Records of the Mystic Fire District

Overview of the Records
	Repository:	G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
	Creator:	Mystic Fire District
	Title:	Records of the Mystic Fire District
	Dates:	1879-1919
	Extent:	150 items, and 5 vol.
	Abstract:	The collection contains portions of the organization’s official records, including by-laws, tax lists, contracts, Executive Committee, Treasurer’s, Collector’s, and Chief Engineer’s Reports, and other miscellaneous related material.
	Identification:	Coll. 159

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History of Mystic Fire District

The Mystic Fire District was organized in 1879 by the community in order to sustain their volunteer fire fighting force through property tax revenues. It still exists today.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.

Restrictions on Use

Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:

Hoxie, Benjamin F.,–1810-1899
Mallory, Charles Henry,–1818-1890

Subjects:

Fire prevention–Connecticut–Mystic–Societies, etc.

Document Types:

By-laws–Connecticut–Mystic
Contracts–Connecticut–Mystic

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Coll. 159, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.

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Detailed Description of the Records

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

 

Reports, contracts, notices, bylaws, and other papers; 1883-1919
Box	Folder
1	1		Miscellaneous papers and documents; 1883-1899
	2		Miscellaneous papers and documents; 1900
	3		Miscellaneous papers and documents; 1901-1905
	4		Miscellaneous papers and documents; 1906-1908
	5		Miscellaneous papers and documents; 1909-1919
	6		Copy of M. F. D. bylaws; 1879 Jul 30
	7		M. F. D., Act of Incorporation, and Charter Amendments; ca. 1879-1903
	8		M. F. D., Executive Comm. Reports; 1887-1919
	9		M. F. D., Treasurer’s Reports; 1894-1919
	10		M. F. D., Chief Engineer’s Reports; 1907-1919
	11		M. F. D., Collector’s Reports; 1886-1919
	12		M. F. D., Collector’s Bonds; 1885-1908
	13		M. F. D., Inventory of Property; 1910-1916
	14		M. F. D., Tax Lien Certificates; 1904-1907
	15		M. F. D., Lighting Contracts; 1899, 1909, and 1919
	16		Fire Alarm System for Mystic, Connecticut; ca. 1910
	17		Material re. “No. 8 Class B Rotary Pump, Waterous Gasoline Fire Engine”; ca. 1900
	18		Notices and other miscellaneous material; undated
Volumes; 1879-1896
	Volume
	1		Assessment List of Fire Districts; 1879
	2		Copies of reports, notices, charter, etc.; ca. 1880
	3		“Record Book No. 2” (similar to Vol. #2); ca. 1896
	4		M. F. D., List of Taxable Property; 1885-1890
	5		M. F. D., List of Taxable Property; 1893-1896

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