Account of US Revenue, Commerce, & Expenditures, 1795-1798
Document 1798Response to request from Secretary of War about state of U.S. revenue. Lists amounts, 1795-1798, commerce. Includes sales of domestic and foreign spirits, post office stamp sales and duties, bank stock; foreign debts, domestic debts, and various expenditures for auxiliaries. Establishment of duties on imported salt, stamps, refined sugar, and other items. Refers to loans based on congressional acts and taxes on loans. Refers to a treaty with Great Britian
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Letterbook Copy
Description
Response to request from Secretary of War about state of U.S. revenue. Lists amounts, 1795-1798, commerce. Includes sales of domestic and foreign spirits, post office stamp sales and duties, bank stock; foreign debts, domestic debts, and various expenditures for auxiliaries. Establishment of duties on imported salt, stamps, refined sugar, and other items. Refers to loans based on congressional acts and taxes on loans. Refers to a treaty with Great Britian
Date
11/16/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798111640201
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
House of Representatives
Committee of Ways and Means
Notable locations
Treasury Department
Post Office
Bank of the United States
Great Britain
Notable items
Domestic Distilled Spirits
Foreign Distilled Spirits
Refined Sugar
Carriages
Stamp Duties
Stock
Sinking Funds
Foreign Debts
Domestic Debts
Treaties with Barbary Powers
Military Pensions
Military and Naval Establishments
Imported Salt
Wine