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Treasury Department: Registers of receipt of interest on volunteer bounty loans of 1863 and 1864

Part of: Massachusetts Treasury Department

Registers of receipt of interest on volunteer bounty loans of 1863 and 1864, 1863-1882.

8 volumes
Call no.: TR1/1469X

Scope and Content: The state treasurer was authorized by the legislature (St 1863, c 218; St 1864, c 65 and c 130) to issue scrip or certificates of debt to finance reimbursement of cities and towns for bounties paid to volunteers enlisted and mustered into military service, until revenue for that purpose was available through the bounty tax (see: Bounty tax reimbursed, 1863-1869 ((M-Ar)2410X)). Registers of receipt of interest were created to provide an accounting of interest paid at six-month intervals on these loans.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, thereunder by certificate number
Notes: Volumes arranged by loan and interest date:

  • 1863/1864-1865
  • 1864/1864-1882–500 dollars only
  • 1864/1865-1867
  • 1864/1867-1868
  • 1864/1869-1870
  • 1864/1870-1874 (1874-1882)
  • 1864/1875-1880
  • 1864/1881-1882

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