Sundry extracts on the subject of the taxation of College &c., ca. 1798-1801

Notebook with brown paper cover containing handwritten extracts from the charters and related legislation of New England academic, charitable, and commercial institutions regarding their ability to hold real estate and related tax exemptions. Most of the listed documents are dated in the 1780s and 1790s. The notebook also contains extracts from "Argument in the case of Poor's rate, charged on the College of Christ & Emmanuel in the University of Cambridge 1768." The item title is transcribed from a handwritten inscription on the back cover.

No. 5 Copy of Treasurer's Account of Rents &c, [1799]

Two folio-sized leaves containing a one-page handwritten list of the "Accounts of Houses in Cambridge belonging to the College" with purchase dates between 1790 and 1795, sale prices, and rent amounts, and a list of repair amounts. The statements are attested by Ebenezer Storer, the College Treasurer.

8. Statement of Facts &c, [1799]

One folio-sized leaf containing a handwritten statement of accounting figures titled "Statement of Facts and Modern Estimates: Monies annually paid by or in behalf of the University in Cambridge."