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Craig--see Hening's Statutes vol 7 pp 77-78 for a land tax imposed to support the war in April 1757. It was set at 1 shilling per 100 acres and was to be collected starting in 1761 for 3 or 4 years--Mick

Michael L. Nicholls
Professor of History, Emeritus
Dept. of History
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-0710

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On May 9, 2013, at 11:19 AM, Craig Kilby wrote:

> List members,
> 
> I continue to come up with perplexing questions in Joseph Ball's letter book. I wrote yesterday about the vexation of Virginians over being taxed to help pay for what we call the French & Indian War. Now I find another puzzle in a letter Ball wrote to his good friend Benjamin Waller, attorney of Williamsburg. He writes on 8 September 1758:
> 
> "I don't like the land tax. I DOUBT IT WILL EVER BE TAKEN OFF AGAIN. It was first laid here [England] to carry on a vigorous War against France and Spain: and reininsuated when that war was over, it should cease. but it never has; and I believe never will. When a tax is once laid, it scarce is taken off. 
> 
> (La plus que ca change, n'est-ce pas?)
> 
> However, I had always thought the land tax was instituted only after the Revolution, and first imposed in 1782 as a way for all of the colonies to pay its war debts. 
> 
> The passage indicates a land tax had already been levied in Virginia in 1758. Again, I'm asking our erudite list members for further details. 
> 
> I am, your humble servant
> Craig Kilby
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