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Dr. William and Eleanor Porter Tax Records and Accounts, 1800-1809Finding AidFinding aid prepared by Linda Seidman.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2002
Administrative InformationAcquired from Donald Howe, 1960. Processed by Linda Seidman, 1985. Preferred CitationCite as: William and Eleanor Porter Tax Records and Accounts (MS 91). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. The collection is open for research. Return to the Table of Contents Biographical NoteGreenwich was among the Western Massachusetts towns abolished in 1938 to allow the Swift River Valley to be flooded, thereby creating the Quabbin Reservoir to provide Boston with water. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe collection includes demands and receipts (1804-1809) for taxes (parish, highway, town, county, and state) on various tracts of land in Greenwich, Massachusetts owned by Dr. William and Eleanor Porter, as well as three items (1800-1808) regarding the settling of accounts with local individuals (Ichabod Trandell [Grandall?], James Mills, and Isaac Hunter) and an agreement (1807?) to sell pasture land to Captain West of Greenwich. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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