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Cumberland Town Records Collection
Collected records, 1780-1870 Size: 0.25 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 194 Processed by: Rick Stattler, September 1997 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
The town of Cumberland was annexed to Rhode Island from Massachusetts in 1747. In 1867, the most heavily industrialized section of town was set off as the town of Woonsocket.
Provenance:
The 1870 tax assessment was donated by Allen Cooke in 1997. The incidental bills file was purchased from Steven Gross in 1999. The provenance of the other items is unknown.
Inventory:
Folder 1. List of freemen voting in the election, April 19, 1780
Folder 2. Instructions to town deputies re act to prevent sheep from roaming free, April 16, 1788
Folder 3. Tax list, 1822 (3 volumes)
Folder 4. Tax list, 1823 (2 volumes)
Folder 5. Tax list, school district 31, 1870
Folder 6. Incidental bills, May to August 1910
Folder 7. Incidental bills, September to December 1910
Folder 8. Incidental bills, January to April 1911
Subjects:
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