PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi04112::A Guide to the Richmond (Va.) Tax Receipt, 1857)//EN" "vi04112.xml" A Guide to the Richmond (Va.) Tax Receipt, 1857 Richmond (Va.) Tax Receipt, 1857 1187867 Bari Helms Library of Virginia © 2010 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Bari Helms, 25 February 2010 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Richmond (Va.) Tax Receipt, 1857 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1187867 Bari Helms

Library of Virginia 2010 Bari Helms Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Richmond (Va.) Tax Receipt, 1857 1187867 Library of Virginia 1 p. English Richmond (Va.) Circuit Court Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Richmond (Va.) Tax Receipt, 1857. Local government records collection, Richmond (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item was returned to the library from the National Archives in November 1949 under the accession number 23476g.

Historical Information

Richmond, located between Henrico and Chesterfield Counties, was named by William Byrd II, who envisioned the development of a city at the falls of the James River and with the help of William Mayo laid out the town in 1737. It was incorporated as a town in 1782 and as a city in 1842.

Scope and Content

Richmond (Va.) Tax Receipt, 1857, written by Eus. Robinson, clerk of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, represents the taxes paid upon suits brought by Lee and Bayly between 31 August 1856 and 1 September 1857.

Index Terms Corporate Names: Richmond (Va.) Circuit Court. Subjects: Lawyers--Virginia--Richmond. Local government--Virginia--Richmond. Public records--Virginia--Richmond. Geographical Names: Richmond (Va.)--History--19th century. Genre and Form Terms: Local government records--Virginia--Richmond. Receipts--Virginia--Richmond. Tax and fiscal records--Virginia--Richmond.