nmm 22 4500 ICPSR07329 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130520s1984 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR07329 MiAaI MiAaI American Colonial Wealth Estimates, 1774 [electronic resource] Alice Hanson Jones 2012-09-11 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1984 ICPSR 7329 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-20. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. This study was the outcome of an extensive research project that cataloged and analyzed the various types of wealth that existed in the American colonies in 1774, just before the Revolution. Data about 919 decedents having resided in 21 colonial counties in both rural and urban settings were collected from county probate records in the New England colonies, the Middle Colonies, New York, and the South. WEALTH OF A NATION TO BE: THE AMERICAN COLONIES ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION (see Related Literature associated with this study) discusses the entire project, providing tables, graphs, summaries, and conclusions. AMERICAN COLONIAL WEALTH, DOCUMENTS AND METHODS includes some documentation for the codes used as well as the verbatim listings of the probate files of the 919 persons studied. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07329.v2 agricultural productivity icpsr American Colonies icpsr eighteenth century icpsr historical periods icpsr land ownership icpsr personal wealth icpsr wills icpsr ICPSR IV.C. Economic Behavior and Attitudes, Historical and Contemporary Economic Processes and Indicators Jones, Alice Hanson Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 7329 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07329.v2 nmm 22 4500 ICPSR03573 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130520s2008 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR03573 MiAaI MiAaI Guns and Colonists, 1773-1775 [United States] [electronic resource] James Oberly , Benjamin Tausig 2008-08-27 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2008 ICPSR 3573 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-20. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. This data collection is a supplement to the study AMERICAN COLONIAL WEALTH ESTIMATES, 1774 (ICPSR 7329). It contains data on the the number, types and values of firearms and blade-edge weapons, and the number of servants and slaves, owned by 919 decedents having resided in 21 colonial counties. Demographic information includes age of decedents and the date the probate inventory was taken. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03573.v1 American Colonies icpsr eighteenth century icpsr firearms icpsr historical data icpsr history icpsr indentured servants icpsr personal wealth icpsr slaves icpsr weapons icpsr wills icpsr ICPSR IV.C. Economic Behavior and Attitudes, Historical and Contemporary Economic Processes and Indicators Oberly, James Tausig, Benjamin Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 3573 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03573.v1 nmm 22 4500 ICPSR09443 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130520s1990 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR09443 MiAaI MiAaI Inheritance Patterns in the United States, 1685-1980 [electronic resource] Carole Shammas 2006-01-12 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1990 ICPSR 9443 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-20. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. This data collection was designed to study changes in American inheritance patterns over three centuries. Major areas of investigation include equality of treatment among children, legacies to sons versus daughters, estate planning strategies, treatment of spouse in will, women's testamentary power, charitable bequests, bequests to extended kin and non-kin, legacies of chattel, realty, and financial assets, and the naming of executors and guardians. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09443.v1 eighteenth century icpsr estate planning icpsr financial assets icpsr historical data icpsr inheritance icpsr legacies icpsr nineteenth century icpsr seventeenth century icpsr twentieth century icpsr wills icpsr ICPSR XVI.A. Social Indicators, United States NACDA III. Economic Characteristics of Older Adults Shammas, Carole Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 9443 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09443.v1