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Permits [Massachusetts Division of Waterways]

Part of: Division of Waterways

Permits, 1888-1941.

2 record center cartons and 1 document box
Call no.: EN3.02/419X

Scope and Content: As part of their function to care for and supervise the harbors and lands of Massachusetts, the Division of Waterways of the Dept. of Public Works and its predecessors in this function (the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, to 1916, the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands, 1916-1919, the Division of Waterways and Public Lands of the Dept. of Public Works, 1919-1927, and the Dept. of Public Works as a whole, 1927-1938) issued these permits in response to petitions filed for activities not requiring a full license, such as dredging, dumping materials, taking gravel or sand from beaches, and building fish piers.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date permit granted; after 1919 permits are also numbered
Notes: Permits for 1888-1919 called: Miscellaneous permits
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Persons supported at the State Primary School, Monson, and at the State Workhouse, Bridgewater [Massachusetts Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity]

Part of: Massachusetts Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity

Persons supported at the State Primary School, Monson, and at the State Workhouse, Bridgewater, 1872-1882.

1 volume
Call no.: HS19/2588X

Scope and Content: St 1872, c 45 abolished the Massachusetts state almshouses at Monson and Bridgewater, with Bridgewater continuing as the State Workhouse and Monson as the State Primary School. All state paupers were to be transferred to the almshouse at Tewksbury, although the legislation indicated that state paupers could continue to be sent to Monson and Bridgewater as needed to help maintain the institutions. Under the jurisdiction of the Board of State Charities until 1879, and thereafter under the Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity, state paupers supported at the two institutions are listed in this volume, 1872-1881, with some discharge information into 1882. –Arranged by institution (Monson, Bridgewater), entries give name, age (primarily children at Monson), birthplace, age admitted, from  (locality, State Almshouse i.e., at Tewksbury), sent by (state board or agent), condition (illness or well; from 1874, previous institutional number), discharged, how discharged (per state board, died), where sent (Boston, Primary School), remarks (old number, health, discharged at own request). Monson paupers were given support and temporary custody numbers 1-2209, 1872-Oct. 1881. Bridgewater paupers were given numbers 1-1149, 1872-Nov. 1881. Upon readmission both places assigned a new number, with old number shown in remarks.
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Petition docket books [Massachusetts Public Service Commission]

Part of: Public Service Commission

Petition docket books, 1913-1919.

4 volumes in 1 record center carton
Call no.: CA3.02/388X

Scope and Content: The Public Service Commission was established in 1913 as an enlargement of the Board of Railroad Commissioners and with additional functions transferred from the Highway Commission.  It was abolished in 1919, when its functions were combined with these of the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners in the Dept. of Public Utilities.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Includes dockets no. 1-1000, 2001-2541 (volumes 1-2, 5-6, 1913-1915, 1917-1919); dockets no. 1001-2000 (volumes 3-4, 1915-1917) lacking
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Petitions and reports on formation of companies [Massachusetts Council]

Part of: Massachusetts Council

Petitions and reports on formation of companies, 1812-1814.

Partial record center cartons
Call no.: GC3/1040X

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, thereunder alphabetically by municipality
Notes: Formerly part of Miscellaneous collection; box 88
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Petitions favoring national prohibition [Foss, Eugene N. (Eugene Noble), 1858-1939]

Part of: Foss, Eugene N. (Eugene Noble), 1858-1939

Petitions favoring national prohibition, 1917.

2 volumes in 2 document boxes
Call no.: PR13/P013X

Scope and Content: Eugene N. Foss, active in manufacturing and Democratic politics during the Progressive Era, was governor of Massachusetts, 1911-1914.
Notes: Two scrapbooks contain petition cards and letters favoring national prohibition, received by Eugene N. Foss, who ran unsuccessfully in 1915 for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Massachusetts on a prohibition platform
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Petitions for appointment to the military [Massachusetts Council]

Part of: Massachusetts Council

Petitions for appointment to the military, 1814.

2 document boxes
Call no.: GC3/211X

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically thereunder alphabetically by county
Notes: Formerly part of: Miscellaneous collection; box 88
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Petitions for licenses [Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners of Massachusetts]

Part of: Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners of Massachusetts

Petitions for licenses, 1866-1906.

10 document boxes
Call no.: EN3.03/641X

Scope and Content: As part of its licensing function, the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners and its predecessor in this function, the Board of Harbor Commissioners (1866-1879), received petitions from persons requesting permission to build structures in lands adjacent to the water or to solid fill or dredge in tidewaters and harbors.  Petitions approved by commissioners resulted in permits and licenses and are recorded in annual reports and minutes.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date petition was received. arranged chronologically in reverse order
Notes: Petitions missing for 1884, 1887-1893, 1904; there are very few petitions for 1872-1878 and 1882-1887.Petitions for 1879-1887 glued into two letterbooks (box 10)
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Petitions for penalties on liquor license law violations [Massachusetts General Court Joint Special Committee on License Law (1845)]

Part of: Joint Special Committee on License Law

Petitions for penalties on liquor license law violations, 1845.

2 document boxes
Call no.: CO65/1396X

Scope and Content: A joint special committee of the Massachusetts General Court was established in 1845 to consider more stringent liquor licensing legislation in response to citizen petitions received by the legislature.  Many petitions are headed by printed text with county/municipality of origin, with signatures attached.
Arrangement: Arranged by locality
Notes: Petitions taken from: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Senate unpassed legislation ((M-Ar)231), 1845, docket 11679
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Petitions from Maine towns protesting action of the Brunswick Convention [Massachusetts General Court]

Part of: General Court

Petitions from Maine towns protesting action of the Brunswick Convention, 1816.

1 document box
Call no.: CT0/98X

Scope and Content: The Brunswick Convention met Sept. 30-Oct. 9, 1816, to consider separating the District of Maine from Massachusetts as a state.  Although a Sept. 2 vote of Maine inhabitants taken along with election of convention delegates failed to produce the five-to-four pro-separation majority mandated by St 1816, c 41, convention leaders chose to regard the actual majority as sufficient to proceed with the separation process.  Petitions are remonstrances sent by Maine towns to the General Court, Oct.-Dec. 1816, protesting actions of pro-separation convention delegates.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by county, thereunder alphabetically by town
Notes: Formerly part of state secretary’s: Miscellaneous collection, box 17; Forms part of: Separation of Maine papers
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Petitions of 1816 from Maine towns supporting separation of Maine from Massachusetts [Massachusetts General Court]

Part of: General Court

Petitions of 1816 from Maine towns supporting separation of Maine from Massachusetts, 1816.

1 document box
Call no.: CT0/97X

Scope and Content: Petitions were sent by towns in the District of Maine to the Jan. 1816 session of the General Court requesting legislation to establish Maine as a separate state.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by county, thereunder alphabetically by town
Notes: Formerly part of state secretary’s: Miscellaneous collection, box 17; Forms part of: Separation of Maine papers
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