Day book, 1784-1786.

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Day book, 1784-1786.

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Account of the Intendant's daily expenditures listing dates, to whom, and for what paid, and amounts in pounds sterling. Numbers in the left margin refer to entries in the Ledger series [MSA S0165-3].

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Maryland State Archives

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Maryland. Intendant of the Revenue

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In 1781 Maryland was saddled with a combination of war debt and high inflation. In an attempt to reign in the chaotic economy, the state created the office of Intendant fot eh Revenue (Laws of 1781, ch. 27), to oversee the state's finances. The intendant's duties included supervision of the treasurers, the auditor general, the Commissioners to Preserve Confiscated Property, and the Commissioner to Settle and Adjust Pay Due Officers and Soldiers of Maryland in the service of the Unit...