Letter from Roger B. Taney to Collectors of Customs

Letter from Roger B. Taney to Collectors of Customs
Number of Pages: 
3
Date: 
December 16, 1833

Treasury Secretary Roger Brooke Taney sends this Circular letter to the Collectors of Customs and announces the opening of additional British ports (Cape Town, Simon's Town, and Port Elizabeth) to American trade. Taney mentions that this news had been received from Sir Charles R. Vaughan, British Minister to the United States. Transcript included.

Time Period: 
Location: 
I-SpahrB-undated-38
Origin: 
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr