Cholera assessment receipt

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This cholera assessment receipt for two shillings and three pence was issued on 9 April 1849 at Musselburgh in Midlothian. The money raised went to help the parish poor, who were particularly at risk from cholera.

The receipt records that the money was received from a James Stirling.

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• Online ID: 000-100-067-824-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.OK 88
• Date: 1849
  9 April 1849
  
• Material: Paper, light blue
  Receipt, assessment, cholera
  
• Dimensions: 85 mm H x 202 mm W
  
• What: Receipt, assessment, cholera
  
• Subject:
• Who: James Stirling (Owner)
  John Archibald (Signatory)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Inveresk
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Musselburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Cholera assessment receipt for 2 shillings and 3 pence received from James Stirling, dated Musselburgh, 9 April 1849, and levied for the poor of the parish of Inveresk
  
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