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Title
1798.09.05 — Promissory note for Charles Phelps, September 9, 1798
Description
This promissory note from September 1798 certifies that Charles Phelps paid a three dollar tax on his chaise, a two wheel carriage pulled by one horse. Abel Whitney, the Collector of Revenue, is stating that Charles Phelps’ duty was to be paid off by September 30th, 1799.
Source
Porter-Phelps-Huntington Family Papers (Box 4, Folder 14)
University of Massachusetts Special Collections and University Archives
University of Massachusetts Special Collections and University Archives
Date
1798
Rights
Public domain
Type
Promissory note
Scripto
Transcription
This is to certify, that Charles Phelps of the Town of Hadley, in the County of Hampshire and District of Massachusetts, Esquire, hath paid the duty of three dollars upon a two wheel carriage, called a Chaise, owned by himself of Hadley, having a top, to be drawn by one horse, for the conveyance of more than one person ; for the year to end on the 30th of September, 1799.
Abel Whitney,
Collector of the Revenue,
14th Division, Survey, No. 2
Massachusetts
Sept 5th 1798
Certificate of the Duty on two Chaise, being paid –
To Sept 30th 1799 –
Abel Whitney,
Collector of the Revenue,
14th Division, Survey, No. 2
Massachusetts
Sept 5th 1798
Certificate of the Duty on two Chaise, being paid –
To Sept 30th 1799 –