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* Public land given to the head of a household or to an individual who paid another person's passage to America. Headright grants were given to early colonists of America and to early citizens of Texas. | * Public land given to the head of a household or to an individual who paid another person's passage to America. Headright grants were given to early colonists of America and to early citizens of Texas. | ||
===== Hearth tax, Britain ===== | ===== Hearth tax, Britain ===== | ||
*A tax paid on each hearth (fireplace) in a building. In England and Wales this tax was collected twice a year from 1662 to 1689. It was collected until 1690 in Scotland. The tax was not levied against paupers, charitable institutions, and industrial hearths (other than bakers' ovens and blacksmiths' forges). | *A tax paid on each hearth (fireplace) in a building. In England and Wales this tax was collected twice a year from 1662 to 1689. It was collected until 1690 in Scotland. The tax was not levied against paupers, charitable institutions, and industrial hearths (other than bakers' ovens and blacksmiths' forges). In Ireland, the tax was collected from 1662-1669. | ||
===== Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society ===== | ===== Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society ===== | ||