, c 27 (June 19, 1783) effectively closed the laboratory by directing the commissary general to receive its stores, to be either sold or deposited at the Castle, after which the fire worker and clerk were to be discharged.
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Board of War: Regimental ledgers

Part of: Massachusetts Board of War

Regimental ledgers, 1777-1782 (Bulk: 1777-1779).

1 volume in 1 phase box and 3 volumes
Call no.: PS2/219X

Scope and Content: Faced with the necessity of organizing the state’s response to military hostilities with  Britain, the General Assembly of Massachusetts mandated the creation of the Board of War.  The board was charged with administering the conduct of the war effort on behalf of Massachusetts.
Arranged: Arranged by account of individual serviceman, thereunder by military company
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Board of War: Return of goods delivered to the Massachusetts regiments from the United States

Part of: Massachusetts Board of War

Return of goods delivered to the Massachusetts regiments from the United States, 1777.

1 file folder (partial document box)
Call no.: PS2/636X

Scope and Content: Faced with the necessity of organizing the state’s response to military hostilities with Britain, the General Assembly of Massachusetts mandated the creation of the Board of War.  The board was charged with administering the conduct of the war effort on behalf of Massachusetts.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Board of War: Returns and accounts of clothing and small stores for 6th Regiment

Part of: Massachusetts Board of War

Returns and accounts of clothing and small stores for 6th Regiment, 1777-1783.

1 document box
Call no.: PS2/2323X

Scope and Content: During the Revolution, the Massachusetts General Court designated the Board of War to administer the war effort on behalf of the colony, including the provisioning of troops.  The board was assisted by regimental clothiers, by a state clothier (from May 1779), by the Committee for Providing Slops and Small Stores (such as knapsacks, cartridge boxes, and gun belts), and by the commissary general (originally instituted by the Provincial Congress in Feb. 1775), specifically for foodstuffs procured from local merchants or state stores. Provision of clothing had been mandated by resolves of the Continental Congress, first as an expense charged against a soldier’s wages (June 19, 1775), and then without charge, or in the form of a bounty to reimburse those who supplied their own (Oct. 8, 1776)
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Board of War: Returns of clothing, rations, and small stores for various regiments

Part of: Massachusetts Board of War

Returns of clothing, rations, and small stores for various regiments, 1777-1782.

1 document box
Call no.: PS2/2322X

Scope and Content: During the Revolution, the Massachusetts General Court designated the Board of War to administer the war effort on behalf of the colony, including the provisioning of troops.  The board was assisted by regimental clothiers, by a state clothier (from May 1779), by the Committee for Providing Slops and Small Stores (such as knapsacks, cartridge boxes, and gun belts), and by the commissary general (originally instituted by the Provincial Congress in Feb. 1775), specifically for foodstuffs procured from local merchants or state stores. Provision of clothing had been mandated by resolves of the Continental Congress, first as an expense charged against a soldier’s wages (June 19, 1775), and then without charge, or in the form of a bounty to reimburse those who supplied their own (Oct. 8, 1776)
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Board of War: Revolutionary War Bills

Part of: Massachusetts Board of War

Revolutionary War Bills, 1776-1781.

1 document box
Call no.: PS2/2580X

Scope and Content: The Board of War was a committee created by the Massachusetts Legislature per Resolves 1776-77, c 455 (Oct. 29, 1776).  The board’s main function was to manage the administrative and business transactions of the state’s war effort during the War for Independence.  Changes were made to the enabling legislation for the board in July 1777, increasing its discretionary authority (Resolves 1777-78, c 194 (July 7, 1777)).  After the Board of War was dismantled  following passage of Resolves 1780, Jan 1781 Sess, c 62 (Feb. 8, 1781), its affairs were settled by Caleb Davis, as state agent, who was in turn succeeded in that function per Resolves 1782, Sept Sess, c 34 (Oct. 21, 1782), by the Commissary General. –The board was instructed by the Provincial Congress to procure provisions, cannon, arms, ammunition, clothing, and all other articles necessary to carry on the war by sea and land. The board also was responsible for the provision of garrisons and fitting out of vessels for the use of Massachusetts military commanders.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Board of War: Subsidiary journals

Part of: Massachusetts Board of War

Subsidiary journals, 1776-1781.

7 file folders (partial document box)
Call no.: PS2/69X

Scope and Content: Faced with the necessity of organizing the state’s response to military hostilities with Britain, the General Assembly of Massachusetts mandated the creation of the Board of War.  The board was charged with administering the conduct of the war effort on behalf of Massachusetts.
Arrangement: In five subseries, each arranged chronologically
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Board of War: Waste book

Part of: Massachusetts Board of War

Waste book, 1776-1777.

1 volume
Call no.: PS2/619X

Scope and Content: Faced with the necessity of organizing the state’s response to military hostilities with Britain, the General Assembly of Massachusetts mandated the creation of the Board of War.  The board was charged with administering the conduct of the war effort on behalf of Massachusetts.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Board organizational files [Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services]

Part of: Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services

Board organizational files, 1983-1984.

1 document box
Call no.: HS1/1855

Scope and Content: Since 1971 the Executive Office of Human Services (Executive Office of Health and Human Services since 1992) has been responsible through its constitutent agencies for the delivery of a wide range of services to persons with financial, health, social, protective, rehabilitation, and correctional needs. Its role is one of management and fiscal oversight, coordination of interagency planning and program development, and policy analysis.  Series is created by the executive office’s personnel unit to oversee and make appointments to boards and committees reporting to the office.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by board
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