Scope and Contents

Manuscript volume arranged by date of committee meetings. The minutes for each meeting include brief records of the petitions and other communications received by the committee, along with a memorandum of its actions on each. Members present for each meeting are also noted. There is a reference at the end of the volume to a continuation in book #3. None of the other volumes in the suggested series remains in the City Archives Collection.

Scope and Contents The minutes of the 1844 distribution committee (appointed to apportion a $1000 appropriation for the relief of the victims of an October fire in the Fourth Ward) mainly includes a record of how the relief funds were spent, although there is also information on the committee's procedures and on donations made to the relief effort. Also included is a separate volume, listing...

Scope and Contents

The letterbook includes copies of communications from the secretary of the Council and from the Recorder in his capacity as a member of that body. Bulk dates of the volume are May 7, 1836-November 11, 1839 and December 12, 1850-January 13, 1852.