1850-60 Record Ledger of Hamilton Engine Company No. 4 of Chelsea, Massachusetts

1-8, [4], 1-3, 9-220, [1] pp. 32 blank leaves follow manuscript pages. Leather spine and corners, marbled boards, gilt titles and rules. A mid-19th century ledger kept by a Boston-area firefighting company. A detailed account of the engine company's constitution / by-laws, membership, and history in meticulously neat handwriting, with marginal notes in a different hand providing a useful guide to salient points.