Clymer, George, 1739-1813 [Certification of duty payment on rum]

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GLC#
GLC00797
Type
Documents
Date
1791-1794
Author/Creator
Clymer, George, 1739-1813
Title
[Certification of duty payment on rum]
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 11 cm, Width: 22 cm
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Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

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.

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