In a message dated 11/2/00 10:14:40 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I've seen in an old H&R Block teaching manual a copy of one of the first American tax returns but I can't remember what year! (old age!). Does anyone have a copy? or know on the web where one is? the earliest I can find is 1935 for Teddy Roosevelt. I'm really like to find tax returns for the 1860's and 1870's. Earlier would be great! I'd like a blank one if possible. >> Are you referring to the Federal Income Tax? That was established in 1913 by means of the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, so I doubt that you will find any earlier than that. Since Theodore Roosevelt died in 1919, I would be surprised to learn that he filed a tax return in 1935. Could you mean Franklin Roosevelt??