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Massachusetts Archives

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Treasury Department: General outgoing correspondence

Part of: Massachusetts Treasury Department

General outgoing correspondence, 1830-1915 (Bulk: 1961-1915).

13 record center cartons and 1 document box
Call no.: TR1/18X

Scope and Content: The treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts is the sole receiver, custodian, and payer of state funds.  General outgoing correspondence documents the activities of the Commonwealth’s Treasury Dept. primarily during and after the Civil War, in letterbook format.
Arrangement:  In three subseries: (1) General, 1830-1915 (2) Corporation taxes, 1882-1886 (3) Inheritance taxes, 1908-1914; Arranged within each subseries chronologically
Notes: Former subseries (2) Allotment commissioners, 1862-1865, now included in: Massachusetts. Treasury Dept. Allotment commissioners correspondence ((M-Ar)2411X) –Former subseries (3) Paymaster-general, 1865-1868, now included in: Massachusetts. Paymaster General. General letterbooks ((M-Ar)464X)
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