(AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1780) Gardner Henry Broadside order to

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1780.) Gardner, Henry. Broadside order to collect taxes in Massachusetts. Letterpress broadside, 16 1/2 x 13 inches, competed in manuscript, signed by Gardner as state treasurer with his paper seal, and docketed to the town of Danvers on verso; folds, moderate dampstaining. Boston: [Benjamin Edes and Sons?], 24 October 1780

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An order for Danvers to raise £52,886 by taxing all males above age 16 "including Negroes and Molattoes" on "all other Property whatsoever (excepting Household Furniture, Wearing-Apparel, Farming Utensils, and the Tools of Mechanics), and on the Amount of all Incomes and Profits . . . arising from the War and the Necessities of the Community." Evans 16852; Ford, Massachusetts Broadsides 2263. 4 copies in ESTC.