NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors of unimproved land lying in Conway, in the county of Hampshire, that their several lots are taxed in the continental taxes No. I and No. 2, and town and minister taxes, for 1782, and also for taxes granted in 1778 and 1779 to the state, town and minister.

Continental tax. Town & Min. tax.

No. lot. acres 1782 l. s. d. q. l. s. d. q.

102 150 to Nathl. Dickinson 5 7 4 x 7 4

25 100 to Sam. Dwalley - 13 10 2 6 2

116 to Nathan Frary 6 5 x x

22 to Thomas French 7 5

6 145 to John Nims 18 6 2 11 1

7 140 to Sam. Hinsdale 17 11 2 10 2

9 57 to Col. Hawks 8 x 2 1 3 3

24 65 to Major Williams 9 2 2 1 2

45 150 to William Arms 19 3 3 4 3

46 150 to Noah Baker 19 3 3 4 3

50 150 to Sam. Hinsdale 13 3

51 150 to Noah Baker 13 3

89 150 to Major Williams 1 3 3 5 x 1

91 150 to Col. Hinsdale 1 3 3 5 x 1

83 50 to J. Atherton's heirs 4 5

99 to James Oliver 1 19 9

59 to Joseph Brunson x 8 8

Non-resident land formerly belonging to Shelburne.

63 120 owned by S. Hinsdale 16 6 3 x 3

65 104 owned by E. Hinsdale 14 4 1 2 8 2

28 owned by S. Williams 2 8 2 8 2

x 3 to Nathl. Hawks 3 3 x

3 17 to Thomas Childs 2 2 4 1

5 2 to Simon Hawks 3 3 1

6 4 to T. Wells, 2d heirs 7 2 x 1

7 30 J. and S. Stebbens 3 10 7 1

8 13 to N. & O. Frary x 7 x 3

9 25 S. Dickinson's heirs 3 2 x 6

17 7 to Samuel Belding x 11 x x 3

18 7 J. Atherton's heirs 1 11 x x 3

19 57 to Sam. Dwalley 7 4 1 1 2

20 79 Capt. T. French 10 4 x 7 2

21 ?3 Sam. Allen's heirs 3 3 1

22 49 J. & S. Catling 6 5 1 2 1

23 40 to Oliver Root 4 11 10

24 5 Eben. Nim's heirs 7 2 x 2

25 5 D. & A. Child's heirs 7 2 x 2

40, 44, & 75 410 owned by Joseph Barnard 2 16 8 10 5 2

State, town and minister tax for 1778 and 1779, consolidated into silver as follows, vix.

No. lot. taxes l. s. d. q.

33 5 to Sam. Hinsdale 18? 10 2

25 6 to Sam. Dwelley 8 9 x

24 x to S. Barnard, Esq. 1 x x

22 x to Thos French x x x

30 2 to Mary Wells x 13 5

64 2 owned by Seth Catling 2 6

That if the above taxes are not paid to the subscriber, on or before the 17th day of September next, at 8. o'clock in the morning, so much of said taxes, with intervening charges--Said vendue will be held at the house of Capt. Elias Dicksinson, in said Conway, and to be continued from day to day till the whole is completed. by

ROBERT HAMILTON, Collector.
Conway, August 7, 1787.
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Hoping to realize the economic prosperity they believed would be part of victory in the Revolution, many ordinary Americans had invested in real estate for themselves and their offspring. Defaults on these sorts of parcels were common during the post-war recession, particularly in Massachusetts due to extremely heavy taxes. When real estate taxes on a piece of land were not paid, the town was allowed to advertise for potential buyers. Anyone who paid the taxes and accrued interest could take over ownership of the land. When Conway advertised unpaid real estate taxes 1787, it only advertised the land of people who did not live in town. It is likely that many homeowners were in the position of having unpaid taxes as well. Hard currency was extremely difficult to get, and unlike other states, Massachusetts insisted that taxes be paid in gold or silver.

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