Orders on Castle Island payrolls, 1792-1797.

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Orders on Castle Island payrolls, 1792-1797.

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Fortifications at Castle Island, Boston Harbor, used since the 1640s for military and penal purposes, were rebuilt after being burned by evacuating British forces in 1776, and then manned by various militia troops, at times under the command of Paul Revere. A military garrison consisting of a company of men was established there in 1779; the island became the site of a prison facility for Massachusetts from 1785 to 1798. Wages to garrison personnel were paid in accordance with enabling legislation (Resolves 1779-80, c 420) and later revisions thereto. Series consists of signed orders received by the Treasury (Thomas Davis, state treasurer) from payees requesting payment directly or to a third party, in some cases to whom pay had been sold in advance.

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Massachusetts. State Prison (Castle Island, Mass.)

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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 ...