Justinian receiving taxes from BL Royal 10 E III, f. 227v
Detail of a miniature of the emperor Justinian and a kneeling man with a purse before him, with a lawyer and a soldier; and a foliate initial 'S'(i prius), at the beginning of book 10 of the Codex 'De iure fisc... More
Abbildung der zwar hoch betrübten ...
Mock funeral procession for the heavy imperial taxes levied on the Protestants but lost after the Protestant victory at Breitenfeld. A similar copy, with different text, is filed under PC 6 - 1632 (B size).
The great financier, or British economy for the years 1763, 1764, 1765
Print shows George Grenville holding a balance with scales "Debts" and "Savings", the debt far outweighs savings; among those in line to contribute their savings is a Native American woman representing America,... More
A letter to his most Excellent Majesty, George the third, King of Grea...
Positive Photostat.; Evans 10118.; On verso, Piece 1: NY 1765 66 S.; On verso, Piece 2: Gift Albert C. Read, Mar 19, 1943. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile pa... More
The repeal. Or the funeral procession, of Miss Americ-stamp
The Stamp Act is put to rest in a funeral procession on a London quay. George Grenville carries the coffin and Lord Bute follows as chief mourner. This was a very popular print, frequently copied, and this vers... More
The repeal, or the funeral of Miss Ame- stamp
The Stamp Act is put to rest in a funeral procession on a London quay. George Grenville carries the coffin and Lord Bute follows as chief mourner. This was a very popular print, frequently copied. Dorothy Georg... More
![American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Tax Bill to Towns [Signed by Samuel Adams], 1774](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE3NzQvMDEvMDEvdGF4LWJpbGwtdG8tdG93bnMtc2lnbmVkLWJ5LXNhbXVlbC1hZGFtcy0xNzc0LTY5NTdiMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/47/webp "American Revolution, Massachusetts Militia - Tax Bill to Towns [Signed by Samuel Adams], 1774")
An old fox tarr'd and feather'd
Print shows title page illustration of caricature of John Wesley as a fox in clerical robes. Title from item. Illus. in: An old fox tarr'd and feather'd / Augustus Montague Toplady. London : Printed for M. Lewi... More
In the House of representatives, Feb. 14, 1776. Whereas many constable...
Copies 2 and 3 are positive photostats.; Copy 1 formerly numbered as Portfolio 39, Folder 1ha. This item has been renumbered from Portfolio 39, Folder 1ha. Available also through the Library of Congress web sit... More
State of New Hampshire. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hu...
Imprint 3.; On verso: Warner. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 88, Folder 31.
Thomas Jefferson, October 1783, On Congress's Vote on Location of Capi...
On Congress's Vote on Location of Capital and Apportionment of Taxes by State
![The way to wealth, and a plan by which every man may pay his taxes ... [Signed] Richard Saundrrs. Philadelphia: Printed by Daniel Humphreys, in Spruce-street, near the Drawbridge [1785].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXdheS10by13ZWFsdGgtYW5kLWEtcGxhbi1ieS13aGljaC1ldmVyeS1tYW4tbWF5LXBheS1oaXMtdGF4ZXMtc2lnbmVkLXJpY2hhcmQtMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/65/webp "The way to wealth, and a plan by which every man may pay his taxes ... [Signed] Richard Saundrrs. Philadelphia: Printed by Daniel Humphreys, in Spruce-street, near the Drawbridge [1785].")
![The way to wealth, and a plan by which every man may pay his taxes ... [Signed] Richard Saundrrs. Philadelphia: Printed by Daniel Humphreys, in Spruce-street, near the Drawbridge [1785].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXdheS10by13ZWFsdGgtYW5kLWEtcGxhbi1ieS13aGljaC1ldmVyeS1tYW4tbWF5LXBheS1oaXMtdGF4ZXMtc2lnbmVkLXJpY2hhcmQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/65/webp "The way to wealth, and a plan by which every man may pay his taxes ... [Signed] Richard Saundrrs. Philadelphia: Printed by Daniel Humphreys, in Spruce-street, near the Drawbridge [1785].")
