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Scope and Content Note

This series consists of a bound volume containing abstracts of applications to redeem property from the tax sale of 1920. Each entry contains name of matter (including county, town, subdivision, lot, boundaries of parcel, and acreage), name of attorney, and a register of correspondence with Comptroller's office concerning redemption (includes dates and brief notes of content of letters). Included is an abstract of affidavit(s) showing that the affiants know location of boundaries of parcel, the identity of the current occupant, and the precise use of the property during the years 1921-22. Clipped to various pages are letters and miscellaneous documents relating to the redemption. Revised Statutes of 1918 delineate procedures for redemption of land sold at tax sales.