SD2443. Reuben Browning to T. H. Sotheran Estcourt

Published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 29, 284 (in part).

New Court,

St. Swithin’s Lane

6 May 1861

Sir,

I take the liberty of forwarding herewith a Copy of the No of a small work on Finances which I am writing, wherein the Income tax is considered, requesting your kind acceptance of the same & directing attention to that subject.

Although I have suggested three rates of imposition of this tax, it has only been done suggestively as a basis, by which in my humble opinion it might be rates satisfactorily settled, subject of course to such modifications as circumstances in justice require.

I have the honor to be very respectfully

Sir

Your obed. Servt

Reuben Browning

To the

Rt Honble

T H Sotheran Estcourt

&c &c &c

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Michael Meredith.

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