Records of custom houses, toll collectors, and the U.S. Treasury Department, 1789-1870 (inclusive).

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Records of custom houses, toll collectors, and the U.S. Treasury Department, 1789-1870 (inclusive).

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The bulk of the collection pertains to operations at various ports and canals. Included are Marblehead Custom House records, 1789-1870, consisting of letters and circulars, mainly from the U.S. Treasury Dept. or other custom houses, fishermen's agreements, crew lists, vessel registrations, and manifests of cargoes; Philadelphia Custom House records, 1796-1802, consisting of a cashbook which contains the names of hundreds of ships sailing from Philadelphia and the names of their owners and captains, and a receipt book for bounties on exports from the U.S. and for damages on imports; Kennebunkport, Me. port records, 1804-1830, containing seamen's oaths, crew lists, and oaths to property; New York State Comptrollers' Office (Albany) records, 1823-1850, consisting of letters from collectors of tolls at New York State canals including Cayuga, Seneca, Erie, Chenango and Genesee Valley canals, and two letters relating to convict labor; and Boston Custom House records, 1843, consisting of letters, mainly to Hon. Levi Lincoln, former governor of Massachusetts, concerning smuggling. Also includes a U.S. government bond book, 1791, with the names of New Yorkers who loaned money to the American government during the revolution; and a U.S. Treasury Dept. letter book, 1861, containing letters from the U.S. Treasury Dept. to banks, insurance companies and individuals in New England regarding government loans, and receipts from the Treasurer of the Associated Banks in Boston to the U.S. Treasury Dept. for payments on the public debt.

ca. 2.5 linear ft. (5 v., 7 boxes)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7175016

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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