The Confiscation of John Chandler's Estate

xiii, 296 pp. 8vo. John Chandler was sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts, a judge of probate, and a member of the state House of Representatives. This work details the confiscation of his estate during the 1780s under one of many legal seizures of loyalist and absentee property made possible under newly passed laws. Included is a calendar of papers relating to the estate, an account of the life and career of John Chandler, a description of the pertinent legislation, the value of the estate, the papers of the probate files analyzed, the court records and the archives, and the London transcripts, along with several useful appendices.