1From George Washington to Edmund Randolph, 1 October 1792 (Washington Papers)
. The grand jury of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Middle District, which met at York, Pa., on 11 Oct. 1792, indicted William Kerr and Alexander Beer (Berr), participants in the August 1792 attack on William Faulkner’s tavern, in which John Nevill, the inspector of the revenue, had established his office. On 13 Mar. 1793 GW wrote William Rawle, U.S....
2John Beckley to Edmund Randolph, [20 June] 1783 (Madison Papers)
commencing in 1785. it contained Imposts of 9d: pr. Bushel of Salt; 4d. Beer, Ale, Cordage, Hemp, Snuff &c....pence; on every gallon of wine, the sum of four pence; on every hundred pounds of hemp, the sum of two shillings; on every hundred pounds of cordage, the sum of one shilling; on every gallon of beer, ale, or porter, the sum of four pence; on every pound of snuff the sum of one shilling” (