1860 Tax Record
Dublin Core
Title
1860 Tax Record
Creator
Date
1860
10/23/23 (digitized)
Subject
Description
LibGuide on this item available.
This ledger includes tax return information for the year 1860, the cusp of the Civil War. No names are listed, only providing valuation or quantities owned of real estate, stock of goods, interest on bonds, dividends, enslaved people, carriages, "sulkeys and chairs" (another type of horse-drawn vehicle), gross income, commissions, annuities, insurance premiums, "capital stock of all gas light companies," "capital in shipping," "gross receipts of all commercial agencies," horses and mules, and dogs. As other tax volumes covering the year 1860 include the name(s) of the individuals or institutions paying the tax, it's possible that this volume contains summaries or a sampling from other volumes.
This ledger includes tax return information for the year 1860, the cusp of the Civil War. No names are listed, only providing valuation or quantities owned of real estate, stock of goods, interest on bonds, dividends, enslaved people, carriages, "sulkeys and chairs" (another type of horse-drawn vehicle), gross income, commissions, annuities, insurance premiums, "capital stock of all gas light companies," "capital in shipping," "gross receipts of all commercial agencies," horses and mules, and dogs. As other tax volumes covering the year 1860 include the name(s) of the individuals or institutions paying the tax, it's possible that this volume contains summaries or a sampling from other volumes.
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Contributor
Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Charleston Library Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Special Collections Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Charleston Library Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Format
image/jpeg
Type
StillImage
Source
Ms. 335, Charleston City Tax Records, 1859-1875.
Language
English
Identifier
Ms335_Vol2
Collection
Citation
City of Charleston, SC, “1860 Tax Record,” Charleston Library Society Digital Collections, accessed November 3, 2024, https://charlestonlibrarysociety.omeka.net/items/show/1550.