COUNTY TAX WARD NO. 6 | 1787
by [Boston]
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Woodbridge, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
[Boston, 1787. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". 18 leaves, each with vertical columns. 22 pages completed in manuscript. Plain contemporary wrappers, inner margins and spine reinforced by tape; wrappers separated from text, several leaves loose. A clean and Very Good text.
This list of county taxpayers has names of more than one hundred residents; tables report their personal and real property assessments, and their poll, real estate, and personal property taxes paid. Some well-known Revolutionary figures include Major William Bell, Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company; Benjamin Austin, political writer; Jonathan Loring Austin, secretary to the Massachusetts Board of War until October, 1777; Capt. Nathaniel Goodwin of the 1st Plymouth Co. Regiment; and Dr. Thomas Welch, one of the founders of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a surgeon in the Continental Army. Also listed are Dr. James Pecker, first vice-president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and Dr. Joseph Whipple, also a founder of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
This list of county taxpayers has names of more than one hundred residents; tables report their personal and real property assessments, and their poll, real estate, and personal property taxes paid. Some well-known Revolutionary figures include Major William Bell, Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company; Benjamin Austin, political writer; Jonathan Loring Austin, secretary to the Massachusetts Board of War until October, 1777; Capt. Nathaniel Goodwin of the 1st Plymouth Co. Regiment; and Dr. Thomas Welch, one of the founders of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a surgeon in the Continental Army. Also listed are Dr. James Pecker, first vice-president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and Dr. Joseph Whipple, also a founder of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
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- Bookseller
- David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26656
- Title
- COUNTY TAX WARD NO. 6 | 1787
- Author
- [Boston]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- [Boston
- Date Published
- 1787
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
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Woodbridge, Connecticut
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