Thomas Jefferson, December 18, 1787, Lists of Taxes Received by Great ...
Lists of Taxes Received by Great Britain and Europe
Retail traders not affected by the shop tax, British Cartoon Print
Print shows three women standing inside the entrance to an establishment labeled "Neat lodgings for men" over which is a bust of a Turkish(?) man on a pedestal labeled "Bagnio"; a notice in the window states "F... More
Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of the...
A British satire on an attempt by William Pitt and George Rose to transfer to excise law certain import duties; standing in opposition is Edward Thurlow. The central image shows Britannia, wrapped in a blanket ... More
Thomas Jefferson, 1790-1801, Estimate of Duties and Taxes
Estimate of Duties and Taxes
John Bull, baited by the dogs of excise
A British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new "Excise" duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on British citizens is impl... More
State of New Hampshire. In the House of representatives. December 29, ...
Imprint 3.; On verso: 50927 '04. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 89, Folder 14.
France ; England. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British ...
Political cartoon showing "France" with man kneeling and presenting crown to old woman on throne with other women standing, three of them with heads on poles. "England" with man sitting on crate "general excise... More
![[A list of th]e polls and of the estates, real and personal, of the several proprietors and inhabitants of the [town of Watertown in] the county of Middlesex taken pursuant to an act of the general court of this commonwealth of Massachusetts, intitled, “An act for inquiring into the rateable estates of this Common[wealth," passed in the y]ear of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, taken by the subscribers, assessors of the said town, duly elected and sworn.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE3OTIvMDEvMDEvYS1saXN0LW9mLXRoZS1wb2xscy1hbmQtb2YtdGhlLWVzdGF0ZXMtcmVhbC1hbmQtcGVyc29uYWwtb2YtdGhlLXNldmVyYWwtcHJvcHJpZXRvcnMtOWY0OTg3LTEwMjQuanBn/40/33/webp "[A list of th]e polls and of the estates, real and personal, of the several proprietors and inhabitants of the [town of Watertown in] the county of Middlesex taken pursuant to an act of the general court of this commonwealth of Massachusetts, intitled, “An act for inquiring into the rateable estates of this Common[wealth,\" passed in the y]ear of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, taken by the subscribers, assessors of the said town, duly elected and sworn.")
![[A list of th]e polls and of the estates, real and personal, of the several proprietors and inhabitants of the [town of Watertown in] the county of Middlesex taken pursuant to an act of the general court of this commonwealth of Massachusetts, intitled, “An act for inquiring into the rateable estates of this Common[wealth," passed in the y]ear of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, taken by the subscribers, assessors of the said town, duly elected and sworn.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE3OTIvMDEvMDEvYS1saXN0LW9mLXRoZS1wb2xscy1hbmQtb2YtdGhlLWVzdGF0ZXMtcmVhbC1hbmQtcGVyc29uYWwtb2YtdGhlLXNldmVyYWwtcHJvcHJpZXRvcnMtNWYwM2JhLTEwMjQuanBn/40/33/webp "[A list of th]e polls and of the estates, real and personal, of the several proprietors and inhabitants of the [town of Watertown in] the county of Middlesex taken pursuant to an act of the general court of this commonwealth of Massachusetts, intitled, “An act for inquiring into the rateable estates of this Common[wealth,\" passed in the y]ear of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, taken by the subscribers, assessors of the said town, duly elected and sworn.")
Opening of the budget - or - John Bull giving his breeches to save his...
Pitt (right) stands stiffly in profile to the left, holding open a large sack-like wallet. He addresses John Bull, the central figure, a stout yokel, who holds out his breeches in his left hand to Pitt, while h... More
La bonnet-rouge - or - John Bull evading the tax hat
John Bull stands full-face on the pavement outside a shop window, holding on his head a red cap trimmed with fur of quasi-military, quasi-libertarian shape. He is a yokel with wrinkled gaiters, with a tattered ... More
"The friend of the people," & his petty new-tax-gatherer, paying John ...
