Keywords: tariff
Item 102955
Bond for goods imported, Portland, 1796
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1796-03-25 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 18162
District of Passamaquoddy custom's receipt, Houlton, 1831, 1831
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1831-11-11 Location: Woodstock; Houlton Media: Ink on paper
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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4
"Objecting to the twenty-five cent tariff to cross the marsh, stagecoach owner Josiah Paine laid out a direct road from Dunstan to Stroudwater."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"… was instrumental in obtaining an increase on the tariff on Canadian potatoes entering the United States."
