Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Towns: Hungerford: General |
Object Name |
Documents |
Creator |
Hungerford (Vt.) |
Dates of Creation |
1784 |
Scope & Content |
Deed from tax sale of original grants in Hungerford. |
Administrative/Biographical History |
Tax sales of land belonging to absentee original proprietors was authorized in 1783 permitting towns to levy a tax on all land in order to improve services and building roads. When the absentee land owners refused or failed to pay their tax, the land was auctioned or sold at vendue to collect the past tax. |
Related People |
Hodges, Silas H. Ives, Abraham |
Credit line |
Bequest of Hall Park McCullough |
Catalog Number |
2010.2.40 |
Parent Object ID |
2009.163.113 |