Research

Scope and Content Note

These receipts were issued by the State Treasurer for payment for lands sold at Comptroller's tax sales.

Each receipt states name of purchaser, amount paid, date of tax sale, and date of receipt. The receipt is signed by the deputy treasurer and counter signed by the Deputy Comptroller. The series is incomplete; only the tax sales of 1859, 1866, 1871, 1895, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1915, and 1926 are represented.