US-RNR-ms581 Guide to the Collection of Newport, R.I. tax statements1813-1820 and undated Finding aid prepared by Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Delmage.

Redwood Library and Athenaeum
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2015 March This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2018-01-24 English Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) Finding aid revised by Michelle Farias, 2018 January. Collection of Newport, R.I. tax statements RLC.Ms.581 Redwood Library and Athenaeum
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English 0.02 linear feet 1813-1820 and undated This collection consists of tax records presented to tax collectors by various residents of Newport, RI in the years 1813-1820 and undated. Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Collection of Newport, R.I. tax statements, 1813-1820 and undated Biographical note

The majority of the records are addressed to tax assessors Stephen Gould (1781-1838), Anthony Dixon (c. 1758-1826), and Thomas Bush (1778-1846). Stephen Wanton Gould (1781-1838) was born in Newport Rhode Island to James and Hannah Gould. He married Hannah Rodman and they had one son, John Stanton Gould. Stephen was an active Quaker, and a repairer of clocks in Newport, Rhode Island. Anthony Dixon, Esq. (c. 1758-1826), of Newport, married Mary Taylor (1760-1806), daughter of Robert and Rebecca (Coggeshall) Taylor. Together they had two children, James and Mary Dixon. Thomas Bush (1778-1846) became a proprietor of the Redwood Library in 1810 with one share.

 Names Anderson, Francis Austin, Daniel Jr. Boss, John L. (John Linscom), 1780-1819 Bours, John, 1734-1815 Brinley, Edward Bush, Thomas, 1778-1846 Carr, Benjamin U. Carr, Robert R. Carr, Samuel E. Case, John P. Clark, George Clarke, Thomas Cornell, Benjamin, 1751-1837 Cozzens, Benjamin Deblois, Jane Deblois, Stephen, 1784-1853 Dennis, Jonathan, 1767-1850 Dixon, Anthony, c.1758-1826 Douglass, William Ellery, William, 1727-1820 Freebody, Sarah Freebody, William Gardner, Samuel Fowler Gould, Stephen, 1781-1838 Greene, William C. Grosman, fl.1813 Hall, Benjamin Hammett, John V. Hammett, Nathan B. Hammond, James, 1784-1866 Helms, Fancy Hudson, Thomas Lawton, Robert Lyon, Joseph Mann, John P. Martin, Simeon, 1754-1819 Moore, William Jr. Mumford, Benjamin B. Nichols, William S. Olyphant, Ann Pearce, Israel Peckham, Augustus, 1761-1844 Peckham, Joshua Perry, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Champlin) Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819 Pitman, John Potter, Robinson Read, Eleazar Read, Elizabeth Robbins, Asher, 1761-1845 Robinson, Robert Robinson, Thomas Ruggles, Benjamin Shaw, Josiah C. (Josiah Crocker), 1767-1847 Shearman, John R. Shearman, Thomas Sterne, John, 1788-1853 Sweet, Christopher A. Tenney, Caleb J. (Caleb Jewett), 1780-1847 Tew, Sarah Thurston, Thomas, 1782-1814 Tilley, William Townsend, John F. Tripp, Joseph T. Vaughan, John Webster, Nicholas Whitehorne, John G. Wilbur, Anthony Subjects Newport (R.I.)--History Taxation--Rhode Island--Newport Types of Materials Tax records ADD RIAMCO BROWSING TERM BELOW RIAMCO Browsing Term Business Newport (R.I.)--History Tax records Taxation--Rhode Island--Newport Collection information

This collection consists of tax records presented to tax assessors of Newport County by various residents of Newport, Rhode Island in the years 1813-1820, with several undated items. The majority of the records, which cover assets including real estate, merchandise, ship cargo, and debts owed, are addressed to tax assessors Stephen Gould (1781-1838), Anthony Dixon (c. 1758-1826) and Thomas Bush (1778-1846). The earliest dated items in the collection are addressed to Augustus Peckham (1761-1844), Thomas Thurston (1782-1814) and Grosman (fl. 1813). The items in the collection were numbered by past Library Staff in alphabetical order.

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Collection of Newport, R.I. tax statements, RLC.Ms.581, Redwood Library and Athenaeum.

This collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

 Administrative information

Acquisition information is unknown.

Prior to processing in June 2015, this collection was found within the Steel Cabinet Collection: Drawer 14, Folder 1. The contents of this collection were most likely numbered by Library Staff at an unknown time. The inventory created by the Library Staff is included with the collection.

