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	Massachusetts Supply Tax and Beef Tax
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	This page provides links to images of the Massachusetts tax legislation pertinent for patriotic service (see Massachusetts Tax Acts immediately below)
	and the tax lists in several Massachusetts towns that correspond to the tax legislation.
	You will notice that the legislation for the 1782 & 1783 supply taxes include a schedule of the amount each town was required to pay.
	If you are unsure of whether you have the correct tax list for a town, match the total amount collected for the state with the amount the town was required to pay
	as stated in the Act.  The amounts should be close.   (If there is more than one district in a town, add the total for all districts together.)
	NOTE:  After the image loads, click the image to make it larger.
	Massachusetts Tax Acts:							Act for Hiring Soldiers Apr 1778
			Beef Tax Sep 1780					Act for Hiring Soldiers June 1779								Supply Tax 1782					Supply Tax 1783
			Beef/Supplies Dec 1780					Act for Hiring Soldiers June 1780								(Assessed on the value					(Assessed on the value
			Beef Tax June 1781					(6-months men)								of real estate possessed					of real estate possessed
								Act for Hiring Soldiers June 1780								on April 2, 1782.					on November 15, 1782.
			Clothing Collection 1778					(3-months men)								Poll tax rate is 16 shillings					Poll tax rate is 16 shillings
			Clothing Collection 1780					Act for Hiring Soldiers Dec 1780								8 pence.)					8 pence.)
			Clothing Collection 1781					Act for Hiring Soldiers June 1781
								Act for Hiring Soldiers Mar 1782
	Town	Title
		Page
				Beef Tax						1782 Supply Tax						1783 Supply Tax
	Andover			Oct 1780 South District						April 1782 East District						Nov 1782 East District
				Oct 1780 East District						April 1782 North District						Nov 1782 West District
				Oct 1780 West District						April 1782 South District						Nov 1782 South District
				Oct 1780 North District						April 1782 West District						Nov 1782 North District
										Assessed Amount						Assessed Amount
										pounds - shillings - pence						pounds - shillings - pence
										2083     6       8						2095     8      4
				1782 Supply Tax
	Ashby			April 1782 Supply Tax					Nov 1782 Valuation
				Use the Nov 1782 Valuation to
				determine first names.
	Barre			Paid for Services Rendered, 1781
				See patriot Joseph Robinson as an example.
				Continental Tax				Hiring Soldiers Tax
	Bedford	Title		1	2	3		1	2	3	4
								Hiring Soldiers &								Clothing &
					War Tax			Beef Tax				Hiring Soldiers				Beef Tax				1782 Supply Tax				1783 Supply Tax
	Beverly	Title 1		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3
		Title 2		4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5
				7	8	9		7	8	9		7	8	9		7	8	9		7	8	9
				10		1						10								10
				2	3	4													Assessed Amount					Assessed Amount
																			pounds - shillings - pence					pounds - shillings - pence
				5	6	7													2190   0   0					2025   0   0
				8	9	10	11
				Beef Tax					Hiring Soldiers Tax					1782 Supply Tax					1783 Supply Tax
	Billerica			Nov 1780 Beef Tax					June 1779					April 1782 Supply Tax					Jan 1783 Supply Tax
									Oct 1779					Assessed Amount					Assessed Amount
														pounds - shillings - pence					pounds - shillings - pence
														810   0    0					810   0    0
				Beef Tax
	Cambridge			July 1781 2nd Precinct
				Hiring Soldiers Tax				1782 Supply Tax					1783 Supply Tax
	Carlisle	Title		1	2	3		1	2	3			1	2
				4	5	6		Assessed Amount					Assessed Amount
								pounds - shillings - pence					pounds - shillings - pence
								360   0   0					360   0   0
	Charlestown			List of Those Suffering Losses 17 Jun 1775 at the Hands of the British														(see pages 155 - 174)
				Beef Tax				Hiring Soldiers Tax					1782 Supply Tax
	Chelmsford			Dec 1780 List 1				Feb 1780 List 1					June 1782 List 1
				Jan 1781 List 2				Feb 1780 List 2					June 1782 List 2
													Assessed Amount
													pounds - shillings - pence
													698   6    8
	Concord	Title		Clothing 1778				Paid for Wood Supplied to the Continental Army, 1776
								See patriot Thomas Barrett Sr as an example.
