Lot 170
1777 Journal With Assessments On Residents Of Chelsea, Mass. A 16-page journal giving "The County & Town Rate for the year 1777." Listed in columns on each page are the men's names, the polls, the rents, and the personal estate income. Titles such as Deacon, Widow, Capt., etc. are given. A note on the 2nd page states that Richard Shutes has an abatement of "½ his minister Rate & non Resident poll taken out…by reason of his being Baptist." Together with a document signed by the selectment of Chelsea, Suffolk County, Mass., dated June 12, 1777, to John Tucksbury, "Surveyor of Highways," giving him a list of the roads he is to "mend" and the amounts he will be paid; paper loss at lower left does not affect main text. Very Good.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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