Scope and Content: Per Resolves 1874, c 77, registers of probate of Massachusetts were to make a special return to the state secretary reporting the number of wills proved and the number of letters of administration granted for the period 1870-1874, and judges of probate court were to submit opinions concerning possible changes in the law regarding persons who died intestate.  Series consists of these returns in the form of letters.
Notes: Formerly part of: Miscellaneous collection, box 57
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