 Anderson, Francis 1 / Item 1 Manuscript Box 2 undated Austin, Daniel Jr. 1 / Item 2 1818 Jul 21 Austin, Daniel Jr. 1 / Item 3 1820 Jul 29 Boss, John L. 1 / Item 4 1813 Sep 10 Bours, John 1 / Item 5 1814 Sep 5 Brinley, Edward 1 / Item 6 1815 Nov 15 Carr, Benjamin U. 1 / Item 7 1818 Carr, Benjamin U. 1 / Item 8 1819 Jun 23 Carr, Robert R. 1 / Item 9 1819 Carr, Samuel E. 1 / Item 10 1818 Jun 31 Carr, Samuel E. 1 / Item 11 1818 Jul 20 Carr, Samuel E. 1 / Item 12 undated Case, John P. 1 / Item 13 1820 Aug 1 Clark, George 1 / Item 14 1820 Jul 28 Clarke, Thomas 1 / Item 15 1818 Jul 28 Cornell, Benjamin 1 / Item 16 1813 Cornell, Benjamin 1 / Item 17 1814 Sep 18 Cornell, Benjamin 1 / Item 18 1818 Jul 18 Cornell, Benjamin 1 / Item 19 1819 Jun 29 Cornell, Benjamin 1 / Item 20 1820 Jul 28 Cozzens, Benjamin 1 / Item 21 1813 Sep 3 Cozzens, Benjamin 1 / Item 22 1814 Sep 5 Deblois, Stephen 1 / Item 23 1814 Sep 3 Deblois, Stephen, written for his mother, Jane Deblois 1 / Item 24 1815 Nov 27 Dennis, Jonathan 1 / Item 25 1817 Nov 10 Douglass, William 1 / Item 26 1814 Sep 9 Douglass, William 1 / Item 27 1816 Oct 28 Douglass, William 1 / Item 28 1820 May 20 Ellery, William 1 / Item 29 1817 Oct 13 Freebody, Sarah 1 / Item 30 undated Freebody, William 1 / Item 31 1814 Sep 7 Gardner, Samuel Fowler 1 / Item 32 1814 Sep 13 Gardner, Samuel Fowler 1 / Item 33 1818 Aug 17 Greene, William C. 1 / Item 34 1820 Jul 24 Hall, Benjamin 1 / Item 35 1816 Oct 30 Hammett, John V. 1 / Item 36 1818 Jul 28 Hammett, Nathan B. 1 / Item 37 1818 Hammond, James 1 / Item 38 1819 Jul 8 Helms, Fancy 1 / Item 39 undated Hudson, Thomas 1 / Item 40 1820 Jul 12 Lawton, Robert 1 / Item 41 undated Lyon, Joseph 1 / Item 42 undated Mann, John P. 1 / Item 43 1820 Aug 8 Martin, Simeon 1 / Item 44 1818 Jul 21 Moore, William Jr. 1 / Item 45 1813 Oct 26 Mumford, Benjamin B. 2 / Item 46 1816 Nov 1 Mumford, Benjamin B. 2 / Item 47 1818 Jul 16 Mumford, Benjamin B. 2 / Item 48 1820 Jul 22 Nichols, William S. 2 / Item 49 1819 Jun 28 Olyphant, Ann 2 / Item 50 1820 Jul 27 Pearce, Israel 2 / Item 51 1814 Sep 15 Peckham, Joshua 2 / Item 52 1817 Oct 11 Perry, Mrs. Oliver Hazard [item not present] 2 / Item 53 1816 Pitman, John 2 / Item 54 1820 Jul 21 Potter, Robinson 2 / Item 55 1814 Sep 4 Read, Eleazar 2 / Item 56 1813 Sep 6 Read, Elizabeth 2 / Item 57 1820 Jul 31 Robbins, Asher 2 / Item 58 1815 Dec 6 Robbins, Asher 2 / Item 59 1820 Jul 25 Robinson, Robert 2 / Item 60 1814 Sep 17 Robinson, Robert 2 / Item 61 1816 Nov 27 Robinson, Thomas 2 / Item 62 1814 Ruggles, Benjamin 2 / Item 63 1814 Sep 2 Shaw, Josiah C. 2 / Item 64 1815 Dec 9 Shaw, Josiah C. 2 / Item 65 1818 Aug 17 Shearman, John R. 2 / Item 66 1814 Sep 10 Shearman, John R. 2 / Item 67 1816 Oct 25 Shearman, John R. 2 / Item 68 1817 Sep 15 Shearman, John R. 2 / Item 69 1818 Jul 18 Shearman, John R. 2 / Item 70 1818 Nov 24 Shearman, John R. 2 / Item 71 1820 Jul 20 Shearman, Thomas 2 / Item 72 1818 Jul 17 Sterne, John 2 / Item 73 1818 Jul 21 Sweet, Christopher A. 2 / Item 74 1818 Jul 15 Tayer, Edward 2 / Item 75 1818 Aug 18 Tenney, Caleb J. 2 / Item 76 1813 Sep 13 Tew, Sarah 2 / Item 77 1814 Tilley, William 2 / Item 78 1815 Townsend, John F. 2 / Item 79 1815 Dec 4 Tripp, Joseph T. 2 / Item 80 1820 Jul 28 Vaughan, John 2 / Item 81 1818 Jul 17 Webster, Nicholas 2 / Item 82 1814 Whitehorne, John G. 2 / Item 83 undated Wilbur, Anthony 2 / Item 84 1814 Sep 12 Wilbur, Anthony 2 / Item 85 1820 Aug 8