Scope and Content: Pursuant to St 1869, c 446, the state treasurer was authorized to issue scrip in the form of registered bonds or certificates of debt with interest coupons attached, to raise funds to purchase lands for the improvement of the flats in Boston Harbor.  Registered bonds, issued in 1870 and valued at 1000 and 5000 dollars, were due in 1875 with interest paid at five percent per annum.
Arrangement: Arranged numerically
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to St 1875, c 160, the state treasurer was authorized to issue scrip or certificates of debt to meet expenses incurred during construction of the Worcester Lunatic Hospital (St 1870, c 238) (Coupon bonds for the Worcester Lunatic Hospital, 1875-1895 ((M-Ar)1536X)).  Registered bonds, issued 1875-1894 to redeem the certificates per St 1867, c 255 and valued at 1000, 5000, and 10,000 dollars, were due in 1895 or 1896 with interest paid at five percent per annum.
Arrangement: Arranged numerically
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Scope and Content: Pursuant to St 1861, c 198, the state treasurer was authorized to issue scrip or certificates of debt to fund the payment of the unfunded debt and to be applied to the deficiency in the income of 1861 (Coupon bonds to fund the public debt, 1861-1872 ((M-Ar)1544X)).  Registered bonds, issued 1870-1871 to redeem the certificates per St 1867, c 255 and valued at
Arrangement: Arranged numerically
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Scope and Content: The state treasurer was authorized by the legislature at various times to issue scrip or certificates of debt for temporary loans to meet certain expenditures until revenue was available.  Per St 1865, c 122 (Massachusetts War Fund) and St 1865 c 284, the so-called currency loan had interest payable in gold at 5%, but was replaced by a 6% interest payment. Registers provide an accounting of six-month interest payments, divided by amount of certificate–500 dollars and 1000 dollars.
Notes: Formed from v. 2-3 of defunct series: Registers of receipt of interest on temporary loans, 1856-1883 ((M-Ar)1471X).
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Scope and Content: The state treasurer managed loans for the construction of railroads and bridges by private enterprise.  As part of this responsibility the treasurer issued scrip, managed assets, and invested money for the repayment of the debt.  Registers record receipt of interest paid on loans, scrip, and bonds at six-month intervals.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, thereunder by certificate number
Notes: Volumes by date interest paid: (1) 1838  (2) 1838-1839  (3) 1839-1841  (4) 1840-1842  (5) 1842-1843  (6) 1843-1847  (7) Andover and Haverhill, 1849-1857; Eastern, 1850-1859  (8) Eastern, 1858-1871  (9) Norwich and Worcester, 1850-1857  (10) Norwich and Worcester, 1858-1877  (11) Western, 1848-1857
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Scope and Content: The state treasurer was authorized by the legislature to issue scrip or certificates of debt in the name of the Commonwealth to cover the financing of construction of various railroads and state institutions; improvement of lands owned by the Commonwealth; public defense; public debt; and for temporary loans. St. 1867 c 255 (May 20, 1867) allowed the treasurer to issue registered bonds in exchange for or in lieu of coupon bonds.  Series consists of volumes recording semi-annual interest payments to holders of registered bonds from a variety of different state bond issues.
Arrangement: Arranged by account, thereunder by date interest due
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Scope and Content: The state treasurer was authorized by the legislature to issue scrip or certificates of debt to meet expenses incurred during various construction projects or other state obligations. Often scrip was issued over several years for the same project. Registers of receipt of interest were created to provide an accounting of interest paid.
Arrangement: Arranged by account, thereunder chronologically
Notes: Series title formerly: Registers of receipt of interest on scrip for state construction
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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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Scope and Content: The Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company was incorporated by St 1848, c 307 to build a railroad eastward from the termination of the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad near Troy, New York to unite with the Connecticut River Railroad near Greenfield, Massachusetts.  Establishing this line required tunneling through the Hoosac Mountain.  The project was to have been completed in seven years, but the company was placed into receivership by St 1854, c 226.  Commissioners of a sinking fund, including the state treasurer and auditor and the treasurer of the company, were appointed for the investment, care, and management of the company’s monies.  A six-year extension was granted for completing the railroad but because of setbacks in construction of the tunnel, the project was not finished until 1876.  The property, known as the Troy and Greenfield Railroad and Hoosac Tunnel (St 1862, c 156), was consolidated with that of the Fitchburg Railroad Company (St 1887, c 52), although the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company itself continued in existence to 1890.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Volumes by date of issue: (1) 1860-1864  (2) 1863-1875; by date of initial interest payment: (3) 1874-1883. Spine titles: Volume 1–Interest book: Troy & Greenfield, 1860; Volume  2–Troy & Greenfield R.R. loan
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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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