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Unknown Receipt for Taxes No. 899

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.380 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Farmville, Virginia Type: Printed document Date: 2 November 1936 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Order a Copy

Document detailing the value of the property of J. H. Harvey and the taxes due to the town of Farmville, Virginia on that property The taxes amount to $25.30. The document is stamped with the date and the words "Town of Farmville, Va. PAID" and the number 4 is written in pencil near the top of the document and circled.

Harvey, James Henry, fl. 1914-1936

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