Orders on witness and jury rolls for Shays' Rebellion, 1787-1811.

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Orders on witness and jury rolls for Shays' Rebellion, 1787-1811.

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One outcome of Shay's Rebellion was a large number of trials for treason and sedition for those involved in the insurrection. Trials were held, primarily in 1787, in Suffolk, Worcester, Essex, Hampshire, Berkshire, and Middlesex counties. Expenses for these prosecutions were assumed by the General Court per Resolves 1788, May Sess, c 20 (June 10, 1788) and paid per Resolves 1788, Dec Sess, c 72 (Feb. 2, 1789). Series consists of orders for payment directed to the state treasurer by trial jurors, witnesses, or court officers and usually naming the defendant or court involved, and two account books relating to such payments.

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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 ...