Scope and Contents
Account book listing poll, real estate, and personal taxes paid by residents of New Bedford to the Province of Massachusetts Bay for the year 1771. Surnames in the volume include Bennett, Delano, Eldredge, Hathaway, Jenne, Nye, Pope, Spooner, Taber, and Tobey. Also contains entries for mariner Joseph Rotch, and widows Hannah West and Elizabeth White. Several payments of real estate tax were made by men on behalf of widowed or single women.
Dates
- Creation: 1771
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 volume)Physical Location
MANU
Digitization Funding
Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
Processing Information
Processed: February 2019 By: Brooke McManus
Subject
- Rotch, Joseph (Person)
- Title
- New Bedford (Mass.). New Bedford (Mass.) Tax Records, 1771: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak00782
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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