Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Eight Dollars ($251,708.00) in the form of a grant, Save America's Treasures, awarded by the National Park Service to be administered by the Office of Historic Preservation. The grant would fund an archaeological assemblage that was excavated from the Parker-Harris Pottery Site in Boston's Charlestown neighborhood, for personal and maintenance costs on collections currently housed at the Archaeology Laboratory, and a consultant's fee.

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Amount

$252K

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Type

award

Field

Construction

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Committee

City Council

Introduced

July 16, 2026

On agenda

July 22, 2026

Passed

July 22, 2026

Where it was heard

City Council Jul 22, 2026 The rules were suspended; the order was passed.

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