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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02797 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1834 |
| Title | Roger B. Taney to Benjamin Knight regarding the importation and exportation of money |
| Date | 20 March 1834 |
| Author | Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) |
| Recipient | Knight, Benjamin |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Government document |
| Content Description | Printed circular letter to collectors of the customs. Requests a statement of the amount of specie imported and exported through the station for the last three months. Hereafter the collector is to make weekly reports of these amounts: "Those statements will specify the places from which imported, or to which exported; the names of persons importing or exporting; the amount imported or exported by each, and whether in coin or bullion." Knight was Collector of the Customs of Marblehead, Massachusetts. Signed as Secretary of the Treasury. |
| Subjects | Finance Government and Civics Economics Coins and Currency Commerce |
| People | Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) Knight, Benjamin (1813-1898) |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |