Letters to Catherine Byles, 1783-1788.

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Letters to Catherine Byles, 1783-1788.

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Manuscript copies of letters written by Harrison Gray, the last British Royal Treasurer of Massachusetts in England to Catherine Byles, a Loyalist in Boston, 7 May 1783- 23 Aug. 1788, discussing political issues in post-Revolutionary America. Letters were copied by Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton in 1920 and include an introduction written by him. The location of original letters is unknown.

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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 ...

Byles, Catherine, 1753-1837.

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Byles family.

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