Pepperell Historical Commission

From the Reports of the Town Clerk:

In addition to Pepperell's rich history leading up to and during the Revolutionary War era, the Town Clerk's records mark several pivotal moments in Pepperell's history:

Act establishing the District of "Pepperrell," April 12, 1753
Revolutionary War era in Pepperell

Resolutions by the Inhabitants of the District of Pepperell, June 27, 1774 regarding the increasingly imposing hand of the British crown on the colonies and the parlamentary acts known to colonists as the "Intolerable Acts."
Raising of the Liberty Pole and the First American Flag flown in open defiance of the crown, August 29, 1774
Revolutionary War - District Clerk's entry regarding the news of the Battles at Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775
Revolutionary War - District Clerk's entry regarding the news of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775
Declaration of Independence - Read aloud in Pepperell on September 15, 1776 and transcribed into the Town Records.
Town Meeting Article from March 1777 - "To here (sic) the request of Leonard Whiting's guard (so called) and act anything in reference there unto as shall then be thot proper."

Roster of Residents Available to Serve in the Civil War - List of persons able to provide military duty was submitted to the Town Clerk by the Assessors of Pepperell on May 15, 1861, at the beginning of the American Civil War.
Pepperell Commerce 1800s -1900s - as described by Mrs. N. B. Appleton.
Pepperell Town Seal - the creation of a Town Seal Committee and its results.