1To Alexander Hamilton from Benjamin Lincoln, 25 May 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
...that the duty of 7½ ⅌ Ct ad valorem laid by the act aforesaid on chintses and coloured calicoes shall be deemed and taken to extend to all printed stained & coloured goods, or manufactures of cotton, or of linen, or of both, which hereafter shall be brought into the United States from any foreign port or place. are of opinion that all cotton good all linen goods & goods of Cotton & Linen...