German, with an epigraph in Latin (from a poem, De obitu Celsi, by Saint Paulinus of Nola; p. 2) and Latin titles of works, and quotations, scattered throughout; at least one quotation in Hebrew (p. 22) and one in Greek (p. 107).
The particulars of each person's estate, as appears by the township and ward assessors' returns as follows [manuscript] / by Jacob Umstat, Barnaby Barnes, Andrew Bankson, John Roberts [?], Joseph Stamper, and Paul Engle Jun[ior], County Assessors.
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Property tax -- Pennsylvania.; Taxation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Lists.; Registers (lists); Government records.; Manuscripts, American; 18th century.; Tax records.