Treasury Department: Registers of receipt of interest on the Union loans
Register of receipt of interest on the Union loans, 1861-1878.
Call no.: TR1/1473X
Scope and Content: Pursuant to St 1861, c 216 and St 1862, c 147, the state treasurer was authorized to issue scrip or certificates of debt on behalf of the Commonwealth to meet expenses incurred for the public defense and for the discipline and instruction of a military force. Registers of receipt of interest were created to provide an accounting of interest paid on the Union Loan Fund at six-month intervals.
Arrangement: Arranged by account, thereunder chronologically
Notes: Spine titles: (1-2) Interest on Union loan (3) Union loan of 1861. Volumes are arranged by the year of the loan, certificate amount, % interest paid/payment dates, and by certificate number: 1861/100 dollars: (v.1) 1862-1871; 1861/500 dollars: (v.2) 1862-1871; 1861/1000 dollars: (v.3) 1861-1872/5%-6% (v.4)1862-1866/6% (v.5) 1866-1872/6%; 1862/500 dollars: (v.6) 1863-1878/5%; 1862/1000 dollars: (v.6) 1863-1867/5% 1867-1875/6%. For additional 6% 1875-1876 see: Registers of interest received on scrip of 1852-1856, 1852-1880 ((M-Ar)1470X (v.4)).
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