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Massachusetts. Treasury Dept. Notices from the Treasurer and Receiver-General to the Select Men or Assessors of the towns of Dartmouth, Hadley, Rehoboth, and Yarmouth, 1759-1805.

Title: Notices from the Treasurer and Receiver-General to the Select Men or Assessors of the towns of Dartmouth, Hadley, Rehoboth, and Yarmouth, 1759-1805.

Notices (or warrants) date from 1759 (Rehoboth), 1775 (Dartmouth), and 1805 (Hadley and Yarmouth). Warrants are issues and signed by Harrison Gray (1759), Henry Gardner (1775), and Jonathan Jackson (1805, Hadley). The Yarmouth notice is signed by David Scudder, clerk of the Barnstable County Court.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

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Gray, Harrison, 1712-1794. Letter, 1791 August 1, London, [Eng.], to Rev. William Montague, Boston, Mass.

Title: Letter, 1791 August 1, London, [Eng.], to Rev. William Montague, Boston, Mass.

Former Receiver-General of Massachusetts and exiled Loyalist comments on the decline of religion in nation as a whole and asks "Is this one of the blessings of your Independence?" Gray also comments on the establishment of the Catholic Church in Boston.

ArchivalResource: 1 ALS ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57055954 View

Massachusetts. Treasury Office. Scarborough, Me., tax warrant, 1763.

Title: Scarborough, Me., tax warrant, 1763.

Tax warrant issued by the treasurer and receiver-general of the Province of Massachusetts (Harrison Gray) to William McLaughlin, constable or collector of Scarborough, authorizing the collection of taxes.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Mauduit, Jasper. Papers, 1760-1767.

Title: Papers, 1760-1767.

Papers (some copies) of Jasper Mauduit, colonial agent in London for the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1762-1765, and of his predecessor William Bollan. The papers concern Bollan's term as agent until his removal from office in 1762 following his failure to obtain reimbursement for the Province for military expenditures during the French and Indian War. Mauduit was appointed following his success at obtaining the payments due, and his papers contain instructions, including explanation of the political and civil rights of the colonists; and correspondence concerning Mauduit's term as agent and questions pending between Mass. and Great Britain's Parliament. (Cont.) Subjects include a parliamentary grant for money owed to the Province, the Sugar Act and proposed Stamp Act, the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and Others in North America, Thomas Hutchinson and Mass. politics, and the non-appointment of Israel Mauduit (Jasper's brother) as joint agent. Earlier papers include military accounts of wages of soldiers paid for 1759 and 1761. Correspondents include William Bollan, Andrew Oliver, Thomas Hutchinson, James Otis (1725-1783), Harrison Gray, Jonathan Mayhew, Thomas Cushing, Charles Chauncy, and Timothy Ruggles.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19372001 View

Shirley, William, 1694-1771. Letters, 1753 Dec. 10-[1754?] Jan. 30, [Boston], to Harrison Gray, [Boston].

Title: Letters, 1753 Dec. 10-[1754?] Jan. 30, [Boston], to Harrison Gray, [Boston].

Includes a letter requesting that the treasurer deliver a report on the state of the treasury to the House of Representatives.

ArchivalResource: 3 items in folder ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/315953462 View

Mayhew, Jonathan, 1720-1766. Sermons : by Dr. Jon[athan] Mayhew, transcribed by Harrison Gray, Esq. [manuscript], ca. 1755-1765.

Title: Sermons : by Dr. Jon[athan] Mayhew, transcribed by Harrison Gray, Esq. [manuscript], ca. 1755-1765.

"11 sermons on the Lord's Supper; 1 sermon from Proverbs 28 13th verse." One sermon is dated Feb. 1755. Bound in blind stamped calf.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (262 p.) ; 21 cm.

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Gray, Harrison, 1712-1794. Letters to Catherine Byles, 1783-1788.

Title: Letters to Catherine Byles, 1783-1788.

Manuscript copies of letters written by Harrison Gray, the last British Royal Treasurer of Massachusetts in England to Catherine Byles, a Loyalist in Boston, 7 May 1783- 23 Aug. 1788, discussing political issues in post-Revolutionary America. Letters were copied by Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton in 1920 and include an introduction written by him. The location of original letters is unknown.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52779377 View

Lawrence, Bezaleel, 1736-1797. American Revolution collection : political and economic conditions, 1750-1834.

Title: American Revolution collection : political and economic conditions, 1750-1834.

