Probate court returns, 1870-1874.

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Probate court returns, 1870-1874.

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Per Resolves 1874, c 77, registers of probate of Massachusetts were to make a special return to the state secretary reporting the number of wills proved and the number of letters of administration granted for the period 1870-1874, and judges of probate court were to submit opinions concerning possible changes in the law regarding persons who died intestate. Series consists of these returns in the form of letters.

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