Scope and Content: Members of the Massachusetts General Court were paid per diem attendance at session, as first scheduled by Resolves 1780, Oct Sess, c 44.  While actual payrolls are generally found elsewhere (see below), subseries (1-2) consist for each chamber of orders (grouped from 1782 by treasurer–Thomas Ivers (1782-1787), Alexander Hodgdon (1787-1792), and Thomas Davis (1792-1797), thereunder by payroll no.) from individual legislators directing the state treasurer to consign payment to a third party, or occasionally receipt of payment accompanied by certificate of attendance.
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) House orders  (2) Senate orders (3) Leave of absence certificates (4) Constitutional Convention payroll; Arranged within each subseries chronologically, thereunder (where applicable) alphabetically by legislator
Notes: Box 1: House–1780-1782; Ivers rolls 1-4, 1782-1785. Box 2: House–Ivers rolls 5-10, 1784-1786.  Box 3: House–Ivers rolls 11-14, 1786-1787; Hodgdon rolls 1-2, 1787-1791. Box 4: House–Hodgdon rolls 3-7, 1787-1790. Box 5: House–Hodgdon rolls 7-12, 1789-1791. Box 6: House–Hodgdon rolls 13-36 and misc., 1791-1811; House and Valuation Committee payroll, 1785-1786. Boxes 7-8: Senate–Ivers rolls 1-14, 1782-1787, Hodgdon rolls 1-16, 1787-1792, Davis rolls, 1792-1795; Certificates, 1791-1830; Constitutional Convention, 1779
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