Stock assessment records of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company, 1848-1855.

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Stock assessment records of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company, 1848-1855.

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The treasurer of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company was responsible for managing its routine financial accounts throughout the construction of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad and the Hoosac Tunnel. This responsibility included selling stock to fund the project, and, as voted by stockholders, the levying of assessments for preliminary expenses on the subscribers to such stock.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company

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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 ...