Early Tax Lists in office of Town Clerk: 1680, 1686, 1687, and 1701 tax lists
exist in the records of the Town Clerk.
| Year |
File Box |
Description |
Content |
| 1714 |
Box 1 |
26 pgs., fragile, faded,
31.3 x 9.8 cm.
Self cover. |
Alphabetical list itemizes
holdings of individuals and gives total for list. |
| 1728 |
Box 1 |
36 pgs., 33 x l0.8
cm. No cover. |
Four pgs. itemize property
of a few people. 23 pgs. individual totals, incl. addendum. |
| ca. 1723–1729 |
Box 1 |
Date uncertain. Poor
condition.
10 pgs. remain of original. 30.5 x 9.8 cm. |
Individual totals;
1 pg. summary. |
| ca. 1734 or
1736 |
Box 1 |
Date uncertain. Cover
badly damaged. 20 pgs., 31 x 9.5 cm. |
13 pgs, individ, totals. |
| 1735 |
Box 2 |
Restored and rebound.
Orig. cover missing. 32 pgs., 31.4 x 10.2 cm. |
11 pgs. of individual
totals; two pages memo of payments made in kind to schoolmaster, receipted
by Robt. Arnold; two pages unclear notes; four pages apparently detailed
lists for following year 1736. Blue box size 34 x 11.4 cm. |
| 1736 or 1730 |
Box 2 |
Restored and rebound.
30 pgs., stained, 31.4 x 10.2 cm. |
13 pgs, of individual
totals. Blue box 33.7 x 11.4 cm. |
| 1737 |
Box 1 |
Very poor condition.
20 pgs., stained, edges broken away. 32 x 10.8 cm. |
13 pgs. individual
listings. Other pages full of notes. |
| 1738 |
Box 1 |
Self
cover, “Stamford
List for Aug. 1738.” 32 pgs., corners frayed, 16.2 x 10.3 cm. |
27
pgs. individual totals. [See also typed transcripts in vertical file; they include 1
pg. for “heads and mills,” unidentified assessments, 1 pg. of four-folds,
and 1 pg. of additions and deductions.] |
| 1739 |
Box 3 |
Restored and rebound.
24 pgs., stained, 18.7 x 15.2 cm. |
Original
title pg. incl. summary figure & scribbled notes, followed by 21
pgs. of individual totals. Blue box 21.3 x 17.1 cm. |
| 1744 |
Box 1 |
32 pgs., 16.5 x 10.8
cm. No cover. |
30 pgs. of individual
totals as of Oct. 1744. |
| 1754 |
Box 3 |
Restored and rebound.
22 pgs., stained, 18.4 x 15.2 cm. |
21 pgs. individual
totals. Certification by 8 listers. Blue box 21 x 16.8 cm. |
| 1760 |
Box 3 |
Title “1760.” 32
pgs., 15 x 9.5 cm. Self covers. |
27 pgs. individual
totals. One pg. Cert. by 1 lister. Balance blank. |
| 1765 |
Box 3 |
“Stamford List for
1765.” Restored and rebound. 48 pgs., stained, 15.9 x 10.2 cm. |
Title. 29 pgs. individual
totals, 7 pgs. of additions, deductions and assessments. Three pages list
17 men four-folded for discrepancies in their declarations. One page allocates
totals to three school societies: Old Society, Canaan and Stanwich. Box
18.1 x 11.7 cm. |
| 1766 |
Box 3 |
“Stamford List for
1766.” Restored and rebound. 40 pgs., 1549 x 9.8 cm. |
Title. 31 pgs. individual
totals. Cert. by 4 listers dated Jan. 10, 1767. Three pages list 12 four-
folds. Box 18.1 x 11.4 cm. |
| 1769 |
Box 1 |
“Stamford Town List
for A.D. 1769.” 36 pgs. 19 x 13 cm. Self cover. |
31 pgs. individual
totals. One pg. cert. by six listers. Balance blank. Back cover badly damaged. |
| 1771 |
Box 1 |
48 pgs., 16.5 x 10.2
cm. No cover, back page torn away. |
34 pgs. individual
totals, four-folders included. Certification by 7 listers, all leading men
in town. |
| 1773 |
Box 1 |
Date missing. Covers
missing. 32 pgs., 16.5 x 11 cm. |
Contents: 26 pgs. individual
totals. |
| 1774 |
Box 1 |
“Stamford List for
the Year A.D. 1774.” 44 pgs., 16.5 x 10.2 cm. Self cover. |
30 pgs. individual
totals incl. four-folds. One pg. certification by 7 listers. Balance blank.
