Excerpt from The Early Records of the Town of Lunenberg, Massachusetts Including That Part Which Is Now Fitchburg, 1719-1764: A Complete Transcript of the Town Meetings and Select-Men's Records Contained in the First Two Books of the General Records of the Town, Also a Copy of All the Vital Statistics of the Town Previous to the Year 1764The joint standing committee on education, to whom was referred the petition of the Fitchburg Historical Society, relative to the preservation of early records of Fitchburg, and so much of Lunenburg as relates to Fitch burg, have attended to the business committed to them, and present the following report, and would recommend the adoption of the following order: ordered, That the sum of $500 (five hundred dol lars) be, and the same hereby is, appropriated for the purpose of Copying and printing the early records of the town of Fitchburg prior to its incorporation as a city, and so much of the records of the town of Lunenburg as pertains to Fitchburg prior to its separation from Lunen burg, the work to be done under the supervision of the city clerk, who Shall have authority to employ such assistance as he may need in doing the work, the amount to be charged to account of incidentals.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.