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1838, Tax Receipt Paid On SLAVES / Property
1838, Tax Receipt Paid On SLAVES / Property
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1838 Partially-Printed Official Tax Receipt with SLAVES
1838, Grayson County (likely Virginia), Partially-Printed Official Receipt For Taxes Paid On Slaves And Other Property, Fine.
Measures 2.5” x 6.” Property Tax Receipt for the year 1838. “To the Sheriff of Grayson County, Dr.” A receipt of $2.85 from Mr. Robert Pugh for “4 Tithe at 33 cents per Tithe, 2 Slaves at 30 cents per slave, 6 Horses at 8 cents per horse, and 300 Acres of Land.” Signed at bottom upon evenly toned period paper. Historical evidence of the status of Slaves as “Property.”
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1838, Tax Receipt Paid On SLAVES / Property

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