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Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
This series consists of tax lists for steamboats Richmond, Paragon, and Chancellor Livingston. . The Canal Fund law includes
a one dollar tax upon each steamboat passenger for each trip of over 100 miles, and fifty cents for any distance between 30
and 100 miles. Proceeds were deposited in the Canal Fund. The tax monthly lists provide the total number of passengers. In
some instances, the passenger totals are broken down into daily figures.
Creator:
Title:
Accounts of taxes paid on passengers of steamboats
Quantity:
0.3 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates:
1817-1829
Series Number:
A1264
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