WaSMAR8004_01 Guide to the Office of the Treasurer Tax Lists for the City of Seattle 1874-1878 Tax Lists for the City of Seattle Finding aid prepared by Scott Cline and Shannon B. Lynch Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Seattle Municipal Archives ©2004
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Finding aid encoded by Shannon B. Lynch 2004 Finding aid written in English. Seattle Municipal Archives
PO Box 94728 600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3 Seattle, WA 98124-4728 Phone: 206/233-7807 Email: archives@seattle.gov http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
8004-01 Seattle (Wash.). Office of the Treasurer Office of the Treasurer Tax Lists for the City of Seattle 1874-1876 3 volumes Rolls of taxes levied by the City of Seattle on its residents, 1874-1876. Collection materials are in English. Historical Note

The position of City Treasurer was created in Seattle's first City Charter in 1869. The Treasurer administered the collection, management, and disbursement of all City monies, invested temporary surplus cash, kept accounts of all funds received and expended, and administered Local Improvement District assessments. The Treasurer, like the Comptroller, was an elected official until 1992, when a City Charter amendment abolished the two positions and consolidated the two departments into an executive agency, the Department of Finance.

The collection consists of three volumes of information regarding taxes levied by the City of Seattle on its residents during the years 1874-1878. Tables include name of resident, description of property, value of real estate and personal property, total valuation, amount assessed for each tax, date of payment, and remarks. Taxes levied included Road Poll, Road Property, City, Gas Light, Fire, and Cemetery taxes.

Prominent early Seattleites whose names appear in the tax lists include religious leader Daniel Bagley, businessman (and later Mayor of Seattle) Bailey Gatzert, banker Dexter Horton, early pioneer (and widow of Dr. David "Doc" Maynard) Catherine Maynard, and early settlers Henry and Sarah Yesler.

Records are open to the public.

[Item and date], Tax Lists for the City of Seattle, Record Series 8004-01. Page [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Seattle (Wash.). Taxation--Washington (State)--Seattle Property tax--Washington (State)--Seattle Roads--Taxation--Washington (State)--Seattle Gas lighting--Taxation--Washington (State)--Seattle Cemeteries--Taxation--Washington (State)--Seattle Public utilities--Taxation--Washington (State)--Seattle Fire departments--Taxation--Washington (State)--Seattle Government and Politics Seattle Tax records

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

1 Tax Lists 1874-1875 2 Tax Lists 1876 3 Tax Lists 1877-1878