Back cover missing. |
| 1775 |
Box 1 |
Transcript
stored in Inventoried Collection, IC102
“Stamford List for 1775.” |
Inside cover summarizes
four-folds. 32 pgs. individual totals with four-folds, where they exist,
itemized. Cert. by 5 listers. |
| 1777 |
Box 1 |
“Stamford List Augt
20, 1777.” 40 pgs., 16.2 x 10.2 cm. Self cover. |
Inside
cover lists four-folds. 32 pgs. individual totals. Two pages additions & abatements
made after lists were sent to Hartford in January, 1778. Cert. by 6 listers. |
| 1778 |
Box 1 |
“Stamford List 1778.” 76
pgs. 16 x 10 cm. Self cover. |
43 pgs. individual
totals. Cert. by 4 listers. Balance blank. |
| 1779 |
Box 1 |
Transcript
stored in Inventoried Collection, IC102, 38 pgs.
Title: “Stamford
List Augst 20th, 1779.” |
31 pgs. individual
totals. No details. Cert. by 5 listers. |
| 1780 |
Box 1 |
Transcript
stored in Inventoried Collection, IC102, 32 pgs.
Title: “Stamford
List Augst 20, 1780.” |
29 pgs. individual
totals. No details. No cert. |
| 1781 |
Box 4 |
48 pgs., 33.7 x 21.6
cm. Gray paper covers. |
18
spreads now itemizing taxpayer properties, including a column for polls
(adults @ £ 18),
one for assessments of lawyers, one for assessments of tradesmen, artificers,
physicians, surgeons, taverns, etc. Three pages of additions and deductions.
Two pages of four-folds, mostly for polls, smokes, and watches undeclared.
Two disparate summaries by type of property as of Aug.20, 1781, one preliminary,
other cert. by 5 listers. |
| 1782 |
Box 4 |
40 pgs., 33.7 x 21.6
cm. No cover. |
18 spreads itemized.
One page list of four-folds. Unbound: two pgs. of additions after list was
sent to Hartford Oct.2, 1782; one page summary. |
| 1784 |
Box 4 |
“Stamford List Book
1784.” 48 pgs. plus 4 pgs heavy paper covers. 34.5 x 21.75 cm. |
21
spreads itemized. Three pgs. additions & corrections. Any summary
lists that existed have been cut out. |
| 1785–1786 |
Box 5 |
Two books
stitched into one cover made by pasting up pages from The New Haven Gazette
dated May 5 and May 26, 1785 |
| |
1785 |
“Stamford List Augst 1785.” 48
pgs., 32.4 x 20.3 cm. |
22 spreads itemized.
Loose 4-pg. insert summarizes property by type and lists assessments by
name and trade. Does not list school societies. |
| |
1786 |
Transcript
stored in Inventoried Collection, IC102,
46 pgs.,
33.3 x 20.6 cm
Title: “Stamford List 1786.” |
21 spreads itemized
incl. four-folds and additions. One page summary by type of property. One
page assessments by name and trade. One page untitled list. |
| 1787 |
Box 4 |
“Stamford Lists for
the year 1787.” Approx. 48 pgs. 36.2 x 21.9 cm. No cover. |
22 spreads itemized.