				War Tax				Hiring Soldiers &
				Hiring Soldiers Tax				Beef Tax				1782 Supply Tax				1783 Supply Tax
	Danvers	Title		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3
				4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5	6
				7	8	9						7	8	9		7	8	9
				10	11							10	11	12		10	11	12
												13
											Assessed Amount					Assessed Amount
											pounds - shillings - pence					pounds - shillings - pence
											1460   0   0					1468   19   2
	Deerfield			Clothing 1778
				Select pages 6, 7, & 8.  See patriots Amos Alexander and Joseph Wise as examples.
	Dunstable			Contributed Money to Hire Soldiers							(see pages 127 - 129)
	Grafton			Donated Clothing to the Soldiers 1778							(see page 347)
	Groton			Furnished Clothing				(start page 151)				Advanced Money to Hire Soldiers							(see page 96)
				1783 Supply Tax
	Hancock	Title 1		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
		Title 2
				Assessed Amount
				pounds - shillings - pence
				403    6      8
	Haverhill			Furnished Clothing for Army						(see pages 417 - 420)					Loaned Money to Hire Soldiers						(see pages 406 - 408)
	Lynnfield			1783 Supply Tax
	Manchester	Title		1781 Hiring Soldiers Tax
				1782 Supply Tax					1783 Supply Tax
	Medford			May 1782 Supply Tax					Jan 1783 Supply Tax
				Assessed Amount					Assessed Amount
				pounds - shillings - pence					pounds - shillings - pence
				785   0   0					785   0   0
				Beef Tax				Hiring Soldiers Tax					Continental Tax 1780					1783 Supply Tax
	Middleton			West & East Sides				June 1780					West & East Sides					Jan 1783 Supply Tax
				1780 Beef Tax				1781 Beef Tax				1782 Supply Tax				1783 Supply Tax
	Milton	Title		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3
				4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5	6
				7	8							7	8	9		7	8	9
												10	11	12		10	11	12
												13				13
											Assessed Amount					Assessed Amount
											pounds - shillings - pence					pounds - shillings - pence
											865   16   8					870   16   8
	Nantucket			Loaned Money to the Government							(See pages 259 - 260.					Original list is here pages 316 - 345.
											Check BOTH colums.)
				Hiring Soldiers Tax
	Newbury (West)	Title		1
				1783 Supply Tax
	Newburyport	Title		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17		NOTE:
																						The "Title 1783" page states "Continental
		Title 1783		18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34		& Town Tax" at the top of the page.
																						In addition, the poll tax rate is 16 shillings
				35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51		and 8 pence.
				52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65
	Newton			Loaned Money				(see pages 366 & 371)
	Northborough			Furnished Cash to Support the War								(see pages 75 - 76)
								1781 Beef Tax &
				1780 Beef Tax				Hiring Soldiers Tax				1782 Supply Tax				1783 Supply Tax				NOTE:
	Oakham	Title		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		The Oakham tax lists are all listed as rough drafts.
	See note on right.																			Check with DAR before using Oakham's lists.
