Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) Reconnaissance Survey Town Report, 1982

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Identifier

2024-082

Title

Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) Reconnaissance Survey Town Report, 1982

Subject

Legal Documents, Deeds, etc.

Description

MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report produced for MHC’s Statewide Reconnaissance Survey between 1979 and 1987, introduce the historical development of each of the Commonwealth’s municipalities. Each report contains an historic overview, a description of topography, and political boundaries. For the purposes of the survey, the historic period has been sub-
divided into seven periods: Contact (1500–1620), Plantation (1620–1675), Colonial (1675–1775), Federal (1775–1830), Early Industrial (1830-1870), Late Industrial (1870–1915), and Early Modern (1915–1940/55). Each report concludes with survey observations that evaluatethe town’s existing historic properties inventory and highlight significant historic buildings, settlement patterns, and present threats to these resources. A bibliography lists key secondary resources.

Type

Document

Format

Typed, 8-1/2" x 11", 12 pages

Creator

Massachusetts Historical Commission

Date

1982-1984

Publisher

Massachusetts Historical Commission

Date Available

2024-06-19

Is Part Of

Box 35

Coverage

Worthington - other unspecified

Mediator

db 2024-06-19

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