Claims against Rhode Island, 1852-1854.

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Claims against Rhode Island, 1852-1854.

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Series includes: June 1852 letter (file copy) from Massachusetts treasurer to Rhode Island treasurer conveying the resolve and a printed state auditor's report (1852 H 141) of the certificate being missing and of Rhode Island's admission that it had not been paid; June 1852 Rhode Island treasurer's letter of receipt; Jan. 1853 Massachusetts treasurer's report thereon (with transmittal letter--presumably both file copies) to the General Court, with acknowledgment by the House Judiciary Committee; May 1853 General Court order that the treasurer resume efforts to collect the debt; and May 1853 and Apr. 1854 letters of receipt from the Rhode Island treasurer of further Massachusetts treasurer communications. There are also a printed June 1853 Rhode Island resolve to appoint state counsel to act in court or in negotiation with Massachusetts on the matter; and Rhode Island press clippings relating to state indebtedness, Apr.-Aug. 1853.

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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 ...