tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958235941877138879.post6464079135421244172..comments2024-02-12T12:39:30.936-05:00Comments on Muddy River Musings: November 1915: Brookline Votes for Representative Town MeetingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958235941877138879.post-44071608192164340692009-11-02T15:54:30.082-05:002009-11-02T15:54:30.082-05:00On the spelling of the town's name, I believe ...On the spelling of the town's name, I believe this is more a matter of lack of spelling standardization in the 18th and 19th centuries than of any official change in the town's name. The General Court's granting of the petition that established the town in 1705 called it Brookline. But there are newspaper stories for years after that spell it Brookline, Brooklin, Brooklyne, and Brooklyn.Ken Lisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578998494463338017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958235941877138879.post-77476694069276154432009-11-02T13:37:23.225-05:002009-11-02T13:37:23.225-05:00Michael -
It was only the chair of the Library T...Michael - <br /><br />It was only the chair of the Library Trustees (and other boards) who was automatically included as a town meeting member. I'll have to research some more -- or maybe ask Pat Ward -- to find out when that changed.<br /><br />A centennial celebration sounds like a good idea to me.<br /><br />- KenKen Lisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578998494463338017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958235941877138879.post-14504804183477766222009-11-02T12:14:02.210-05:002009-11-02T12:14:02.210-05:00The Library Trustees were automatically members? ...The Library Trustees were automatically members? When did that no longer be the case? (I know that I hold both offices as separate offices.)<br /><br />We should make sure to have a commemoration for the 100th anniversary.Michael A. Bursteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701222644205600836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958235941877138879.post-72211642590638168872009-11-02T10:18:30.827-05:002009-11-02T10:18:30.827-05:00Ken, I once looked into how the town's name ch...Ken, I once looked into how the town's name changed from Brooklyn to Brookline, but I never chased down the deep documentation. Have you ever looked into that? There's no mention in the town records, just a switch from one meeting to the next. I even wrote a humorous column about this in the Tab years back. I did not find any petition or vote but I didn't exactly look hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com