Transcript of payment of interest on railroad loans, 1837-1845.

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Transcript of payment of interest on railroad loans, 1837-1845.

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The state treasurer was authorized by the legislature to issue scrip or certificates of debt in the name of the Commonwealth to aid the construction of various railroads throughout Massachusetts. Transcript of payment of interest was created by the treasurer from information regarding payments on such debt submitted by the treasurers of the Andover and Haverhill Railroad Corporation (St 1837, c 188) and the Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company (St 1837, c 84) .

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Andover and Haverhill Rail Road Corporation

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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 ...

Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company

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