Tolland Officials Hope to Preserve Historic Documents

TOLLAND, CT — The town is hoping a state grant can help it save some 18th-century documents.

The town council recently authorized Town Manager Steve Werbner to apply for a historic document preservation grant through the State Library Association to fund the work.

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The grant would be for the 2016/2017 fiscal year.

Town officials said some "meeting books" from the 1700s, "need a lot of attention, because they are falling apart." Town officials said they have identified a company in Vermont that contracts with the State Library Association to do that type of preservation work.

Several old maps also need to be restored, town officials said.

No timetable or amount was identified at a recent council meeting.