Letters from Hope family bankers in Amsterdam to Thomas Hancock (1750 Apr. 15 and June 20); order sent to Bezaleel Lawrence, constable of the Town of Lexington, Mass., from the town tax assessors empowering him to collect state taxes, as of Dec. 29, 1777, together with list of taxpayers; resolutions adopted and petition to the King (1775 July 4), print of a report brought to New York, printed Sept. 12, 1775 in Newport by S. Southwick; warrant for tax collection issued by Harrison Gray, receiver general for his Majesty George III, Province of Massachusetts, to James Robinson, constable, of Lexington (1763 Nov. 2); proclamations for a general fast (1770 Mar. 7, probably in connection with the Boston Massacre) and for a public Thanksgiving (Oct. 29, 1772 for Dec. 3, 1772) by Thomas Hutchinson, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts; facsimile of oath of allegiance to the Colony of Massachusetts Bay (1776) signed by men of Lexington (11 copies); photographic reproduction of the notification of Boston's Committee of Correspondence (1772 Nov. 2); bond of Joseph and John Dean and Ezekiel Hall to Henry Gardner, treasurer, for 1000 pounds lawful money (1776 Feb. 12); bond of Jesse Noble, Nathaniel Patten, and Job Prince for 1000 pounds to Henry Gardner (1776 Dec. 18) with statement by Gardner on verso (1778 Feb. 21) cancelling the bond; roster of male inhabitants of the Third Regiment of Middlesex County (1777 June 1); and bounty note (1780 Jan. 1) issued by the State of Massachusetts Bay for Revolutionary War services to Benjamin Fletcher for 345 pounds. Also includes loan certificates (1777 Dec. 1) issued to William Cogswell and Hannah Burnham by the State of Massachusetts Bay with promise of repayment; promissory note issued by Massachusetts Bay to Cushing and Sanger (1777 Dec. 1); photographic reproduction of the 1776 declaration by the people of Lexington that they will not assist the King's side in the Revolution; loan certificates; Lexington assessor's real and personal property lists; and other documents.

ArchivalResource: 18 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612405127 View

Massachusetts. Treasury OffIce. Assessor returns, 1763-1799.

Title: Assessor returns, 1763-1799.

Series consists of returns made by town assessors to the state treasurer, spanning the offices of treasurers Gray (1753-1774), Gardner (1774-1782), Ivers (1782-1787), Hodgdon (1787-1792), Davis (1792-1797), and Coffin (1797-1801). Additional assessor returns may be found in: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Massachusetts archives collection ((M-Ar)45X), v. 322, p. 22-180 (1763-1767, 1771-1778) and v. 323, p. 1-59 (1778-1787)

ArchivalResource: 5.77 cubic ft. (17 doc. boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84008540 View

Massachusetts. Treasury Office. Papers on settling previous treasurer accounts, 1784.

Title: Papers on settling previous treasurer accounts, 1784.

After the Revolutionary War's end in 1783, Massachusetts struggled to collect outstanding taxes to pay off accumulated debt. In an attempt to reconcile Treasury books and begin bringing in arrears, in 1782 the office of Treasurer Thomas Ivers (1782-1787) formed a Committee for Auditing of the Late Treasurer Gardner's Accounts, i.e., including taxes not yet collected under Henry Gardner (1774-1782). Resolves 1783, Jan 1784 Sess, c 65 (Feb. 18, 1784) additionally authorized collection of taxes levied prior to 1775 by the office of Treasurer Harrison Gray (1753-1774), and remaining uncollected under Gardner. Series consists of a small assortment of documents relating to settlement of these old accounts. Related series: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Massachustts archives collection ((M-Ar)45X), v. 137, p. 440-442 (1783--correspondence from committee on Gardner accounts); Massachusetts. Treasury Dept. Inventories transferred to incoming treasurers, 1784-1949 ((M-Ar)147) (transfer of debts and assets from outgoing to incoming treasurer)

ArchivalResource: 0.35 cubic ft. (1 doc. box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/648770583 View

Mayhew, Experience, 1673-1758. Papers, 1730-1790 and undated.

Title: Papers, 1730-1790 and undated.

ArchivalResource: 1 case (.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612825673 View

Hollis, Thomas, 1720-1774. Papers, 1759-1774.

Title: Papers, 1759-1774.

Retained copies of letters sent and letters received by Thomas Hollis, the English nonconformist, benefactor of Harvard College, and supporter of the political rights of the American colonists. Correspondents include Andrew Eliot, Harrison Gray, Edward Holyoke, Jonathan Mayhew, and Elizabeth Mayhew, and the Overseers of Harvard College concerning gifts to the College library. There are a small number of letters written by Thomas Hollis's heir, Thomas Brand Hollis.

ArchivalResource: ca. 160 letters in 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11182019 View

Tewksbury, John, d. 1816. Papers, 1772-1776.

Title: Papers, 1772-1776.

Correspondence, promissory notes, accounts, and other papers.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70923152 View