15 September 1936

Dillon, Jessew, fl. 1936

Printed document signed

Title: Certificate Showing No Inheritance Tax Assessable.

Document certifying that no inheritance tax is assessable on the estate of James Henry Harvey of Prince Edward County, Virginia, who died May 31, 1936. It is from the Department of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Virginia and signed by Jessew Dillon, Supervisor of Inheritance Taxes. On the back is printed the procedure if no tax is due according to Tax Code of Virginia, Section 108.

GLC09587.378

2 November 1936

Farmville Corporation

Printed document

Title: Rev. J. H. Harvey, Est. City

Document detailing the Prince Edward County taxes due on the estate of Rev. J. H. Harvey. It details the taxes due on Harvey's tangible persons/property, machinery and tools, merchants' capital, and real estate. The total local levies due is $31.90. The number 3 is written in pencil and circled near the top of the page. The document has been stamped with the date and the word "PAID".

GLC09587.379

2 November 1936

Printed document

Title: Receipt for Taxes No. 899

Document detailing the value of the property of J. H. Harvey and the taxes due to the town of Farmville, Virginia on that property The taxes amount to $25.30. The document is stamped with the date and the words "Town of Farmville, Va. PAID" and the number 4 is written in pencil near the top of the document and circled.

GLC09587.380

5 December 1936

Farmville Corporation

Printed document

Title: Rev. J. H. Harvey, Est. City

Document detailing the Prince Edward County taxes due on the estate of Rev. J. H. Harvey. It details the amount Harvey owes in State Capitation Taxes, taxes on Bonds Notices and Other Evidences of Debt, Money, and Capital Not Otherwise Taxed. The total local levies due is $12.20. The number 6 is written in pencil and circled near the top of the page. The document has been stamped with the date and the word "PAID".

GLC09587.381

5 December 1936

Griffin, H. E., fl. 1936

Printed document

Title: Commonwealth of Virginia Francisco District

Document detailing the State taxes and local levies due on the estate of Rev. J. H. Harvey. The total amount due is $11.39. The number 5 is written in pencil and circled near the top of the page. The document has been stamped with "H.E. Griffin, Tres. Buckingham County" and "PAID".

GLC09587.382

1 March 1944

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone

Addressed to "Dad + Bee." He left the hospital to go to the club, which was great for him. He asks his father if his office could take care of Bob's income tax report and lists his income from the army. "It would be swell if they'd handle it for me." The letter is dated "Wednesday." "Letters in a Box," notes the letter was sent on March 1, 1944.

GLC09620.083

1976-1994

Milk, Harvey, 1930-1978

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Harvey Milk political materials][Decimalized .01-.14]

Collection of 14 items dated 1976 to 1994 related to poltician Harvey Milk. Consists of materials related to his campaign while running for offices of supervisor and assemblyman in San Francisco. Items contains slogans and campaign platforms. Also in the collection are printed materials created follwing his and George Moscone's assassination such as a book of poetry and pamphlet on the ruling against Dan White.

GLC09871

4 July 1863

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 40 (July 4, 1863)]

New tax bill; act to establish Confederate flag; exchange order of Confederate soldiers; report of the recapture of Plaquemine, Brashear City; notice from Confederate postmaster general, in French and English. Gray and white swirl pattern outlined in blue dots.

GLC06208.17

February 5, 1863

Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918

Autograph letter signed

Title: To his wife

Continued February 6. With small greeting card. Worries about family succumbing to scarlet fever, commenting on his patriotism: "...I am not the only one in these digins whose patriotism has cooled down so that we can look at the matter as it stands, and count the cost also. And as I count it[,] it has cost now in treasure more than I would give for the whole south, to say nothing of the blood and misery. Now in all reason isnt it better to let that go and be lost rather than spend twice or three times as much more and then not be any better off but just the cost out, and be the worse…

GLC04558.066

circa 1789

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Wilson

GLC01794.44

February 15, 1822

Holmes, Abraham, 1754-1839

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Discusses the bankruptcy bill, which Holmes opposes. Also discusses a proposed amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution limiting the number of senators from each locale, as well as pending state taxation and election bills, and an amendment to the pauper law.

GLC06313.04.154

1 April 1822

Pleasonton, Stephen, ?-1855

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Forwards a letter (not included) he wrote "to Mr. Peirce in answer to the enquiry contained in his letter referred to me by you." Asks Hobart to send it to Peirce after he has read it. Written from the Treasury Department in Pleasonton's capacity as Auditor and Acting Commissioner of Revenues.

GLC06313.04.181

9 March 1822

Ritchie, William, 1781-1842

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Asks about the "probable fate" of a bill "to prohibit the importation of foreign Spirits," as he is soon expecting a shipment of rum whose value would be affected by the law. Complains about the already high duties on rum.

GLC06313.04.167

1861-1865

McSherry, Anna, 1833-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry F. McSherry [incomplete]

Written by Anna to her brother Henry. Updates him on friends and family. Says this will be the last letter he sends to Batavia, as he said he would leave in November. Will send next to China. Says their father will sell $1,000 of stock and sell Noble Tabb's house because the taxes are too much. Tells him "there is not so much business since the war. Mr Donnet(?) told Pa he had made a mistake in bringing such a stock of wines." Makes a reference to the citizenship oath in West Virginia. Letter ends mid-sentence on page 2. Unsigned, but creator inferred from content.

