New York State Comptroller's Office Accounts of Taxes Paid on Passengers of Steamboats A1264

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An 1817 law provided for the levy of a tax of one dollar upon each boat passenger for each trip of over 100 miles, and fifty cents for any distance less than 100 miles and over 30 miles.

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