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Explore documents from town meeting records to the Essex County Declaration of independence and learn about how town governments functioned. How is it different from today?
Town Meeting, Salem 1634 and 1635 Boundary Dispute Between Beverly and Wenham, 1678 Town Warrant, Gloucester c. 1700s Town Meeting Minutes, Salem 1700 Town Meeting Minutes, Salem 1725 Call for Essex County Political Convention, Ipswich 1776 Town Meeting Minutes, Salem 1776 Town Meeting Minutes, Gloucester 1777 Result of Convention of Essex County Delegates, Ipswich 1778 Walking Vote at Town Meeting, Gloucester 1780 Town Expenses, Gloucester c. 1800s Town Meeting Warrant, Gloucester c. 1800s Town Meeting after Washington’s Death, Gloucester 1800 Town Warrant, Haverhill 1801 By-Laws, Beverly 1805 Town Warrant, Haverhill 1822 By-Laws, Gloucester 1824 Act Directing the Mode of Choosing Electors, 1828 Letter to the Overseers of the Poor, Haverhill 1829 Letter for Tax Abatement, Gloucester c. 1830 Town Papers, Gloucester c. 1831 Order of Arrangements for the Reception of the President, Andover 1833 Letter to the Overseers of the Poor, Haverhill and West Newbury 1836 List of Town Offices, Beverly 1836 Town Warrant, Rockport 1839 Circular Specifying Polling Rules, 1840 Act Regulating Electors, 1844 Ballot Counts of Electors for President and Vice President, 1860 The Poor Voter on Election Day – A Poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, 1852 Statement of the Accounts of Danvers, 1855-1856 Peabody Petition for Name Change, c. 1860s Estimate for Town Expenses, Gloucester 1860 Town Warrant, Andover 1862 Photographs and Clippings from President Roosevelt’s Visit, Nahant and Lynn 1902 Flier for Suffrage Referendum, Andover 1915 U.S. District Court School Desegregation Case, Boston 1972 Letter to Selectmen, Gloucester
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