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8341. TAXES, Land.—[continued].

I think that the matter
of finances, which has set the people of Europe
to thinking, is now advanced to that
point with us, that the next step (and it is
an unavoidable one), a land tax, will awaken
our constituents, and call for inspection into
past proceedings.—
To St. George Tucker. Washington ed. iv, 197. Ford ed., vii, 169.
(M. 1797)