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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The City Council Minute Books, 1816-1906, contain 27 handwritten volumes of meeting minutes for the Select and Common Councils. Of the 27 books, 12 relate to the Common Council and 11 relate to the Select Council. The remainder of the books detail meeting notes from Special Committees.Topics covered in the books range from general meeting notes, legislation, roll calls of the council members and other city business. Within the Special Committee volumes, topics discussed include...