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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.
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
1838 Map of Boston
1838 map of Boston published in Bowen's Picture of Boston
Photographs of Chief Fire Engineers
Photographs of chief fire engineers published in A. W. Brayley's History of the Boston Fire Department
Letter respecting a torpedo invented for the purpose of fighting fires
Letter to the mayor and Committee on the Fire Department describing and promoting a torpedo invented for the purpose of destroying buildings in order to halt the spread of fire
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.
1838 sketch of Boston's City Hall
1838 sketch of Boston City Hall Bowen's Picture of Boston
Samuel Atkins Eliot
Portrait of Samuel Atkins Eliot, Mayor of Boston, 1837-1839
Report of the Committee on School for Deaf Mutes
City of Boston School Committee report on the School for Deaf Mutes, later renamed the Horace Mann School for the Deaf
Annual report of the Committee on Horace Mann School for the Deaf
Annual report on the school providing an overview of administrative matters and highlights of the school's achievements