Massachusetts tax valuation records, 1771
By: principal investigator, Bettye Pruitt
Series: ICPSR -- 7734; ICPSR (Series) -- 7734
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Taxation; Lists
Description: This collection contains the names and descriptions of taxable property of nearly 38,000 individuals who resided in 152 Massachusetts towns in 1771. Data items include type and value of real estate and buildings, as well as tabulation of livestock and farm commodities produced. The data in this collection were prepared by Bettye Pruitt, Phillips Exeter Academy. The tax list has been published in its entirety (along with extensive discussion of Massachusetts tax laws and practices) in The Massachusetts Tax Valuation List of 1771 edited by Bettye Pruitt, (Boston: G. K. Hall and Co., 1978).
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: 1771.

Original tax lists maintained by the state of Massachusetts as Massachusetts Archives, Volumes 132-134.

Massachusetts.

These data can be supplied only in card-image form.

3 cards of data for each of the 37940 persons enumerated.