Returns of number of voters and number of voters assessed for poll tax in 1869, 1870.

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Returns of number of voters and number of voters assessed for poll tax in 1869, 1870.

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The state secretary was ordered by the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Jan. 17, 1870, to report the number of legal voters in the state in 1869, and how many of these were assessed for a poll tax but not for any real and personal property. Series consists of completed printed forms returned to the secretary by cities and towns.

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