GLC03523.21.48

23 March 1822

Peirce, Levi, 1773-1847

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Clarifies an earlier letter "relative to percentage" in regard to tax collection.

GLC06313.04.177

16 October 1863

Seddon, James

Letter signed

Title: to Governor Bonham

Responds to resolutions passed by the South Carolina General Assembly, which feels burdened by the Confederate government's taxation and impressment of slaves for military labor. "[I]t has been the studious effort of the Department to temper its execution by as much of leniency, discretion, and generality as was compatible with its due enforcement or the accumulation of adequate supplies essential to the army." With autograph endorsement signed by Bonham.

GLC09223

1941-1945

Weiner, Sylvia and Morris, fl. 1941-1945

Header Record

Title: Morris Weiner archive of WWII letters [Decimalized .0001- .1710]

This collection contains 1710 letters between Sylvia Greenfield Weiner, her husband Morris "Moe" Weiner, and Alvin Greenfield, her brother. Moe Weiner served in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps from February 26, 1943-1946. Moe had attended Brooklyn College and was a Customs inspector in the Port of New York, a specialist in Asian textiles. Moe underwent training at Fort Lewis, WA, among other sites and then was posted to England, where he served from 1944 until his discharge in 1946. Moe traveled in Europe after VE-Day and then returned to his wife, Sylvia Weiner, in Oceanside, NY where…

GLC09414

30 March 1943

Myers, William J., 1919-2002

Header Record

Title: [Letter and token] [Decimalized .01-.02]

One letter from William J. Myers to Mrs. Michael Youravech dated March 30, 1943, as well as a sales tax token that accompanied the letter.

GLC09683.09

3 March 1936

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Pamphlet

Title: Additional Information Concerning The Budget

One pamphlet entitled, "Additional Information Concerning The Budget," dated March 3, 1936. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt discusses some changes in the government's income revenue that affects the next fiscal year. He recommends reforms on cooperate taxes to make up for the loss of revenue in order to have a balanced budget. He mentions the loss is due to a Supreme Court decision, but does not identify the decision.

GLC09693.23

1 June 1943

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Pamphlet

Title: Federal Contributions To States And Local Units With Respect To Federally Owned Real Estate

One pamphlet entitled, "Federal Contributions To States And Local Units With Respect To Federally Owned Real Estate," dated June 1, 1943. This pamphlet concerns federal aid given to state and local governments. This funding is given to supplement tax income in areas in which land has been taken off the tax rolls as it belongs to the federal government. The report gives different recommendations on different types of land use and how to properly compensate the local and state governments. The appendix contains charts on federal aid, as well as bills and compensation related to the Tennessee…

GLC09693.25

6 March 1893

Newspaper clipping

Title: How the Treasury is Robbed and No Load in that Barrel

Article discusses the problem they have on their hands with the duplication of bonds and treasury notes. Currently there is no method of preventions and they've had to pay millions in redemption. The other side talks about taxes and how farmers are responsible for the majority of taxes on what they produce.

GLC02691.12.02

1933-1945

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Header Record

Title: [Thirty-two presidential messages] [Decimalized .01- .32]

Collection of thirty-two presidential messages issued during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration, 1933-1945. The pamphlets concern many topics including; banking, commerce, taxes, agriculture, weapons, employment, transportation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Volstead Act, drugs and alcohol, education, and veterans.

GLC09693

1774

Seabury, Samuel, 1729-1796

Pamphlet

Title: Free Thoughts, on the proceedings of the Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia Sept. 5, 1774

One pamphlet written by Samuel Seabury and published in 1774. The full title of the pamphlet is "Free Thoughts, on the proceedings of the Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia Sept. 5, 1774: Wherin Their Errors are exhibited, Their Reasonings Confuted, And The fatal Tendency of their Non-Importation, Non-Exportation, and Non-Consumtion Measures, are open to the plainest understandings; And The Only Means pointed out for Preserving and Securing Our present Happy Constitution: in a Letter to The Farmers, and other Inhabitants of North America In General and to those of the Province of New-…

GLC09666

26 October 1912

Republican National Committee

Printed document

Title: [1912 Taft presidential advertisement]

One presidential advertisement for Taft's reelection printed in the "Saturday Evening Post" dated October 26, 1912. The one-paged print out is an endorsement of William Howard Taft by the Republican National Committee. Text refers to candidate Woodrow Wilson as a "danger and William Howard Taft as "safety." It recalls the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act signed by Taft. It was given unwarranted critcism and proved to be beneficial for the economy in the long run.

GLC09670

January 14, 1944

Erickson, Dottie, fl. 1924-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leonard Eugene Graeff

One letter from Dottie Erickson to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated January 14, 1944. Dottie writes to update Leonard on her life, she comments that she will be turning 19 on the 23rd of January. She is at work again on the middle shift, and mentions that the only time she finds to write is when she is at work. She makes fun of Leonard for his bowling skill and says he needs to work on it. Ray Wolverton was home recently. She didn't get to see him but heard all about it from Terry. She has been working on her income tax but every time she adds it all up she gets different numbers. She comments…

GLC09611.220