Columns added for abatements for sheep, and for assessments not identified
as to trade. |
| 1788 |
Box 4 |
“Stamford List 1788.” 60
pgs. 31.1 x 19.7 cm. |
22 spreads itemized.
One page additions after list sent to New Haven (sic) 1788. One page summary,
Aug. 20, 1788. One page of assessments by name and trade. |
| 1789 |
Box 4 |
“Stamford 1789.” 56
pgs., 32.4 x 20.6 cm. Deeply embossed paper covers. |
21 spreads itemized.
One spread of additions sent May 1790. One page summary. One page of assessments
by name and trade. |
| 1790–1791 |
Box 5 |
Two
books bound into one tan cardboard cover 33 x 21.3 cm. |
| |
1790 |
“Stamford
List for Augt 20th, 1790.” 52 pgs. |
22 spreads itemized.
One page summary signed by 5 listers. One page of assessments by name and
trade. One page additions and deductions. Also one page additions and deductions
after the list was sent to New Haven. |
| |
1791 |
“Stamford List August 20th, 1795.” 56
pgs |
Title
21 spreads itemized. One page summary by type of property. One page of
assessments, names &
amounts. Two pages additions & deductions made after list sent to General
Assembly in October. Certification Feb. 6, 1792 signed by 5 listers. |
| 1792–1793 |
Box 5 |
Two
books bound in one tan cardboard cover 33 x 20.6 cm. |
| |
1792 |
“Stamford List August 20, 1792.” 48
pgs. |
21 spreads itemized.
Column now shows five school societies. One page summary by type of property.
One page of assessments. Certification by 7 listers. |
| |
1793 |
“Stamford List August 20, 1793.” 48
pgs. |
23 spreads itemized.
One page summary by type of property. One page assessments. Certification
by seven listers. |
| 1794–1795 |
Box 5 |
Two books bound into one cardboard cover. |
| |
1794 |
“Stamford, August List 1794.” 60
pgs. |
25 spreads itemized.
A column for abatements has been added. One page summary by type of property.
Certification Jan. 26, 1795 by six listers. |
| |
1795 |
“Stamford, August List for 1795.” 60
pgs. |
24 spreads itemized.
One page summary by type of property. One page assessments by name and type.
Certification by six listers. |
| 1796–1797 |
Box 5 |
Two
books bound in one cardboard cover. 33.3 x 20.6 cm. |
| |
1796 |
“Stamford List 1796.” 70
pgs. |
30 spreads itemized.
One page summary by type of property. One page detailed assessments. |
| |
1797 |
“Stamford List Aug't 20th, 1797.” 74
pgs. |
25 spreads itemized.
One page summary by type of property. One page school breakdown. One page
of additions April 30, 1798. One page of assessments. Certified 7 listers. |
| 1798–1799 |
Box 6 |
Two
books bound into one cardboard cover. 32 x 19.7 cm. |
| |
1798 |
“Stamford
List for Aug't 20th, 1798.” 72 pgs., 32 x 19.1 cm. |
28 spreads itemized.
8 pgs. additions after list sent to New Haven Oct. 1798. One page summary
by type of property. Two pages assessments. Cert. by 7 listers. One page
summary of additions cert. by 5 listers. One page breakdown for five school
districts, cert. by 5 listers. |
| |
1799 |
“August List 1799” 64
pgs., 32.4 x 20.3 cm. |
Title “August List
1799” with certification by six listers. 27 spreads itemized. Four pages
additions. One page summary by type of property. One page summarizing additions
and giving breakdown by school societies. Two pages of later additions. |
| 1800 |
Box 6 |
“Stamford List for
1800.” 64-pg. book plus 8-pg. and 4-pg. loose inserts, in gray cardboard
cover 34.9 x 21.3 cm. |
Title.
28 spreads itemized. Cert. by 6 listers. One page summary Aug. 20. One
page summary of post-October
additions, breakdown for school societies, and cert. of men in uniform.
