Raynors HCA 2019-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/21/2019
War-date Confederate Document being a receipt for $65.32, November 21, 1864, received of A.S. Rivers for “Confederate Tax on Soldiers Tax.” Signed by tax collector Ellis. Fine condition. We’ve never seen this tax form. the background is, “"Soldier's Tax." By the 12th paragraph of "Regulations and Additional Instructions," of the Commissioner of Taxes, of the 22d June, 1864, the assessors are required to assess separately the "soldiers' tax," that is, the additional tax of one-fifth of all the taxes of 1864, laid by an act of the last session of Congress to meet the increased pay of soldiers....”
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