Letter

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Title:
Letter
Description:
Copy of Letter sent to Jesse P. Pattee by the Selectmen of West Cambridge [Aug. 9, 1858] West Cambridge August 9th 1858 To Mr. Jesse P. Pattee, Collector of Taxes of the Town of West Cambridge for the current year Dear Sir, I wish to call your attention to the State of the Treasury. You are well aware that the list of Taxes was committed to you about the 10th day of June last by the Assessors with their Warrant in due form of Law, all single Polls to be paid in [?] of the bills and it has always been the custom of the Collectors to distribute the bills and collect all single Polls as soon as could be done conveniently after receiving said List and Warrant. And by the warrant you are to collect and pay over to the Treasurer of said Town, one half of the Taxes assessed deducting the amount of State and County Taxes, on or before the first day of August of the current year, and none as yet has been paid in by you. We have been obliged to Borrow Money from Month to Month, Week to Week and Day to Day to meet the demands on the Treasurer, in anticipation of a part of the Taxes being collected and paid in by you promptly, which it is your duty to do. The amount we have borrowed is about $4500.00. A small note of $600.00 borrowed about the 1st of April last, fell due last week, and you are obliged to have is renewed for a short time. We shall expect that you will Collect and pay over to the Treasurer immediately the amount of Taxes as authorized by the [?] in their warrant to you, or we shall be obliged to call on your bondsmen for the same. Most Respectfully TC in behalf of the Finance Committee of the Town of West Cambridge W. F. Lane Chairman"
Date:
August 9, 1858
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Genre:
Letter
Location:
Arlington Historical Society
Collection (local):
Arlington Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Law & legal affairs
Taxes
Lane, Washington J.
Pattee, Jesse Peaslee
West Cambridge
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2011.3.17
94C3C0A9-DCE6-4F8F-8BCA-378434663609