Docket of actions against the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company, 1864-1865.

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Docket of actions against the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company, 1864-1865.

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The state treasurer, as custodian of the funds of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company, was held liable in claims against the company heard in Superior Court (per St 1865, c 210 this liability was transferred to the Commonwealth itself). Docket was created as a chronological listing of claims by utilities, mining companies, and manufacturers to cover expenditures for services, materials, and land damages incurred during the construction of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad and Hoosac Tunnel.

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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 ...

Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company

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