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November 4 1841 Received Allentown of Catherine Graff Borough Tax $1.50 Poor Tax $1.80 School tax $1.80 for the year eighteen hundred & forty one Isaac Erdman, 1841

 Item — Book: 1, Item: 58
Identifier: MS0432.02.42

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The little notebook is divided into parts: the six pages adjacent to hard cover are devoted to rent payments made to the Livingston family and their agents from Oct. 14th 1802 to June 7th 1834; the 24 pages of the reverse side with no hard cover represent payments to various tax collectors and merchants in Allentown, Pennsylvania from June 28th 1802 to July 25th 1865; the center pages of the notebook are blank. The taxes paid on the Graff residence near Eighth and Hamilton Streets were: borough, county, school, poor and state acknowledged by various tax collectors, also receipts from merchants: W.? Chancellor & Co., Abraham Wilt, Lucas Lea, John Morrell & Son, Joseph Hertzog, Peter Wagner, Wistars Honigmacher.

Dates

  • Creation: 1841

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 book : 1 small notebook with one cover missing measuring 9.5 x 16 x 1.5 cm, remaining cover is mottled gray brown paper.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: German

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

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