Records, 1826-1845. [microform].
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Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886
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Henry Stevens was born on August, 24, 1819, in Barnet, Vermont. He attended Middlebury College for a year, but graduated from Yale College in 1843 with the degree of B.A. Upon graduating, he attended Harvard Law School for a year. In 1840, he worked as a clerk in Washington, D.C. for the the treasury department of the United States Senate. He also worked for the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress and was an early advocate for the use of photography as a means of supplementing bi...
U.S. Customs Service. District of Vermont.
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The United States Customs Service, a branch of the U.S. Treasury Department, was organized under a July 1798 act (I Stat L., 29-49) "providing for the establishment of customs districts and ports of entry, the appointment of customs officials and the method of collecting the duties." The Service controlled the movement of commodities, persons, and vessels between the United States and foreign countries. Customs officers collected duties on imports, registered and licensed vessels, a...
United States. Department of the Treasury
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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...
