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- GLC#
- GLC04748
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 1848
- Author/Creator
- Gill, Richard W., ?-1852
- Title
- to unknown
- Place Written
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Printed circular letter noting a court case decision, decreeing that an estate tax must still be paid on slaves who are manumitted as part of a last will and testament: "The bequests of freedom to the slaves, are legacies, and the executor liable for the tax or duty on their appraised value." The decision was made by the Maryland Court of Appeals, overturning the decision of a lower court. Also notes "Indeed the law has gone so far as to presume every negro a slave to some one, until the contrary appear." Letter is postmarked 25 December 1848. Docket is hand written with the name. Sent to the "Register of Wills Chestertown."
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