National Duties
Custom Houses and the Making of the American State
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A Note on Archival Sources
Introduction
Part I. Revolution
Philadelphia, 1769
1. Custom Houses, Negotiated Authority, and the Bonds of Empire, 1714–1776
Part II. Revenue and Empire
Bermuda Hundred, 1795
2. Political Economy and the Making of the Customs System
3. Negotiating Authority in Federalist America, 1789–1800
Part III. Revenue and Crisis
Baltimore, 1808
4. Commerce or War?
5. Jefferson’s Embargo and the Era of Commercial Restrictions, 1807–1815
Part IV. Reform
Boston, 1817
6. Dismantling Discretion, 1816–1828
Epilogue: Charleston, 1832
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
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