Letter re: Robbins failure to pay poll tax

Catalogue #:
2003.71.609
Title:
Letter re: Robbins failure to pay poll tax
Subject:
Description:
Letter, 1 sheet, folded, apparently a copy of one sent from William P. Preble, Chairman of Selectmen & Assessors, to Howard P. Robbins 25 Jul 1890, complaining that Robbins, as US Government employee appointed to post on Cranberry Isles (probably at Lifesaving Station on Islesford) refuses to pay poll tax and yet sends his 3 children to school in District 5, thus causing expenses to town. Transcribed. (District 5 is Baker Island.)
Date:
1900
Materials:
Paper

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“Letter re: Robbins failure to pay poll tax,” Great Cranberry Island Historical Society, accessed November 21, 2024, https://gcihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/618.Catalogue # 2003.71.609

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