Treasurer's incoming correspondence, 1777-1797 (bulk 1782-1797).

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Treasurer's incoming correspondence, 1777-1797 (bulk 1782-1797).

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The treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts is the sole receiver, custodian, and payer of state funds. Treasurer's incoming correspondence (this series) and: Treasurer's outgoing correspondence ((M-Ar)2269X) document the activities of the Commonwealth's first eleven treasurers; some records predate the 1780 Constitution, but most are from the terms of treasurers Ivers, Hodgdon, and Davis (1782-1797)

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Hodgdon, Alexander, 1741?-1797.

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Massachusetts. Treasurer (1782-1787 : Ivers)

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Davis, Thomas, 1756-1805.

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Massachusetts. Treasurer (1792-1797 : Davis)

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Massachusetts. Treasurer (1787-1792 : Hodgdon)

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Ivers, Thomas, 1730-1787

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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 ...