Sheriff tax returns, 1788-1791.

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Sheriff tax returns, 1788-1791.

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Series consists of tax returns submitted to the state treasurer by sheriffs of the various counties in execution of back taxes. All are from the office of Treasurer Hodgdon (1787-1792) and relate to a variety of taxes. Also included is an assortment of fines collected for theft, disturbing the peace, etc. (see: Resolves 1788, c 140, Feb. 17, 1789), as well as correspondence from Essex County Sheriff Bayley Bartlett concerning taxation in that county and the appointment of a deputy sheriff.

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Massachusetts. Treasurer (1787-1792 : Hodgdon)

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Hodgdon, Alexander, 1741?-1797.

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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 ...