Item #63883 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Regulations Adopted by the Firewards of Salem. 1842.

FIRE DEPARTMENT. Regulations Adopted by the Firewards of Salem. 1842.

[Salem, Mass.]: Salem Observer Press, [1842]. Broadside, 19" x 16 1/2". Caption title and three columns of text and tables within an attractive ornamental border. Old tidelines to upper corners, some foxing, snag at lower left of ornamental border (repaired on verso). Tipped onto a backing board at upper corners. Not in AMERICAN IMPRINTS. Copies located at AAS and Essex Institute. Detailed broadside containing, in addition to the regulations governing the Fire Dept., two tables giving the locations of the engines and hose, hook & ladder & sail carriages and the locations of all the "cisterns and plugs." William Sutton is listed as the chief engineer. Item #63883

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