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Burrillville Town Records Collection Records, 1822-1868 Size: 0.25 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 189 Processed by: Rick Stattler, August 1999 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
The town of Burrillville, in Rhode Island's northwest corner, was set off from Glocester in 1806. It was named for James Burrill Jr., who was at the time the state's Attorney General.
Provenance:
The 1860s school ledger was purchased from James Tyson in 1967. The 1827 school bill was purchased from old News of North Kingstown in 1999. The provenance of the 1822 and 1823 tax records is unknown, but they probably arrived with similar records from many other towns that are also dated 1822 and 1823.
Inventory:
Folder 1. Tax list, September 27, 1822
Folder 2. Tax list, September 7, 1823
Folder 3. Tax valuation list, September 29, 1823
Folder 4. Tax certifications, October 1823
Folder 5. School bill for Pascoag District, February 26, 1827. Lists names of fathers and number of weeks of schooling for each family. Kept by teachers Adalina M. Bartlett, Phebe M. McMaster and Rachel Steere.
Folder 6. Record book for school district 15, May 1863 to October 1868. Lists all students with ages and daily attendance.
Subjects:
Burrillville, R.I. - Schools
Burrillville, R.I. - Tax records
McMaster, Phebe M.
Pascoag School District (Burrillville, R.I.)
Schools - Rhode Island - Burrillville
Steere, Rachel
Taxation - Lists - Rhode Island - Burrillville
Vital statistics - Rhode Island - Burrillville
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