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Resolutions of the Congress Engine Company concerning vandalism of their engine
Letter to the Mayor and Aldermen resolving to discover who vandalized the Congress Fire Engine and offering a fifty dollar reward for the detection of the vandal.
Letter respecting a torpedo invented for the purpose of fighting fires
Partial transcription from first page of docket:
In Board of Aldermen Sept 4, 1837
The Committee on the Fire Dept to whom was referred the communications of Clinton Roosevelt regarding a torpedo invented by him for destroying buildings in case…
Photographs of Chief Fire Engineers
Photographs of chief fire engineers published in A. W. Brayley's History of the Boston Fire Department
Rules and Regulations of the Fire Department in Case of Fire Outside the City
Rules and regulations governing the actions of the Boston Fire Department in responding to fires outside the Boston city limits
Letter from Water Commissioners to Fire Department engineer
Letter from Water Commissioners to engineer William Barnacott asking for details about the fire companies' water usage.
Anonymous threat sent to city government
Boston, March or June 29,
There will be a fire in Boston to night
Letter from Mayor Samuel A. Eliot to Fire Department Engineers
Letter from Mayor Samuel A. Eliot to Fire Department engineers responding to uncertainty about the engineers participation in the Fire Department