Item #37592 Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on so much of the President's message as relates to the finances of the United States. October 10, 1814. Read and referred to a committee of the whole House on Thursday next. War of 1812.

Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on so much of the President's message as relates to the finances of the United States. October 10, 1814. Read and referred to a committee of the whole House on Thursday next.

Washington [D.C.]: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1814. 8 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. A very good copy, dampstain on top edge, light soiling on margins. American Imprints 33437. Item #37592

Contains an estimate of the amount of the proposed 50 per cent tax increase and of the new duties in order to offset the cost of the war. Line items in addition to direct taxes, distilled spirits, tobacco, leather, lotteries and more, all of which would amount to additional revenue of an extra $10 million for 1815.

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