Catalog Number/Object ID
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2009-100-1No5.05
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Object Name
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Folders (containers)
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Title
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Fire Department 1830-1839
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Caption of Image
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A petition for a new fire engine, 1835
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Scope & Content/Description
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This file contains petition, estimates, building plans and receipted invoices concerning the Fire department from 1830 to 1839.
A) A proposal by Joseph Goodwin to build a engine house for $485.
B) A paper describing fire equipment which is unreadable because of penmanship and ink showing through both sides of the paper.
C) A large paper 22" X 27" containing "Specifications Engine House 1835"
D) A petition for more Fire Equipment , Sept 8, 1835
E) A letter to the selectmen dated Nov 20, 1835 describing a new building to be built by J & J Chapman for $475.00
F) A Receipt of details of payment of $1240 for two engines by Stephen Thayer, April 6, 1836
G) A petition to abate the poll tax for members of the fire engine company dated Feb 8, 1836
H) A petition for a Town Meeting to consider purchasing a new engine and building a new engine house March 9, 1838
I) A petition for a new engine 1838
The remaining items in this file are receipted invoices for labor or merchandise to the Fire Dept.
Names in People file Merchants Etc. in Notes
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Subjects
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Fire engines & equipment
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Date
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1830
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Year Range from
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1830
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Year Range to
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1839
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Catalog date
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2010-03-25
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People
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Adams, Nathaniel Adams, William B. Atkins, Ambrose H. Bailey, Russell Barker, Thomas Bartlett, John L. Bartlett, William Berbier, John Bessom, Philip Blanchard, David Blaney, David Blaney, Jonathan C. Blaney, Jonathan, Jr. Blaney, Nathan Bowden, Sam Bowen, Thomas N. Bray, E. Brimblecom, Nathaniel Brown, Benjamin Brown, J. H. Brown, John Brown, Thomas Chamberlain, Jason Chapman, James Chapman, Nathaniel Chapman, Nicholas Cloutman, Joseph Cloutman, Peter D. Creesy, J. P. Creesy, Josiah T. Davis, Thomas G. Dennis, Benjamin Dinsmore, George P. Dixey, Richard Dodge, Simion Doliber, Benjamin L. Doliber, George B. Doliber, Samuel, E. Doliber, Thomas Foss, Joseph Frost, Amos Frost, Richard Gerry, Samuel R. Gilley, John Glover, Samuel Goldthwait, Moses Goodwin John, 3rd Goodwin, Hooper R. Goodwin, John S. Goodwin, John, 4th Goodwin, Joseph Goodwin, Joseph, 3rd Goodwin, William Goodwin, William, 4th. Graves, Amos Graves, Benjamin B. Graves, John B. Graves, Joseph Graves, Richard Graves, William C. Green, Jos. W. Gregory, John H. Gregory, S. B. Harris, Eben Harris, John Harris, Robert Hathaway, Joseph Hill, Moses Holden, John Homan, Richard Homan, Samuel Hooper, George Hooper, John T. Humphrey, Edward Humphrey, Edward, Jr. Humphrey, George W. Hunnemen, W. G. Johnson, J. Johnson, William Knight, George, Jr. Knowland, John Laskey, G. H. Leavitt, A Lefavor, F. F. Lefavor, John Lefavor, John, Jr. Lefavor, Joshua Lefavor, Philip Lerch Mathew Lovill James Luker, Joseph Marervy, Mark Martin, Knott Meservey, Philip H. Moross, William H. Newhall, Jost Orne, John Orne, John, Jr. Paine, Thomas Paine, W. F. Paine, William B. Pickett, Moses Porter, Benjamin Prince, Robert Rea, Samuel Reynolds, William H. Robinson, Benjamin A. Roundy, Joseph Roundy, Lemuel R. Russell, John H. Servery, Joseph Smith, Benjamin Smith, Jeremiah Stacey, Damon C. Standley, William Strange, Philip Swan, Thomas Thayer, Samuel Thomas, William Thompson, John, 3rd. Topham, James B. Topham, Nicholas Trefry, John Trefry, Samuel S. Tucker, Nicholas Turner, Samuel Weed, Dan Wooldridge, W.
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Search Terms
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Old Town records Fire Department
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Lexicon category
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10: Unclassifiable Artifacts
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Lexicon sub-category
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Need to Classify
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Collection
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Gosling Collection
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Condition
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Fair
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