Author: Crawford, William H., et al.
Title: Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting a Report Made in Pursuance of a Resolution of the House of Representatives of March 9, 1816, Requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to Report to the Next Session of Congress Whether Any, and If Any, What Alterations Are Necessary to Equalize the Duty on the Capacity of Stills, Boilers, and Other Instruments Used in Distillation. January 13, 1817. Read and Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
Description: Washington [D.C.], Printed by William A. Davis, 1817. First edition. Removed. 58 pp. 8vo. Numbered 32 on top margin. Compilation of a series of 1816 correspondence that responds to Congress' about whether any alterations are necessary to equalize the duty on the capacity of stills, boilers, and other instruments used in distillation. The transmission is introduced by William H. Crawford of the Treasury Department, who ascertains that the "result of the inquiry institued..renders it doubtful whether any change in the existing system is indispensably necessary." American Imprints 42630. A very good copy with War Department Library stamp on title, faint scattered foxing.

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