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New Estimates of the Average Tariff of the United States, 1790–1820

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2003

DOUGLAS A. IRWIN
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Abstract

The first order of business for the new Congress under the Constitution of 1787 was raising revenue to fund the government's operation and to service the public debt. On 8 April 1789, two days after the first Congress achieved a quorum, James Madison introduced a proposal to levy duties on imported goods. This tariff proposal became one of the first pieces of legislation passed by Congress and was signed by President George Washington on 4 July 1789.The author thanks the National Science Foundation for providing partial research support.

Type
NOTES AND DISCUSSION
Information
The Journal of Economic History , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , June 2003 , pp. 506 - 513
Copyright
© 2003 The Economic History Association

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