Research

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of loose documents, on which is recorded the amount of excise tax collected on the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in the various counties during a given year. In most documents, the names of commissioners collecting the excise tax in each county are listed along with the amount collected. In others, only the amount collected is recorded. Names of individual retailers of alcoholic beverages are not typically listed, with one exception. A lone document lists retailers in Kings, Ulster, and Dutchess Counties along with the amount of excise tax paid during the period from November 1, 1717 to November 1, 1718.