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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Scope and Content: In 1934 Massachusetts established the Milk Control Board within the Dept. of Agriculture; in 1941 the Division of Milk Control was established under the supervision and control of a reconstituted Milk Control Board, replaced by the Milk Control Commission in 1953. Both bodies were abolished in 1983.
Arrangement: Arranged by order no
Notes: Box 1: G274 (1953)-G291. Box 2: G292-G301. Box 3: G302-G317. Box 4: G319-G331. Box 5: G332-G348. Box 6: G349-G359 (1974). Box 7: G323-G329 and transcripts. Box 8: Special hearing files. Box 9: Transcripts, 1955-1956. Box 10: Transcripts, G319, G321
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Scope and Content: In 1934 Massachusetts established the Milk Control Board within the Dept. of Agriculture; in 1941 the Division of Milk Control was established under the supervision and control of a reconstituted Milk Control Board, replaced by the Milk Control Commission in 1953. Both bodies were abolished in 1983.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes:  Box 1: 1934-1939. Box 2: 1939-1941. Box 3: 1941-1944. Box 4: 1945-1948. Box 5: 1949-1953. Box 6: 1953-1959. Box 7: 1959-1963. Box 8: 1963-1966. Box 9: 1967-1970
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