Register of receipt of interest on loans for Back Bay and Harbor lands, 1862-1880.

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Register of receipt of interest on loans for Back Bay and Harbor lands, 1862-1880.

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Pursuant to St 1860, c 200 and St 1862, c 15, the state treasurer was authorized to issue scrip or certificates of debt on behalf of the Commonwealth for financing the filling in and improvement of the lands in the Back Bay of Boston. Pursuant to St 1869, c 446 and St 1874, c 367, the treasurer was authorized to issue scrip or certificates of debt for financing through the Harbor Commissioners of the purchase and subsequent improvement by the Commonwealth of tidal flats in Boston Harbor. Register of receipt of interest was created to provide an accounting of interest paid at six-month intervals the Back Bay loans of 1861 and 1862 (payments for 1862-1880) and the Harbor lands loans of 1870 (payments for 1870-1875) and 1874 (payments 1875-1878). See also: Coupon bonds for the improvement of Harbor lands, 1870-1875 ((M-Ar)1496X); Registered bonds for the improvement of Harbor lands, 1870-1875 ((M-Ar)1497X)

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