If I give you the title of the book I could just stop there. It pretty much is self-describing: The Town Officer: Or, The Power and Duty of Selectmen, Town Clerks, Town Treasurers, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Constables, Collectors of taxes, Surveyors of Highways, Surveyors of Lumber, Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Measurers of Wood [...]
You shall see rude and sturdy, experienced and wise men, keeping their castles, or teaming up their summer’s wood, or chopping alone in the woods, men fuller of talk and rare adventure in the sun and wind and rain, than a chestnut is of meat; who were out not only in ’75 and 1812, but [...]
The famed Boston Tea Party was December 16th, 1773. This protest sparked debates throughout New England as towns decided whether, and how, to react. It is worth checking the records of your town, in old town meeting records, in town books, etc., to see if and how the Tea Party was discussed. FamilySearch has [...]
