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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC06313.04.116 |
From Archive Folder | Aaron Hobart Collection |
Title | H. Cushman to Aaron Hobart regarding taxable property |
Date | 27 November 1821 |
Author | Cushman, Hercules (fl. 1821-1825) |
Recipient | Hobart, Aaron |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Explains that because he is on the Valuation Committee (which he describes as "an unpleasant situation"), he must obtain information about all "the taxable property in the Commonwealth [of Massachusetts]." Discusses the problems obtaining the relevant information for Boston, where they design "to keep their proportion of the State Tax as low as possible." Asks Hobart to find Boston's proportion of United States Stock from information available in Washington, D.C. Hobart obtained the information (see GLC06313.117). |
Subjects | American Statesmen Politics Government and Civics Congress Taxes or Taxation Bank of the US Banking |
People | Cushman, Hercules (fl. 1821-1825) Hobart, Aaron (1787-1858) Moston, Marcus (fl. 1821) |
Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
Theme | Government & Politics; Banking & Economics |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
Related documents | Letter from Joseph Nourse to Aaron Hobart regarding United States Stock |