Scarborough, Me., tax warrant, 1763.

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Scarborough, Me., tax warrant, 1763.

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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.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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Gray, Harrison, 1712-1794

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Massachusetts. Treasury Office

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Throughout the provincial period, Massachusetts towns were periodically assessed by the Treasury with taxes for the defraying of public charges and support of the government. This practice increased in importance and frequency during the Revolutionary War, as individual colonies became largely responsible for financial support of the war effort. Resolves 1777-78, c 398 (Oct. 9, 1777), dictated that all Massachusetts financial support of the war was thenceforth to be based on taxation only, with ...

McLaughlin, William, constable

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