Fox and Lord Henry Petty stand at the door of a ramshackle tenement house. A distressed family look down at them from an open casement window over the door. Petty's hand is on the knocker. He holds a large open... More
Political Terriers Hunting for New Taxes, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian ...
Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
A great stream from a petty-fountain; or John Bull swamped in the floo...
John Bull in boat sinking, losing an oar labelled with Pitt's name as cormorants including Lord Grenville and Charles James Fox stuffing themselves with fish. Hand-coloured etching by James Gillray. Forms part ... More
Mr. and Mrs. Bull reflecting on the taxes, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a domestic scene with a man and a woman sitting at opposite ends of a table which is set for tea, ale, and port consumption; Mrs. Bull is complaining about Mr. Bull's tendency toward "guzzling," to ... More
Thomas Jefferson, 1811, Notes on Taxes
Notes on Taxes
The property tax, British Cartoon Print
Cartoon shows a prosperous John Bull seated in a chair as a blue demon hovers above him using a magnet to withdraw coins from Bull's waistcoat pocket. The ghost of William Pitt rises from the floorboards saying... More
The death of the property tax! Or 37 mortal wounds for ministers & the...
Henry Brougham, John Bull, and the British lion (Leo Britannicus) attacking a hydra representing the property tax. At tail of the monster Mr. Tierney tells Britannia to rise. In the background, Liverpool, the R... More
Sick of the property tax or ministerial influnza (sic), British Cartoo...
Cartoon shows ministers, among them Vansittart and Castlereagh, vomiting taxes into a large bag labeled "budget." The Prince Regent stands nearby, supported on crutches labeled "more money" and "increase in inc... More
State physicians bleeding John Bull to death!! / G. Cruikshank fect. ;...
Vansittart and Castlereagh, as surgeons, bleeding coins from the arms of John Bull. The coins are collected by Prince Leopold, Princess Charlotte, a tiny McMahon, a Chinese mandarin, and the gouty Regent. Broug... More
The blessing of new taxes!!! / Marks fect., British Cartoon Print
John Bull, holding a pipe and a frothing tankard, is beset by the Regent and Ministers. Sidmouth furtively takes the pipe from his hand, looking over John's head at the Regent who extends his hand to seize the ... More
![Haverhill, September 1, 1826. To Mr. Your county, school and town taxes for the year 1826, are for Poll Real estate Personal estate ... Leonard White, Treasr. & Colr. [Haverhill, 1826.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MjYvMDEvMDEvaGF2ZXJoaWxsLXNlcHRlbWJlci0xLTE4MjYtdG8tbXIteW91ci1jb3VudHktc2Nob29sLWFuZC10b3duLXRheGVzLWZvci10aGUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/24/webp "Haverhill, September 1, 1826. To Mr. Your county, school and town taxes for the year 1826, are for Poll Real estate Personal estate ... Leonard White, Treasr. & Colr. [Haverhill, 1826.].")
Haverhill, September 1, 1826. To Mr. Your county, school and town taxe...
Filled in in with the amounts for Benjamin Webster. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfoli... More
The People Delivered to the Vampire Taxes
Published by Association Mensuelle
A. J. McElveen, Sumterville, S.C., autograph letter signed to Ziba B. ...
Taxes on Oakes's farm. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
James McNeill Whistler - Taxes! (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London)
Taxes ... The subscribers, assessors of Reading, pursuant to law, here...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 66, Folder 19.
The home of the American citizen after the tax bill has passed
Cartoon shows four tax collectors searching the home of an "American citizen," including under his wife's dress and under the children's bed; with the caption: "Scroggs says he is ready and willing to pay any a... More
To the laboring men of New York. Comrades: do you want to pay heavy ta...
Signed: A Democratic Workingman.
