Account books on taxation and public welfare in New England towns, 1658-1860 (inclusive) [microform].

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Account books on taxation and public welfare in New England towns, 1658-1860 (inclusive) [microform].

Account books on taxation and public welfare in New England towns, 1658-1860 (inclusive) [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269600582

These New England town records include an account book, 1771, from New Bedford, Mass., containing the names of taxpayers and the amounts paid; three treasurer's books, 1781-1860, from Rehoboth, Mass., primarily recording taxes collected; an account book, 1796-1824, of John L. Johnson, the treasurer of Lynn, Mass.; an account book, 1814-1816, of J.K. Smith, a tax collector for the third federal district of New Hampshire, including Amherst, Manchester and Milford, who received federal taxes for carriage duties, retailers' licenses, sales at auctions, and measuring stills and boilers; records, 1825-1855, of public institutions in Northfield, Vt., consisting of a record book of the Fifth School District and an account book of the Overseer of the Poor; a selectman's journal and records, 1827-1852, of town expenditures including teachers' salaries, highway work, and care of the poor for Paxton, Mass.; an account book, 1839-1846, for the House of Industry in South Boston, Mass.; an account book, probably 1845, of Horace Collamore of Pembroke, Mass. containing a census of Hanson and East and West Bridgewater, Mass.; an account book, 1850-1856, of the treasurer of Donations for Education in Liberia in Boston; and original and photostat lists of polls, rates and valuations, 1658-1850, for various New England towns including Cambridge, Mass., 1783-1796, Groton, Vt., 1828-1841, and papers of the Valuation Committee (Mass.), 1785 and 1850.

ca. 2 linear ft. (13 v., 2 boxes, 1 bundle, 1 portfolio)Copies: 2 microfilm reels.

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