Record of the Committee for the Sale of Estates of Absentees in Suffolk County, 1781-1785.

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Record of the Committee for the Sale of Estates of Absentees in Suffolk County, 1781-1785.

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Series is a volume containing the so-called whole proceedings of the Suffolk County committee under the 1780 resolve, signed by its members.

1 v. (partial doc. box)

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Massachusetts. General Court. Committees for the Sale of Absentee Estates.

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Per St 1778-79, c 49 (May 1, 1779), the Massachusetts General Court authorized the confiscation and sale of absentee estates for the benefit of the government. Resolves 1778-79, c 312 (Sept. 23, 1779) appointed various county committees to sell at public auction estates confiscated from prominent Loyalists named in the resolve. County committee actions, reflected in resolves passed Oct. 1779-May 1780, included sales, suspended sales, leases, and receipts deposited into the Treasury....

Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State

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St 1832, c 166 authorized county commissioners in Massachusetts to grant liquor licenses to innholders and retailers. St 1852, c 322 (revised by St 1855, c 215) established state-wide prohibition, forbidding the sale of all liquor except for medicinal, chemical, or mechanical purposes. This was changed by St 1868, c 141, passed in April of that year, which authorized county commissioners (in Suffolk County specially-elected license commissioners) to issue licenses for the sale of liquor in their...