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Chelsea Fire Club record book

Title
Chelsea Fire Club record book, 1788-1796.
Author
Chelsea Fire Club.

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Volume 1Mixed materialRequest in advance MssCol 638 Volume 1Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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Ford collection.
Description
.2 linear foot (1 volume)
Summary
The Chelsea Fire Club of Norwich, Connecticut was a voluntary association instituted on December 11, 1788 to protect the waterfront district of Chelsea, or Norwich Landing, from fire. The Club's first elected officers were Ebenezer Whiting, chairman, and Ebenezer Huntington, secretary. Participants included Jabez Huntington, Levi Huntington, and members of the Coit, Howland and Perkins families, among others. The Chelsea Fire Club record book, dated 1788 to 1796, contains the Club's by-laws, meeting minutes, and an account of fines paid by members. Minutes dated 1788 December 11 to 1796 May 6 concern attendance, membership, and the election of officers; Club regulations; maintenance of fire-fighting equipment; procedures for fire alarms; and petitioning local government for support. The possible dissolution of the Club was raised at the annual meeting of December 22, 1795, and on May 6, 1796 the Club voted to transfer the care of its fire engine, engine house and apparatus to Norwich's Second Ward fire company.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Bylaws (administrative records)
  • Minutes (administrative records)
Access (note)
  • Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
  • Digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Available as digital images.
Funding (note)
  • Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Source (note)
  • Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford collection.
Call Number
MssCol 638
OCLC
758977553
Author
Chelsea Fire Club.
Title
Chelsea Fire Club record book, 1788-1796.
Restricted Access
Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.
Additional Formats
Available as digital images.
Funding
Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Finding Aids
Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
Source
Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford collection.
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Collection guide and digital images
Occupation
Fire fighters.
Added Author
Ford collection.
Research Call Number
MssCol 638
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