Port of Philadelphia Custom House records

Papers of the United States customs service of the Port of Philadelphia illustrating commercial and shipping interests, as well as foreign trade relations, of colonial America and the United States. The records include: account book, 1704-1713, duties imposed on tobacco, and data on merchandise ex...

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Corporate Author: Port of Philadelphia Custom House (Creator)
Collection:Port of Philadelphia Custom House Records
Collection Number:0157
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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520 |a Papers of the United States customs service of the Port of Philadelphia illustrating commercial and shipping interests, as well as foreign trade relations, of colonial America and the United States. The records include: account book, 1704-1713, duties imposed on tobacco, and data on merchandise exported; Custom House papers, 1750-1774, including letters, clearance papers, bonds, entries, cargo manifests, names of vessels, reports of seizures, accounts of contraband and smuggled merchandise, complaints, and other official records of the Port of Philadelphia; Custom House records, outward entries, 1784-1787, 1789-1791; inward entries, 1786-1787, 1789-1793, 1792-1794; and an inward index, 1789-1817. 
541 1 |a Papers after 1789 were transferred to the National Archives. 
650 7 |a Maritime history  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Ports--Philadelphia Ports - Philadelphia Ports - Philadelphia  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Trade - 18th Century  |2 Local sources 
852 |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b Port of Philadelphia Custom House Records  |l 0157