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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00797 |
| From Archive Folder | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era |
| Title | Certification of duty payment on rum |
| Date | 1791-1794 |
| Author | Clymer, George (1739-1813) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Partly printed document signed by Clymer as Supervisor of the Revenue for the district of Pennsylvania attests that the duties had been paid on "one Puncheon of Rum containing one hundred & fifteen gallons..." Marked "No. 3294." Clymer served as Pennsylvania's collector of excise taxes from 1791-1794, and was in the post when the Whiskey Rebellion broke out in western Pennsylvania. |
| Subjects | Finance Taxes or Taxation Alcohol Whiskey Rebellion Economics Government and Civics Law |
| People | Clymer, George (1739-1813) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Law; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Signer of the U.S. Constitution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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