Lancaster Almshouse Book., 05/06/1998-07/16/1998

File — Box: 3, Folder: 41

Identifier: GAMMS410.4.191

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Dates

05/06/1998-07/16/1998

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Extent

From the Collection: 3.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

1 Typed Letter from Henry Bartholomew Cox to "Messrs O'Neill, Petersen, Meisner" discussing a book that had been used as a general register for the Lawrence, Massachusetts, Almshouse. Cox asks whether a case could be made that the document was privately owned if it had existed at some point as a public record, and notes that case law tilts heavily toward returning a document that had been a public record to a government agency. Included with this Letter are six documents: 1 Typed Letter Signed dated 07/10/1998 from Robert K. O'Neill, Burns Library, Boston College, to Schumacher-Hardy; 1 Typed Letter dated 05/07/1998 from Schumacher-Hardy to O'Neill; 1 Typed Letter dated 01/15/1998 from Schumacher-Hardy to Lancaster Board of Selectmen; 1 Autograph Manuscript of a petition for the annual town meeting of Lancaster; 1 Typed Manuscript of a flyer for an issue before the town meeting regarding the Almshouse Book; and a Typed Letter Signed dated 05/06/1998 from Schumacher.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

COX, HENRY BARTHOLOMEW - CORRESP. TO O'NEILL, ROBERT (1998): Other Types

O'NEILL, ROBERT - CORRESP. FROM COX, HENRY BARTHOLOMEW (1998): Other Types

SCHUMACHER-HARDY, J.C. - REF. BY COX, HENRY BARTHOLOMEW (1998): Other Types

LANCASTER ALMSHOUSE - REF. BY COX, HENRY BARTHOLOMEW (1998): Other Types

HARTRANFT FAMILY - REF. BY COX, HENRY BARTHOLOMEW (1998): Other Types