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1789 Boston Independent Chronicle

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1789 Boston Independent Chronicle
<B>1789 Boston <I>Independent Chronicle</B></I></B></I> <B>With Import Duty Story.</B></I> Four pages (with 8.25” x 13” supplement laid in), 12” x 21”, Volume XXI, Number 1085, August 13, 1789, paper toned and chipped along the edges, 6” split at the vertical fold, else good condition. This edition contains a lengthy three page account of a new import duty enacted by the Congress of the United States. This act, also known as the Tariff Act of 1789, imposed the first national source of revenue for the newly formed United States. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)