Inserts: (a) Title “Stamford Additions on List 1800.” Six pages itemized
lists. One page abatements. (b) Two pages additions. |
| 1801 |
Box 6 |
Restored
and rebound. 74 pgs., 32.5 x 20.3 cm., in new gray paper cover (orig.
cover brown paper, “List Book 1801 - Adjourn to Jan. 29, 1802”). |
25
spreads itemized. Six pages additions. One page summary “Aug. 20, 1801 List.” One
page additions plus breakdown for four school societies (Canaan now omitted.)
Cert. by
five listers. (Note: the paper is finer, smoother, lighter.) Box 34.8 x
21.9 cm. |
| 1802 |
Box 6 |
Orig.
rough gray paper cover, 32.7 x 20.32 cm. titled: “List Book Aug. 20th 1802.” 56
pgs., 32.1 x 19.4 cm. |
25 spreads itemized,
plus four persons four-folded. One page summary Aug. 20. One page summary
of additions, plus school breakdown. Certification by six listers. |
| 1803 |
Box 7 |
Restored
and rebound. Orig. tan paperboard covers titled “Stamford List 1803.” Book
60 pgs., 33.7 x 20.6 cm., heavy wm'd paper re-sewn in gray paper cover. |
23 spreads itemized.
Two pages additions and four-folds. One page October summary including abatements.
One page of later additions, plus breakdowns by school. Certification by
four listers. |
| 1804 |
Box 7 |
Restored
and rebound. Orig. tan paperboard cover titled “Stamford List 1804.” 80
pgs., 30.5 x 18.4 cm., fine wm'd paper, resewn in gray paper cover. |
22 spreads itemized.
Four pages additions. One page October summary. One page summary of additions,
plus school breakdown. Four pages of minutes of listers' meetings and notes
regarding discrepancies. Back page has certification, one signature visible.
Blue box 36.2 x 22.9 cm. |
| 1805 |
Box 8 |
76
pgs., tan cover of rough paper titled “List Book 1805,” 32.1 x 21 cm. |
32 spreads itemized.
Table has columns for assessments, sheep, soldiers, abatements, and school
districts. One page lists stores and carriages. One page summary 20th Aug.
1805 by type of property. One page summary of additions, corrections and
final totals October, 1805. One page breakdown for four school districts.
Certification by six listers. |
| 1806 |
Box 8 |
78
pgs., 33 x 20.3 cm., in remnants of tan cover mounted on paperboard.
Cover: “List Book 1806,” also many random notations. |
Title page. 36 spreads
itemized. Two pages of four-folds. One page of stores and carriages. One
page summary Aug. 20, 1806. One page additions and abatements, One page
school society breakdown. Cert. by six listers. |
| 1807 |
Box 8 |
“Stamford List Aug.
20, 1807.” 78 pgs., 32.4 x 20.6 cm., cover missing. |
Title
page. 30 spreads itemized. Six pages additions. Two pages four-folds
and more additions.
Two pages summaries. One page school breakdown plus cert. by six listerse
One page assessments. One page carriages. Last page notes and doodles.
Separate
4-page insert is worksheet. Separate note: “Examined, stamped and dismissed
by Select Men Nov'r 1809.” |
| 1808 |
Box 8 |
“Stamford List for
August 1808.” 76 pgs., tan paperboard cover, 31.8 x 20.6 cm. |
Cover & title
page. 34 spreads itemized, with list of four-folds. Two pages assessments
and
carriages. One page summary incl. abatements. One page school breakdown.
Cert. by seven listers. |
| 1809 |
Box 9 |
“Stamford List 1809,” 84
pgs., gray paper cover 33 x 21.6 cm. |
36 spreads itemized.
One page summary Aug. 20, 1809. One page school breakdown. Three pages assessments
and carriages. Cert. by seven listers. |
| 1810 |
Box 8 |
82 pgs., gray paper
covers, 33 x 21.6 cm. |
36 spreads itemized,
incl. additions and four-folds. Two pages summary. One page school societies.
