At the request of the town of Milton, Worthington C. Ford of the Massachusetts Historical Society reviews the evidence of the house's history and concludes that the Suffolk Resolves were signed in Vose "mansion" which burned in 1861.

He concludes: "It is not enough to say that the presence of men so distinguished in Milton history gave a full confirmation of the tablet and its claims. Nor is it enough to assert that objection was open to anyone who might doubt the truth of the tablet and its claims. What the energy of one man, influenced or not by self-interest, can accomplish in such matters is a well recognized feature of like occasions."