Autograph Letter Signed To George Washington A Retained Draft Acknowledging Receipt Of

by Samuel Huntington

$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Signed

1p. Marked Copy at the upper left. Docketed by Huntington on verso. Folio. Usual folds. Housed in a morocco backed folder. Item #376323 The Tonnage Act of July 20, 1789, was just the second act passed by the first U.S. Congress and signed into law by George Washington, preceded only by the related Tariff Act of July 4, 1789. Designed to raise revenue to pay off federal debt, and protect American shipping interests by taxing vessels

• Binding: Leather

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