Scope and Content: The Metropolitan Park Commission (1893-1919) and its successor the Metropolitan District Commission (since 1919) have been responsible for oversight of the acquisition of land for the Metropolitan Parks District (Boston and surrounding communities).  The Law Department, at the request of the secretary, examined the titles to land taken by the Commonwealth, and upon finding the title satisfactory and the estate free from encumbrances recorded the deed with the appropriate registry of deeds.  Correspondence (recorded in letterpress copybooks) notifies the state auditor of such action.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Outgoing correspondence to the state auditor
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Scope and Content: The Metropolitan Park Commission (MPC) (1893-1919) was responsible for oversight of the acquisition, maintenance, policing, and use of land for the Metropolitan Parks District (Boston and surrounding communities) including the maintenance of its roads and sewers.  The Law Dept. handled routine legal issues for the agency, including land taking, conveyances, contracts, and claims against the agency; and provided opinions and interpretations of the law.  Correspondence (recorded in letterpress copybooks) is addressed primarily to the MPC secretary.
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Scope and Content: The Metropolitan Park Commission (MPC) (1893-1919) and its successor the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) (since 1919) have been responsible for oversight of the acquisition, maintenance, policing, and use of the Metropolitan Parks District (Boston and surrounding communities), including maintenance of its roads and sewers.  Correspondence (recorded in letterpress copybooks) from the MPC secretary to the MPC engineer and later from the MDC secretary to the MDC director of park engineering transmits information and instructions for work assignments from commission meetings and from other commission departments.
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Scope and Content: The Metropolitan Park Commission (MPC) (1893-1919) and its successor the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) (since 1919) have been responsible for oversight of the acquisition, maintenance, policing, and use of land for the Metropolitan Parks District (Boston and surrounding communities).  Correspondence (recorded in letterpress copybooks) successively from the secretaries of the MPC and MDC to the landscape architect transmits instructions for work assignments for the design and maintenance of landscaping and for preparation of plans for land taking.
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Scope and Content: The Cambridge Bridge Commission was established in 1898 to administer construction of a bridge spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, to be known as the Cambridge (later Longfellow) Bridge.  Series was created to manage engineering aspects of construction.
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Scope and Content: Eugene N. Foss, active in manufacturing and Democratic politics during the Progressive Era, was governor of Massachusetts, 1911-1914.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by correspondent
Notes: Cover title: Political letters. Outgoing correspondence of William E. Brigham, secretary of the New England Reciprocity League, concerns the league’s activities in behalf of tariff reciprocity, a primary political concern of Eugene N. Foss. This letterpress copybook bears the printed label of B.F. Sturtevant Company, of which Foss was treasurer and general manager
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Scope and Content: The Continental Congress appointed John Allan as agent (later superintendent) of Indian affairs in the Continental Army’s Eastern Department, including New England, the St. John River region, and Nova Scotia generally (Journals, Jan. 14-15, 1777). Later that year, at the urging of Allan and others, and at the request of Congress (Journals, May 13, 1777), the State of Massachusetts Bay’s General Court authorized the raising of troops at Machias to protect settlers of its Eastern (Maine) District and appointed Allan colonel of Indian troops serving the state in the area (Resolves 1777-78, c 277, Sept. 16, 1777), and, the next day, also named him colonel of the troops just raised (c 281) –In these various federal and state posts Allan was to maintain good relations with the Indians who lived in the region to ensure their loyalty to the state and to the Revolutionary American cause, by setting up and supplying truck houses, protecting the Indians, and consulting with them to learn their concerns.  The state funded Allan’s activities, expecting ultimate reimbursement from the federal government.  Col. Allan wrote extensively to the Council, the General Court’s upper chamber, to gain recognition for Indian loyalty, forward intelligence on British actions, and ensure adequate supplies for the Indians and for colonial troops in the Machias region.
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Scope and Content: The State Board of Agriculture (1852) was successively replaced by the State Dept. of Agriculture (1918), the Dept. of Agriculture (1919), and the Dept. of Food and Agriculture (1975)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Removed from volumes in 1983; provenance unclear
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Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Geographic Board was established by the governor at the request of the United States Geographic Board to prepare an accurate listing of Massachusetts place names.  The board’s staff compiler corresponded with town officials and residents in order to determine the historical background, local usage, and correct spelling of names.  This series contains that correspondence in the form of carbon copies of the compiler’s letters and replies from the towns.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by town
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Scope and Content: As the unit responsible for managing the governor’s mail, the Governor’s Correspondence Office maintained these files of correspondence between the governor and Massachusetts municipal officials.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by municipality
Notes: Also known as: MSD 1/401
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