Documents Relating to the Town of New Ipswich, NH, 1783-1813
The Administration of a Small New Hampshire Town, 1783-1815 [Manuscript Archive]. [New Hampshire]. [Documents Relating to the Town of New Ipswich, 1783-1813]. New Ipswich, NH, 1783-1813. 18, 12, 16, 6, 8, 14, 18 pp. 7 stab-stitched manuscript volumes, 1 is 6-1/4" x 4" (15.8 x 10.2 cm), 1 is 12-1/2" x 8" (31.75 x 20.3 cm), 1 is 14" x 12-1/2" (35.6 x 31.75 cm) and 4 are 7-1/4" x 6-1/2" (18.4 x 16.5 cm). Manuscript in ink to most rectos and versos. Moderate browning, somewhat lighter in places, foxing, some leaves have dampstaining, tears or chips, with loss of text in a few cases. An evocative and intact survival of early American municipal record-keeping. $850. * Situated on the Massachusetts border approximately forty miles north of Worcester, New Ipswich was a quintessential early New England farming community undergoing significant growth during the post-Revolutionary era. This archive provides a granular, unvarnished look into the daily mechanics of local governance during the critical formative decades of the Early Republic. The seven volumes contain detailed accounts essential to the survival and infrastructure of the town, including tax assessment rolls, records of levies collected from specific residents, and detailed municipal expenditures. Notable entries document payments disbursed to selectmen, constables, and laborers for local building expenses and highway maintenance. As a cohesive gathering of primary source material, this archive offers rich research potential for historians studying early American civic duty, localized economic structures, and the granular logistics of small-town New England administration.
Price: $850.00
Book number 65979