Certificates for bounties on hemp, 1788-1795.

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Certificates for bounties on hemp, 1788-1795.

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To encourage domestic cultivation of hemp and manufacture of hemp products (rope, duck and other sail cloth, and twine), the Massachusetts General Court mandated per Resolves 1786, Sept Sess, c 83, that a bounty be paid by the Commonwealth to anyone raising and manufacturing products from hemp--or raising and selling hemp for manufacture--upon submission to the state treasurer of certificates from local selectmen and the local surveyor of hemp or, if none, a reputable ropemaker. The bounty was increased by Resolves 1787, Feb 1788 Sess, c 102, which also added bounties for other hemp manufactures as inspected by the commissary general. Resolves 1789, Jan 1790 Sess, c 111 continued the bounties through Dec. 1791, again raising the one on hemp. Resolves 1790, Jan 1791 Sess, c 157 appropriated the needed revenues for such bounties (see: Unsold canceled lottery tickets, 1790-1792 ((M-Ar)2263X)), which were continued through June 1793 per Resolves 1791, c 1, and through June 1794 per Resolves 1792, May Sess, c 66.

1.05 cubic ft (3 doc. boxes)

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