September 30th 1846 Rec’d of Catharine Graff one Dollar Sixty cents School Tax for the year 1846 Casper Newhard Collector, 1846
Scope and Contents
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: 1846
Creator
- From the Collection: Graff, George, 1747-1835 (Person)
- From the Collection: Graff, Catherine , 1780?-1865? (Person)
- From the Collection: Livingston, Henry Walter, 1768-1810 (Person)
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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