Two pages of assessments and carriages. One page certification by six listers.
Sheep, soldiers, abatements still in list. |
| 1811 |
Box 9 |
Restored & rebound.
84 pgs., 32.4 x 20.3 cm. New cover rough gray paper. Orig. tan paperboard
cover titled “Stamford List 1811.” |
36 spreads itemized
incl. 6 four-folds. One page summary by type of property. One page school
breakdown. Two pages assessments. One page carriages. Cert. by six listers.
Navy box 34.9 x 22.2 cm. |
| 1812 |
Box 9 |
Restored.
84 pgs., 32.4 x 20 cm. Tan and gray paper cover titled “Stamford List
1812.” |
35 spreads itemized.
Two pages Of four-folds. One page summary, One page school breakdown. Two
pages of assessments. One page carriages. Navy box. |
| 1813 |
Box 10 |
82
pgs., 33 x 20.3 cm, in tan covers made by pasting up two sheets of an
1810 ship's log. Title: “Joshua Morehouse Cyphering Book. 1813 Book.” |
34
spreads itemized. Two pages four- folds. One page summary. One page school
breakdown. Two
pages “Assessments of mechanics, physicians, attorneys, mills, etc. August
List 1813.” One page carriages. Six listers. |
| 1814 |
Box 10 |
Restored & rebound.
80 pgs., 33 x 20.3 cm., in new gray paper cover. Orig. cover marble paper. |
26 spreads itemized.
Two pages of four-folds. One page summary. One page school societies. One
page carriages. Two pages assessments. Cert. by 7 listers. Fitted in navy
box 32.4 x 21.6 cm. |
| 1815 |
Box 10 |
Restored and rebound.
84 pgs., 32.1 x 20.3 cm., in new gray paper cover. Orig. cover missing. |
32 spreads itemized.
Two pages four-folds. One page carriages. Two pages assessments. Cert. by
six listers. One page summary. One page schools. Fitted in navy box 34.3
x 21.6 cm. |
| 1816 |
Box 11 |
Restored and rebound.
82 pgs., 33 x 20.3 cm., in new gray paper cover. Orig. cover marble paper. |
31 spreads itemized.
Two pages four-folds. One page carriages. Two pages assessments (mechanics,
attorneys, physicians, mills, weavers, taylors, etc.) One page summary.
One page school breakdown. Cert. by six listers. Navy box 35.2 x 21.9 cm. |
| 1817 |
Box 11 |
Restored and rebound.
82 pgs., 32.1 x 20 cm., in new gray hand-made paper cover. Orig. cover marble
paper. |
Note from Town Clerk
1819, and letter from State Comptroller to Town Clerk 1820 affixed to blank
pages. 31 spreads itemized. One page carriages. Two pages assessments. One
page summary. One page school breakdown and abatements. Cert. by 7 listers.
One page of notes. Fitted in blue box 34.6 x 21.6 cm. |
| 1818 |
Box 12 |
Restored
and rebound. 90 pgs., 32.4 x 20.3 cm., in new hand made paper cover.
Orig. cover, marble
paper, titled “August List 1818.” |
32 spreads itemized.
Two pages of four- folds. One page carriages. Two pages assessments. One
page school breakdown. One page of notes apparently re additions. Fitted
in navy box 34.3 x 22.2 cm. |
| 1819 |
Box 12 |
Restored
and rebound. 94 pgs., 33 x 20.3 cm., in new hand-made paper cover. Orig.
cover tan paperboard
titled “Assessment on August list 1819.” |
31
spreads itemized.
Two pages list property of ministers. Two pages assessments. Two pages
list
non-residents houses & land. One page breakdown for school societies;
also shows soldiers' abatements. One page summary. One page computation
of ministers' and non-residents' assessments. Cert. by four listers. One
page notes. Fitted in navy box 36.8 x 24.1 cm. |
