Scope and Content: To compensate for the currency shortage considered to be one of the factors contributing to the outbreak of Shays’ Rebellion, the Massachusetts General Court, per St 1786, c 39 (Nov. 8, 1786), directed the commissary general to accept various goods at stated values in lieu of currency payments for taxes assessed prior to 1784.  Items were to be received at stores to be established throughout the Commonwealth staffed by specially appointed deputies of the commissary, a procedure documented in this series.
Arrangement: In three subseries: (1) Correspondence (2) Receipts (3) Accounts; Arranged within each subseries chronologically
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