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Ivers, Thomas (fl. 1786) [Massachusetts document assessing a tax]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04402 Author/Creator: Ivers, Thomas (fl. 1786) Place Written: Boston Type: Broadside signed Date: 10 April 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 42.5 x 32.8 cm Order a Copy

A copy for the selectmen or assessors of the town of Gorham, Massachusetts. Signed by Thomas Ivers as Treasurer and Receiver-General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Docketed on verso: "Treasurer Warrant for Assessing 1037:19/ March 1786. Select Men or Assessors of Gorham. Rec'd. May 3rd 1786." Associated with the series of burdensome tax laws which led to Shay's Rebellion.

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