At the April 1857 town meeting of Wayland, formally East Sudbury, voted to take measures to secure a copy of the ancient records of the town of Sudbury up to the year 1780, as it is the heritage of the town of More
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2017; (DLC More
Volume one of East Sudbury/Wayland has on the inside cover "East Sudbury Book of Records, a gift of Capt. Richard Heard, 1780": inside - “State of the Massachusetts Bay in the year of our Lord one thousand seve More