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1865 · 10254 — New York: American News Company 1865. pp vi 5-159 1 adv. Disbound old institutional rubberstamp. Clean text Very Good. The Publishers' Preface informs that the purposes of the book are "first to satisfy an imperious public curiosity which has thus far been only partially gratified by the public journals." Secondarily publication was stimulated by the nation's first income tax enacted to finance the War. "If all the Revenue Districts in the country are gone over and the results recorded with the same care as is here done the government will possess an immense mass of correct information upon which to base its action." The largest annual income reported was over $1.8 million A.T. Stewart. William Astor reported $838000. 160000 heads of families or "about one in eight has a taxable income and only one in sixteen has a taxable income of more than $1000." The incomes are listed alphabetically by district and ward. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 54321. American News Company unknown