City of Seattle Records

Hopeing [sic] and Trusting Gentlemen that you will Act -Promptly -- And will give to this matter your earliest Attention;

We Remain As Ever,--

--Yours Most Obedient Servants; dated at Seattle City County of King State of Washington this the 10th day of June 1890;

The object of this Petition is not to defeat the Opperation [sic] of the Law; nor to evade due and proper Taxation; The Sole Object is for the purpose of correcting any and all Errors that may be found to Exist; And to Equalize Valuation, Assesment [sic] and Taxation so that the Burden of Taxation may be borne Alike -- As in Equity and Justice they should be borne According to the Amount and Value of Real Property which each Individual may own and possess:

C N Cole W. L. Burke Joseph M. Glasgow [Reuben Spahr?] Julius Andrae E. O. Robison Sam French A Burgert W. H. Smith