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State of Connecticut in America : To [blank] constable of [blank] and collector of the state tax for said town, for the year 1779, Greeting. ... These are therefore in the name of the governor and company of the state of Connecticut, to require and command you, to collect of the inhabitants of said town, two shillings on the pound, in Continental bills, amounting to ... Dated at Hartford, the 1st day of March ... 1779.

Author/creator Connecticut. Treasury Department
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Hartford] : [Printed by Hudson and Goodwin?], [1779]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorLawrence, John, 1719-1802.
Other author/creatorTaylor, David, 1731-
Other author/creatorDawkins, Henry, -1786?, engraver.
Other author/creatorBolton (Conn.)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43618. ^A478749
General noteBased on the masthead of the Connecticut courant, Hartford, that town's only printing firm, Watson and Goodwin, was dissolved after the Feb. 23, 1779, issue and the firm of Hudson and Goodwin was established to print the next issue on March 2.
General noteWood engraving at head includes the initials H.D., and possibly is the work of Henry Dawkins. Cf. Bulletin of the Connecticut Historical Society (Oct. 1943) v. 10, no. 1, p. 2.
General noteFilled out in ms. to David Taylor, Junr., of Bolton, to the town's assessment of twelve hundred twenty nine pounds eleven shillings and ten pence, and signed in ms. by John Lawrence, treasurer.
References Bristol B4860
References Shipton & Mooney 43618
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43618).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formBlank forms.

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