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CATALOG NUMBER V 1750
OBJECT NAME Levy to pay county taxes
DATE October 5, 1795
AUTHOR Supervisors of Westchester County
RECIPIENT Pierre Van Cortlandt (I?)
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Pierre Van Cortlandt II, [Jonathan] G: Tompkins,Richard Hatfiled Elias Newman, Abraham Brown, James Willis, Joseph Carpenter,
Elijah See, Abel Smith, William Adams, Israel Underhill, William [Tampher?]
PLACES Cortlandt Town (Cortlandt Manor)
KEYWORDS levy to pay taxes on land holdings/tenants
West Chester County [?]: [^ Jonathan G: Tomkins one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas & by] The Supervisor of the County of WestChester to the Collector of the / Town of Cortlandt Greeting you are hereby Required & Commanded / to Collect and Gather of and from all and every person or persons bound / in the List or Afsefsment hereunto Anexed the [S–??-l?] and Respective Sum / or Sums Anexed to each Respective person named in the list or Afesment / and opposite to their Respective names it being the proportion of each / person named in the Said List or Afsesment of the Sum of Two / pounds ordered to be Raised on Your Town pursuant to a Law on _ / such Case made and provided for the dificency in the Sale of Lands / Mortgaged to the Loan Officers of said County and if any person or / persons shall neglect or Refuse to pay the Sum or Sums Anexed to / their Respective names that you Levy the sum by Distrefs and / Sale of the goods and Chattles of the person or persons so neglecting or / Refusing and the same put to public Sale for the payment thereof / and Return the [over??]-plus if any therebe to the Owner and that you / pay the money’s you Collect to the Treasurer of the said County / for the Time being On or before the first day of February next / Ensuing Retaining in Your hands One shilling [on the?] pound for the / money you Collect hereon fail you not from Under Our hands & / seals this 4th Day of October 1795. —----
P’r V’n Cortlandt Jun’r Jon’n: G: Tompkins
Richard Hatfield Elias Newman
Abraham Brown
James Willis
Joseph Carpenter
Elijah See
Abel Smith
William Adams
Israel Underhill
William [Tampher?]
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Town of Cortlandt
[END OF PAGE 2]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