![To the laboring men of New York. Comrades: --- Do you want to pay heavy taxes? Do you want to suffer loss and ruin? Do you want to be trampled under foot by ambitious demagogues? ... [Signed] A democratic workingman. Saturday, July 18, 1863.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvdG8tdGhlLWxhYm9yaW5nLW1lbi1vZi1uZXcteW9yay1jb21yYWRlcy1kby15b3Utd2FudC10by1wYXktaGVhdnktdGF4ZXMtZG8tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/61/webp "To the laboring men of New York. Comrades: --- Do you want to pay heavy taxes? Do you want to suffer loss and ruin? Do you want to be trampled under foot by ambitious demagogues? ... [Signed] A democratic workingman. Saturday, July 18, 1863.")
To the laboring men of New York. Comrades: --- Do you want to pay heav...
Civil war - Draft riots. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 124, Folder 30f.
Regulations in relation to the receipt of four per cent certificates a...
Printed Ephemera -Confederate States of America. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 2... More
Regulations in reference to four per cent certificates informally assi...
Printed Ephemera -Confederate States of America. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 2... More
Notice to the inhabitants and other persons liable to pay taxes in the...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 72, Folder 25b.
![Why taxes are high.--- Radical corruption and extravagance. Government expenditures under Grant, compared with democratic administrations. Published by the National Democratic executive committee, Washington, D. C. [1869?].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvd2h5LXRheGVzLWFyZS1oaWdoLXJhZGljYWwtY29ycnVwdGlvbi1hbmQtZXh0cmF2YWdhbmNlLWdvdmVybm1lbnQtZXhwZW5kaXR1cmVzLTRmNTE5MC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/25/webp "Why taxes are high.--- Radical corruption and extravagance. Government expenditures under Grant, compared with democratic administrations. Published by the National Democratic executive committee, Washington, D. C. [1869?].")
Why taxes are high.--- Radical corruption and extravagance. Government...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 236, Folder 30.
Your taxes for 1876 are Interested to Total, Please settle the same, o...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 75, Folder 11.
![[Ox as "ye oppressed tax-payer" pulling cart of municipal, county, poor, state, courthouse, road, school, and local taxes]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvb3gtYXMteWUtb3BwcmVzc2VkLXRheC1wYXllci1wdWxsaW5nLWNhcnQtb2YtbXVuaWNpcGFsLWNvdW50eS1wb29yLXN0YXRlLWNvdXJ0aG91c2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Ox as \"ye oppressed tax-payer\" pulling cart of municipal, county, poor, state, courthouse, road, school, and local taxes]")
Ox as "ye oppressed tax-payer" pulling cart of municipal, county, poor...
Title devised by cataloger. "Tax oppression" on typewritten label on mat. No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.
Forgotten on purpose / Gillam.
Print shows a man labeled "Tax Payer" fallen on steps labeled "Congress", he has a large boulder labeled "War Taxes on Iron on Sugar on Cloth Salt Leather [and] Linens" strapped to his back. On the steps is a s... More
Congressional contempt / F. Opper.
Illustration shows a "Republican" Congressman ice skating with a "Monopolist" on the "Capitol Skating Pond", together they hold a stick labeled "Money Interests"; skating nearby is a man labeled "Democracy". Be... More
Anything for popularity! / J. Keppler.
Print shows James G. Blaine slipping off a cask labeled "Whiskey"; under his arm is tucked a paper that states "Distribution of Surplus - Jim Blaine". Title from item. Caption: Our star diplomat par excellence,... More
Bottled politics / J. Keppler.
Print shows two old men, one of whom may be Uncle Sam holding a glass, sitting at a table in a saloon, on which is a large bottle of alcohol labeled "Regulated Ohio Brand", on a shelf behind them are other bott... More
Christmas at Washington / J. Keppler '83.
Print shows several members of Congress around a large Christmas tree labeled "Tax Surplus" decorated with money bags labeled "Surplus"; the legislators carry bags in which to place the bags of surplus they plu... More
Assessors' notice! To the inhabitants and other persons liable to pay ...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 76, Folder 26.
![[Blank receipt for railroad taxes] 1884.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvYmxhbmstcmVjZWlwdC1mb3ItcmFpbHJvYWQtdGF4ZXMtMTg4NC1iOWVmNTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "[Blank receipt for railroad taxes] 1884.")
