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The Custom House
The Custom House
The Custom House was built about 17...
The Custom House
Inside this impressive building were the offices of the Un...
The Customhouse, 1859
Construction of this customhouse began in 1852 and was com...
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House / National Museum of the Am
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Before the income tax was invente...
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The Custom House
The Custom House
The Custom House was built about 1721 by Richard Ambler. Richard Ambler was a leading merchant in Yorktown and this undoubtedly influenced the selection of Richard Ambler as Customs Officer. He used this building as his ...
The Custom House
Inside this impressive building were the offices of the United States Customs Service collectors, inspectors, and other officials. It was here that ship’s captains and owners paid duties on imported goods, ordinarily about 5% of their value.
Before the passage of ...
The Customhouse, 1859
Construction of this customhouse began in 1852 and was completed in 1859, replacing an 1819 customhouse located at Water and Church Streets (now Waterside Drive and St. Paul’s Boulevard). This building was designed by Ammi B. Young (1798–1874), the first ...
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House / National Museum of the Am
Exploring Downtown
Before the income tax was invented, the duty levied on imported goods financed almost the entire cost of America’s federal government – and as much as 80 per cent of that duty came through the Port of New York, ...