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August 25, 1792
National Gazette
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Young farmers planning to settle new land seek opinions on whether a future Congress will impose British-style excise taxes on cider, beer, candles, and other family necessities, criticizing influences pushing for such policies.
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A number of young farmers (says a correspondent) who are about to settle some new land, would wish to be informed in a point that immediately concerns them; and on which, before their removal, they would be glad to take the opinions of their fellow-citizens; whether a future Congress will persevere in the system of British politics, and will, after the policy of that nation, extend the Excise to Cider, Beer, Candles, and other necessary articles in a family? -This question might, perhaps, with propriety have been addressed to those who have secretly influenced the measures of Congress, and who are now exerting every nerve to fill the new legislature with men devoted to avarice, and who will humbly pursue every measure dictated by their patrons.
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Politics
Economic
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Young Farmers
New Land Settlement
Excise Taxes
Congress Policy
British Politics
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A correspondent reports that young farmers about to settle new land seek opinions from fellow-citizens on whether a future Congress will extend excise taxes to cider, beer, candles, and other necessary family articles, following British policy. The question is suggested to be directed at secret influencers of Congress who aim to fill the new legislature with avaricious men pursuing patron-dictated measures.