Marblehead (Mass.) legal and financial documents, 1730-1812

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

This collection is made up of 27 legal documents and financial records pertaining to residents of Marblehead, Massachusetts, between 1730 and 1812.

Extent:

27 items

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Hixon, October 2012

Background

Scope and Content:

This collection is made up of 27 partially printed legal documents and financial records pertaining to residents of Marblehead, Massachusetts, between 1730 and 1812. Sixteen items are statements of monthly and annual taxes that individual Marblehead residents owed between 1780 and 1812; most are addressed to Benjamin Lancey (or Lansey). The remaining items pertain to financial agreements, real property ownership and sales, and shipping. Two indentures concern the division of large residential buildings and provide detailed information about the rooms and passages belonging to each owner. One financial document relates to the town's fishing industry, and two relate to the schooner Sally: a bill of sale and an insurance policy.

Additional legal documents include an appointment of guardianship and a plaintiff's bill for legal costs incurred during a case in the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

Biographical / Historical:

The documents in this collection primarily relate to residents of Essex County, Massachusetts, particularly the town of Marblehead.

Acquisition Information:

1980. M-1898 .

Processing information:

Cataloging funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This collection has been processed according to minimal processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Fishing.
Real property--Massachusetts.
Taxation--Massachusetts.

Formats:

Accounts.
Bills of exchange.
Deeds.
Financial records.
Indentures.
Tax bills.

Names:

Massachusetts. Circuit Court of Common Pleas (Middle Circuit)
Sally (Schooner : 1791-1799)

Places:

Marblehead (Mass.)