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This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860. This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by Edward Rouzee to the Sheriff of Essex County for the year 1827. The taxable property is listed as "18 slaves, 10 horses, and 1 gig," as well as eighteen (18) county and poor levies at eighty-three (83) cents each and taxes on seven hundred and ninety-eight (798) acres of land. The total amount of taxes due came to forty-one (41) dollars and thirty-eight (38) cents. It is noted that payment was received October 20, 1827. The document is signed at the bottom right by A. Mievny. On the reverse is written "Sheriff Acct for Taxes" along with the date paid. Both sides are written in black ink.