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Catalog Number/Object ID |
2009-100-1No4.36 |
Object Name |
Folders (containers) |
Title |
Financial- Loans to Town By Individuals 1820-1829 |
Caption of Image |
Estate of Israel Foster notes from the Town of Marblehead |
Scope & Content/Description |
This file contains 18 notes issued by the Town of Marblehead's treasurer for sums loaned to the Town from local persons. Many were for funds for the Overseers of the Poor House in the years 1822 to 1829. Another paper contains the details to reconcile the loans made by Israel Foster to the Town in the years from 1789 to 1808 requested by his Executor. In the years 1789 to 1793 the loans were denominated in Pounds, Shillings, Pence & fractions of Pence. From 1795 to 1808 they were denominated in Dollars and Cents. and with interest accrued of $746.36. The total was $3109.84. A tax of $8.04 was subtracted from that amount leaving $3848.16 The Town Treasurer paid $325.61 and borrowed from W. Samuel Knight $2057.00 and borrowed from William Hooper $1465.55 which covered the $3848.16 due to the estate of Foster. The members of the committee were: William Hooper William Reed John Gilley (Town Treasurer and Collector) |
Subjects |
Financial Records |
Date |
1820 |
Year Range from |
1820 |
Year Range to |
1829 |
Catalog date |
2010-03-23 |
People |
Broughton, Nicholson Cloutman, Mr. Cooledge, Nathan Elliot, William Foster, Israel Gilley, John Haskell, Thomas Hawkes, William Homan, Samuel Homany, W. Hooper, William, Capt. Knight, Samuel Orne, John, Jr. Pedrick, John Phillips, James Porter, Benjamin Prentiss, Joshua Proctor, Joseph Reed, William Selman, Benjamin Thacher, Peter A. Thorner, William Trefry, Y. Weed, Daniel |
Search Terms |
Old Town records |
Lexicon category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |
Lexicon sub-category |
Need to Classify |
Collection |
Gosling Collection |
Condition |
Fair |