Tax Collector’s Receipt, Boise Farm, 1917

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Tax Collector’s Receipt, Boise Farm, 1917

Entry/Object ID

2024.9.155

Scope and Content

The valuation, dated January, 1917, is of one of the farms Mr. Mead considered for purchase, likely the Boice Farm. The tax assessment of $6,500 is below Mr. Mead’s estimated market value of $14,000 for the Boice Farm, and thus below its asking price of $17,000. (In contemporary times, tax valuations are often below market values. This document suggests that this practice is a long-standing one.)

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Person or Organization

Mead, George Gordon, Jr., Boice Farm