Scope and Content Note
This series consists of miscellaneous applications for cancellation of tax sales, with related correspondence of the Comptroller.
Documents concern parcels in Kings, Hamilton, and other counties. A law of 1823 provided that when land taxes have been unpaid for a period of two years the land will be sold. If the owner paid taxes within one year after the sale, it reverted back to that person's ownership.
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