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TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE - LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE, 1764 - 1949

 Series
Identifier: 27942
Part of DH-1: Hanover (N.H.: Town) records

Description

Chiefly contains agreements and corporate documents filed with the town clerk. Of note are annual stock returns from corporate bodies organized in Hanover including the Hanover Creamery, the Hanover Improvement Society, the Hanover Country Club, and several fraternity chapters at Dartmouth College. The returns list shares of stock issued, value of property holdings, and debts. Also includes articles of agreements filed by fraternities at Dartmouth College. Other items of interest include the articles of association for the Northern New England School of Religious Education and the Cosmos Club of Hanover. Miscellaneous documents include copies of the town charter, a County Commissioners' certificate for laying out a highway across the Connecticut River, a 1786 petition against the public support of the ministry, licenses for billiard tables, and some miscellaneous letters received by the clerk as well as correspondence and other documents pertaining to the Dartmouth Cemetery Association. A 1905 letter to the clerk contains a report from the committee on early town records.

Dates

  • 1764 - 1949

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

Unrestricted.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Part of the Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts Repository

Contact:
6065 Webster Hall
Hanover NH 03755 USA

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