Scope and Content: All insolvent debtors in the Commonwealth were given the right to apply for a hearing before the county judge of probate to decide distribution of their real and personal property to creditors by St 1838, c 163.  These registers of insolvent debtors were created by the secretary of the Commonwealth from returns submitted to him monthly by judges of probate and masters in chancery, 1844-1898.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by initial of surname of debtor, thereunder by date filed with the secretary
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