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Collection Reference Number GLC06313.04.037
From Archive Folder Aaron Hobart Collection 
Title Albert Smith to Aaron Hobart regarding his situation
Date 26 July 1814
Author Smith, Albert (1763-1823)  
Recipient Hobart, Aaron  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Explains that "his fate is hard indeed." Notes that R. Eells has Hobart's account and that "the money for the sales of the stamps" has been received. Smith was being replaced as a "collector," probably of taxes. He was earlier accused of stealing $20,000 in public funds (see GLC06313.034)
Subjects Crime  Forgery and Fraud  Law  Taxes or Taxation  Government and Civics  
People Smith, Albert (1763-1823)  Hobart, Aaron (1787-1858)  
Place written Providence, Rhode Island
Theme Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Law
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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