				4				4				4	5			4
																Assessed Amount
																pounds - shillings - pence
																285   0   0
	Oxford			Raised Money to Supply Beef to the Army									(see pages 131 - 132)
	Plymouth			Contributed Money to Hire Soldiers									Contributed Money to Hire Soldiers
				(see pages 404 - 412)									(see pages 432 - 436)
	Reading	Title		1780 Beef Tax				Hiring Soldiers Tax				1782 Supply Tax				1783 Supply Tax
				1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3
				4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5	6
				7	8	9						7a	7b	8		7	8
											Assessed Amount					Assessed Amount
											pounds - shillings - pence					pounds - shillings - pence
											1052   10   0					1052   10   0
	Sharon	See Stoughtonham
	Sherburn	See Nantucket
	Stoneham	Title		1782 Supply Tax
				1	2	3
			Hiring Soldiers &					Hiring Soldiers &
			Beef Tax List 1					Beef Tax List 2				1782 Supply Tax				1783 Supply Tax
	Stoughton	Title 1	1	2	3	4		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3
		Title 2	5	6	7	8		4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5	6
			9	10	11	12		7	8	9		7	8	9		7	8	9
			13	14	15	16		10	11	12		10	11	12		10	11	12
			17	18	19	20		13	14	Title		13	14	15		13	14	15
			21	22	23	24						16	17	Title		16	17	18
			25	26	27	28										Title
			29	Title							Assessed Amount					Assessed Amount
											pounds - shillings - pence					pounds - shillings - pence
											1303   16   8					1318   6   8
			Hiring Soldiers &
			Beef Tax					1782 Supply Tax
	Stoughtonham (Sharon)	Title	1	2	3		Title	1	2	3
			4	5	6			4	5	6
			7	8	9			7	8	9
								Assessed Amount
								pounds - shillings - pence
								546  13  4
	Sudbury	See Wayland
				Clothing for the Army
	Templeton	Title		1
			March 1779 - South Ward					March 1779 - North Ward					Oct 1779 - South Ward					Oct 1779 - North Ward
			Continental Tax					Continental Tax					Continental Tax					Continental Tax
	Topsfield	Title	1	2	3			1	2	3			1	2	3			1	2	3
			4	5				4	5	6			4	5				4	5
			Contributed Money to Hire Men for Continental Army
			1	2
	Walpole			1778 Continental Tax					1778 Continental Tax							Furnished Clothing 1778
				Advanced Money to Hire Soldiers							(see pages 129 - 130)					Furnished Clothing					(see page 129)
	Waltham			Contributed Money to Hire Soldiers								(see pages 94 - 99)
	Watertown			Advanced Money for the War						(see pages 27 - 28)
															Hiring Soldiers,
			Continental Tax				Hiring Soldiers Tax					Beef Tax			Beef, & Clothing Tax
	Wayland	Title	1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3			(All Taxes are 1781.)
			4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5	6		4	5	6
			7				7	8	9		7	8			7	8	9
				1779 & 1780								1781 Tax for
				Continental Tax				1781 Beef Tax				Hiring Soldiers
	Westford	Title		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3
				4	5	6		1	2	3		4	5
				7	8	9
				10
				1782 Supply Tax					1783 Supply Tax
	Westminster			June 1782 Supply Tax					Feb 1783 Supply Tax
				Assessed Amount					Assessed Amount
				pounds - shillings - pence					pounds - shillings - pence
				645   0    0					645   0    0
				War Tax
	Weston			June 1782 North Side Only
				pages 103 - 105
			Paid Subscription for Soldiers' Bounty
	Wilbraham		1
				1779 & 1780
				Continental Tax				1780 Beef Tax				1783 Supply Tax
	Wilmington	Title		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3
				4	5	6		4
												Assessed Amount
				1	2	3						pounds - shillings - pence
												396   13   4
				4
			Oct 1780 Beef Tax					Dec 1780 Beef Tax						1782 Supply Tax				1783 Continental Tax
								(includes Second Parish)					(includes Second Parish)					(includes Second Parish)
	Woburn	Title	1	2	3	4		1	2	3	4		1	2	3	4		1	2	3	4
			5	6	7	8		5	6	7	8		5	6	7	8		5	6	7	8
								9	10	11	12		9	10	11	12		9	10	11	12
													13					13	14	15
													Assessed Amount
													pounds - shillings - pence
													1089   3   4
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