Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Public Records contains records generated from governmental activities (primarily local, but also state or county). Within the civic records (B1 F1), documents may be found which reflect official activities of the town of Topsfield, including state election returns for 1799, 1810, and 1812; a 1758 petition to separate a group of families from the Ipswich parish and join Topsfield; a circa 1828 list of scholars at the North School; petitions for...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Public Records contains records generated from governmental activities (primarily local, but also state or county). Within the civic records (B1 F1), documents may be found which reflect official activities of the town of Topsfield, including state election returns for 1799, 1810, and 1812; a 1758 petition to separate a group of families from the Ipswich parish and join Topsfield; a circa 1828 list of scholars at the North School; petitions for...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Private Papers consists of correspondence, diary fragments, personal papers, business and financial records, and genealogical notes of Topsfield residents. The bulk of this series was removed and separately cataloged (see separation sheet). Records which remain include a series of 1842 letters from the Topsfield Academy class of R. Putnam to the editor of the Register about a math puzzler; an 1876 letter discussing...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Private Papers consists of correspondence, diary fragments, personal papers, business and financial records, and genealogical notes of Topsfield residents. The bulk of this series was removed and separately cataloged (see separation sheet). Records which remain include a series of 1842 letters from the Topsfield Academy class of R. Putnam to the editor of the Register about a math puzzler; an 1876 letter discussing...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Private Papers consists of correspondence, diary fragments, personal papers, business and financial records, and genealogical notes of Topsfield residents. The bulk of this series was removed and separately cataloged (see separation sheet). Records which remain include a series of 1842 letters from the Topsfield Academy class of R. Putnam to the editor of the Register about a math puzzler; an 1876 letter discussing...