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This document is entitled "Ye Olde Good Will Concert -
Sunday July 3, 1949. The concert was in memory of Former Police
Chief Commemoration Sunday with Eulogies for James Manley, Frank Farmer
and Anthony S. Kelley.
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This 1886 Tax Bill is from the Town of Tewksbury to a
Mr. Timothy O'Hearn.
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This deed is a land transaction in Tewksbury for
property sold by Stephen Merrill to Seth Jewitt on March 12, 1738.
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This event program is from a Tewksbury High School
Alumni Association concert held on February 3, 1897.
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This interesting envelope has a first day Air Mail
cancellation from the Opening of the Lowell Airport on June 21-23, 1928.
The pre-printed return address references the Mohican Game Farm in
Tewksbury, MA and the letter was sent to a Mr. Winthrop S. Jones, also
of Tewksbury.
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- Courtesy Michael Kelley
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This document is entitled "Annual Return of the names
of all the persons enrolled in the Militia, in the Town of Tewksbury for
the year 1843". The report details the names of One Hundred
and Two Tewksbury
residents belonging to the local Militia.
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- Courtesy Michael Kelley
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During the Free Banking Era (1837-1863) the US
Government had opted not to implement federal regulation over banking.
Any private or municipal authority could operate a bank as long as they
met a minimal set of conditions. During this period state banks
were free to design and issue their own paper money - these bills,
called State Bank Notes, flourished.
This well worn example of a Civil War era one dollar bill is hand dated
October, 1860 and was issued by the Andover Bank. We will
never know which residents passed it back and forth in our small town,
but the bill itself remains a wonderful example of a long forgotten form
of local currency.
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- Courtesy Michael Kelley
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This wallet card was printed by the Tewksbury
Congregational Church in 1888. The document is a six month
schedule of weekly Prayer Meetings that were held at the church.
The card details the topic of each meeting and specifies who will be
leading the discussion.
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- Courtesy Gerry Steele
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This program was printed by St. Williams church for the
church dedication held on August 20, 1939. The program
contains a very brief history of the church as well as a list of local
residents that sponsored the program. There are quite a few
advertisements from local businesses which is always interesting.
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This booklet was printed in 1890 by the Mechanics
Lodge, No. 11, International Order of Odd Fellows (Masons).
The booklet contains a membership list of anyone that belonged to the
Lodge from the Date of Organization on October 26, 1842 until January 1,
1890. A number of the members are Tewksbury residents.
The list of members also contains employment information which would be
valuable to those doing genealogical research.
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This piece of fabric was part of a dress that was sent
by a young Tewksbury schoolgirl named Susie to her brother George on May
1, 1870. The letter she sent with the fabric talks about her
teacher Miss Bowers, and that if the students are not absent, tardy, or
whisper for the entire school term that they will receive a present.
Susie talks about visiting the Shepherd Garden hot houses to look at all
the flowers. Also noted is the purchase of a piano for Four
Hundred Dollars, this would have been a very large amount of money in
1870.
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fabric
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This USPS cancellation on an envelope sent from
Tewksbury on August 9, 1861 is a nice example from that time period.
The envelope also displays a well preserved hand cancelled Washington
three cent stamp.
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This Militia of Massachusetts Company Order from
Tewksbury's Commanding Officer Zephariah Clark to Company Officer Jason Phelps
instructs the Tewksbury Militia to appear with the arms and equipment
required by law, at the usual place of parade for military duty and
inspection at 1:00pm on Tuesday the fifth day of May, 1829.
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This program is from the Tewksbury High School Building
dedication ceremony held on Friday September 6th, 1935. It
is interesting to note that one of the highlights is a half hour concert
by the State Infirmary Orchestra.
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- Courtesy Aunt Hannah Chandler Collection (Tewksbury Library)
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This deed from March 2, 1833 describes the sale of
property by Charles Livingston, Joseph Clark and Abiel Brown Jr. to the
inhabitants of the Tewksbury School District for the sum of Five
Dollars.
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This deed from September 11, 1833 describes the sale of
a pew in the Tewksbury Meetinghouse. The pew is described as being
a floor pew (so called) on the westerly side of the Broad Aisle in said
Meeting House, numbered Twenty Two. The pew was sold by Mr. Samuel
Hardy to Mr. Peter Clark for the sum of Forty Dollars.
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This act of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay
created the Town of Tewksbury. The document was signed by Governor
Jonathan Belcher on December 23, 1734.
The act describes "Dividing the town of Billerica and erecting the
Northerly and Northeasterly part of said town into a distinct Township
by the name of Tewksbury".
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