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Charles Adams
242 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780684843940
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: The Free Press
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In 1798, after Congress had passed its first direct tax on houses, the government cooked up a scheme to count and measure the windows on every taxpayer's house, in order to calculate how much to charge. But German settlers in eastern Pennsylvania ...
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Charles Adams
242 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780684843940
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: The Free Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In 1798, after Congress had passed its first direct tax on houses, the government cooked up a scheme to count and measure the windows on every taxpayer's house, in order to calculate how much to charge. But German settlers in eastern Pennsylvania ...