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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Pennsylvania has enacted a law imposing taxes on billiard tables, carriages, watches, wine, beer, sugar, and judicial/probate papers to fund government and public securities. The state is issuing treasury notes in various denominations as legal tender for taxes, with counterfeiting punishable by death.
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The state of Pennsylvania, we hear have passed a law by which the following taxes are laid, for raising money to support government, and paying the interest of public securities and part of the principal.
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For every billiard Table. 15 00
For every Sulky, Chair, or Chaise, 1 10 0
For every four wheel Chaise, 4 00
For every Coach, Chariot, or post Chaise 10
For every cover'd Waggon or Caravan, 3 0
For every Stage Coach, 7 10 0
For every Stage Waggon, 5 00
For every gold Watch, 0 10 0
For every silver Watch, 0 5 0
For every gallon of Wine in casks. 0 0 6
For every doz. of Wine in bottles. 0 1 6
For every gallon of strong Beer,
Ale or Porter imported in casks,
For every doz. of ditto in bottles, 0 2 6
For every Cwt. of refined Sugar. 0 0 2
They have also taxed every Writ, Subpœna or other Judicial papers, to be paid by the respective clerks of the county courts. Also, all papers issued out at the Probate Office to be paid by the registers of probate courts.
They have also issued notes from the treasury, of the following denominations and numbers.
No. of 20 Dollars.
20,000 Dollars.
4000 of 10 Dollars,
8000 of 5 Dollars,
15,000 of 4 Dollars,
25,000 of 2 Dollars.
45,000 of 1 Dollar.
40,000 Dollars.
40,000 Dollars.
60,000 Dollars.
50,000 Dollars.
45,000 Dollars.
They have made false notes legal tenders in payment of all taxes, and death without benefit of clergy to counterfeit them.
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Primary Location
Pennsylvania
Event Date
August 26
Outcome
taxes imposed on luxury items, alcohol, sugar, and legal papers; treasury notes issued totaling various amounts in denominations from 1 to 20 dollars, made legal tender for taxes; counterfeiting punishable by death without benefit of clergy.
Event Details
The state of Pennsylvania has passed a law laying taxes on billiard tables, sulkies, chaises, coaches, wagons, stage coaches, watches, wine, beer, ale, porter, and refined sugar. Additional taxes on writs, subpoenas, judicial papers paid by county clerks, and probate papers paid by registers. Treasury notes issued in denominations of 20, 10, 5, 4, 2, and 1 dollars, with specified numbers, made legal tender for taxes.