Received from ... in ... parish in ... shire the sum of ... being the pole-money as ... has classed ... self ... as witness my hand at ... the ... day of ... 169 . [Printed receipts for the payment of pole money]
McIntyre, J.,active 1695,former owner.StEdNL
[Scotland : s.n.,
1695?]
The Act for Poll-Money of June 1695 ordained that 'all persons ... shall be subject and liable to a pole of six shilling, ...' in order to provide for raising a militia and paying for ships of war.
Three identical receipts printed on one side of a sheet. The receipts have blank spaces to allow the filling in with manuscript details.
Aldis
ESTC
The Act for Poll-Money of June 1695 ordained that 'all persons ... shall be subject and liable to a pole of six shilling, ...' in order to provide for raising a militia and paying for ships of war.
Details are inserted in manuscript in the same hand and are all signed by "J. McIntyre". The receipts are for men in the Parish of Ardchattan in Argyllshire on August 10th, 1695: Alexander Campbell, Angus McDonell, Duncan McCollome.
Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Poll tax