American Colonial Wealth Estimates, 1774

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.

本研究成果源自一项广泛的研究项目，该项目对1774年美国殖民地革命前夕存在的各类财富进行了编目与分析。从新英格兰殖民地、中殖民地、纽约及南部地区的21个殖民地县的县级行政记录中收集了关于居住在乡村和城市环境中的919位已故者的数据。论文《财富的国度：革命前夕的美国殖民地》（参见与本研究相关的文献）全面阐述了整个项目，其中包含表格、图表、总结和结论。论文《美国殖民地财富：文献与方法》则包含了用于编码的一些文档以及919位研究对象的遗嘱文件全文列表。