Whiskey in lieu of cash for tax payments
Item
Type
Printed Document
Title
Whiskey in lieu of cash for tax payments
Description
Secretary Hamilton discusses the paying of taxes or duties in whiskey rather than "cash" -- since the latter might be too oppressive to the frontier communities where money is more rare. The whiskey received in payment by the government will then be used to supply the army. "The price at which whiskey is to be received, is three Shillings & Six pence Pennsylvania currency per gallon." Miller is Supervisor of the Revenue.
year created
1794
month created
11
day created
17
author
sent from location
Pittsburgh
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Copy, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; copy, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford; copy, RG 58, Special Cases,' Whiskey Rebellion, 1792-1796, National Archives.
notable person/group
Henry Miller
Alexander Hamilton
John Neville
Presley Neville
Treasury
notable location
Pittsburgh
Office of Inspection
Pennsylvania
notable item/thing
western army
supplies
whiskey
cash
Inspector of the Revenue
bank notes
duty
tax
arrears
document number
1794111790000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Alexander Hamilton | Pittsburgh | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Brigadier General Henry Miller | [unknown] | [n/a] |