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American Colonial Wealth Estimates, 1774 (ICPSR 7329)
Released/updated on: 2012-09-11
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1774-01-01--1774-12-31
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.
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Guns and Colonists, 1773-1775 [United States] (ICPSR 3573)
Released/updated on: 2008-08-27
Geographic coverage: North Carolina, United States, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, New York (state), Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina, Pennsylvania
Time period: 1773-01-01--1775-12-31
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.
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Inheritance Patterns in the United States, 1685-1980 (ICPSR 9443)
Released/updated on: 2006-01-12
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1685-01-01--1980-12-31
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.