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Delinquent City Tax List and Local Notices
A frontier city tax sale listing issues of 1846 by the Quincy city clerk, detailing parcels to be sold for non payment of taxes, plus notices for local advertising agents and several business and notice items. The page includes editorials, ads for goods, and various anecdotes including anti slavery and Mexican War sentiments, plus notices about deaths, personal tragedies, and local crime.
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Tate
Illinois
Quincy
General Assembly
Seine
H. H. Snow
Tty
John Jacob Astor
United States
Astor
Broadway
Pacific
Potter’s Field
Mr. Astor
Cornwall
Rockaway
Long Island
Benjamin
Hoboken
Great Britain
Bowery Theatre
Stephen
Park Theatre
Edward
Niblo’s Hotel
William
Wm. M. Price
Mr. Price
Sing Sing
Price
Thompson
Keating
Squire