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Reference Numberb496.5 BA9360/A14/Box 4/1
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/1/9
TitleChamber Order Book
DescriptionCompiled by Town Clerks Benjamin Johnson and William Welles, and their assistants.

Matters discussed include the election, replacement and disciplining of officers; admittance of freemen (incomplete record); surveys, maintenance, leases and encroachments (purprestures) of municipal land, thoroughfares and property; taxes, loans and payments made by and to the city; regulation of trade and markets; care of the poor and elderly; canals; formation of extraordinary committees for a specific task.

The names and positions of the members of the council are given at the back of the book, with absences noted. Annotations record the death or promotion of the members.
Date1800-1830
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