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[Extracts from tax acts]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09146 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: March 22, 1786 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.4 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Contains extracts from three tax acts, passed 22 March 1786, 25 March 1788, and 14 February 1789. Each act pertains to the heirs of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo and the lands they inherited.

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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