[Blank receipt for railroad taxes] 1884.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 23, Folder 9a. Copy scanned: 1
![National single taxes, January 1899; [Portraits of] James H. Barry; William M. Hinton; Joseph Leggett; Hon. James G, Maguire.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMTIvMzEvbmF0aW9uYWwtc2luZ2xlLXRheGVzLWphbnVhcnktMTg5OS1wb3J0cmFpdHMtb2YtamFtZXMtaC1iYXJyeS13aWxsaWFtLW0taGludG9uLWZkYjY1MC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/45/webp "National single taxes, January 1899; [Portraits of] James H. Barry; William M. Hinton; Joseph Leggett; Hon. James G, Maguire.")
New York's Republican "standard-bearer" / F. Opper.
Print shows Levi P. Morton with cane, holding a "Check Book", and his left arm around a standard that states "Down with the Iniquitous Democratic Party!! It has the Impudence to Tax Prosperity Instead of Povert... More
Trying to make an April fool of him / F. Opper.
Print shows Uncle Sam dancing through a minefield of political issues, such as "Catholic Demands for part of School Funds", "Single Tax Fad", "Populism", "Prohibition Foolishness", "Women's Rights Nonsense", an... More
On the hill
No accession number. Published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
"Every one for himself!" / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows two dogs on a table; one dog labeled "Platt" has its front paws on a platter labeled "Patronage" on which is a piece of meat labeled "Raines Bill", the other dog wearing a collar labeled "Croker" is... More
He never could stand prosperity / Dalrymple.
Print shows a "Hayseed" legislator, possibly meant to represent Frank S. Black, governor of New York, in a stupor, wearing a hat labeled "N.Y. Republican Party", holding a large wine bottle labeled "Hayseed Leg... More
A handicap needed / Dalrymple.
Print shows a bicycle race on the "National Track" with the man in the lead labeled "National Expenses" easily outstripping the second bicyclist labeled "National Revenue"; a man labeled "Dingley" is giving the... More
What he wants to see, be gosh! / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows a man labeled "Hayseed Legislator" standing on the sidewalk of "Fifth Ave." in New York City, pointing his umbrella toward a tenement house labeled "The Vanderbilt Flats formerly the Marble Palace".... More
Another proposed war tax / Ehrhart.
Print shows on the upper left a line of men at a pay window labeled "Notice Bachelors' Tax. Taxes must be paid on or before 1st of fiscal year under penalty of fine. Males under 21 year[s] exemp[t]"; they are p... More
![Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford before profit sharing committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford, President of the Ford Motor Co., made another appearance at the Capitol today - this time before the Senate Finance Subcommittee studying profit sharing systems. He told the Committee that a reduction in federal taxes would be as good an incentive as anything the government could do](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvZWRzYWwtaWUtZWRzZWwtZm9yZC1iZWZvcmUtcHJvZml0LXNoYXJpbmctY29tbWl0dGVlLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtZGVjLTYtZWRzYWwtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford before profit sharing committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Edsal [i.e. Edsel] Ford, President of the Ford Motor Co., made another appearance at the Capitol today - this time before the Senate Finance Subcommittee studying profit sharing systems. He told the Committee that a reduction in federal taxes would be as good an incentive as anything the government could do")
Cuban relief, U.S. labor laws ...
Cartoon shows Republican House Speaker Sereno Payne as a messenger delivering a sheet of paper "Cuban relief. U.S. labor laws. U.S. immigration law. 20% reduction reciprocity. April 1, '02" to a barefoot man "... More
Our forefathers fought for a principle - there is no fight in us / Ehr...
Illustration shows two scenes, at top left is "The Spirit of '76" showing a family about to sit down to tea, as boxes of tea are visible, through a window in the back of the room, floating in Boston Harbor. The... More
The fountain of taxation
Illustration shows a large fountain with four basins, at top, supported by a crown and scepters, is a basin labeled "Millionaire", next resting on a cornucopia is "Well-To-Do", then the "Middle Class" basin sup... More