Box 5
Container
Contains 102 Results:
Miscellaneous - Land Policy; Item 05-088: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 8 leaves; 4) Fragment; 5) Sections of a document arguing for the changing of the method by which lands in West Virginia are taxed, drawing heavily from material in 05-087 and 05-084; 6) No Transcript; 7) Fair condition, a lot of smudging, undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 27
Dates:
undated
Miscellaneous - Land Policy; Item 05-089: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 1 leaf; 4) Fragment; 5) Part of a piece on taxation, concerning the corruption of local sheriffs in their role as tax collectors; 6) No Transcript; 7) Good condition, undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 27
Dates:
undated
Miscellaneous - Land Policy; Item 05-090: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 7 leaves; 4) Fragment; 5) Draft of a letter condemning Governor J. B. Jackson of West Virginia for the "usurpation" of the legislature's power in his tax policy; 6) No Transcript; 7) Good condition, some smearing, undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 27
Dates:
undated
Miscellaneous - Land Policy; Item 05-091: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 1 leaf; 4) Fragment; 5) Portion of a page discussing Pierpont's opinions on how wild land assessment should be changed in West Virginia; 6) No Transcript; 7) Good condition, undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Dates:
undated
Miscellaneous - Land Policy; Item 05-093: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 3 leaves; 4) Fragment; 5) Piece concerning the injustice of taxation in West Virginia, arguing that they drive manufacturers away from the state, and proposing changes to road and school laws to try to equalize taxation; 6) No Transcript; 7) First page missing left margin, some fading, undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Dates:
undated
Miscellaneous - Land Policy; Item 05-094: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 4 leaves; 4) Fragment; 5) Collection of fragments concerning taxation, lotteries, land practices in the West, and the gubernatorial contest between Judge Maxwell and E. W. Wilson; 6) No Transcript; 7) Good condition, some smearing, undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 29
Dates:
undated
Miscellaneous - Land Policy; Item 05-095: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 3 leaves; 4) Fragment; 5) Further discussion of inequities in the taxations system, highlighting the arbitrary nature of Jackson's take on the laws; 6) No Transcript; 7) Good condition, some smearing, undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 29
Dates:
undated