Featured 1801 Receipt for Duties Paid on Rum

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  1. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    DS #2 came across this old receipt while we were digging through some boxes of ephemera yesterday. I believe it is a receipt for duties paid on a large bottle of rum. It has an embossed seal which says Massachusetts Supervisors Office and is signed by the Inspector, whose name I can't read. It is dated 1801.
    Can anyone help me learn more about this? Thanks.

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    Bookahtoo, Oct 17, 2025
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  2. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    That would be a barrel, not a bottle.

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  3. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Hah hah - I guess that would be a pretty big bottle.
     
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  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Depends on what kind of week it was!
     
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  5. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I'm seeing G.Brookes
     
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  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    too bad it doesn't list the country of origin..
     
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  7. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    How about J. Brooks?

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  8. Debora

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  9. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    Thirty one plus gallons, if I read that correctly.
     
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  10. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    You are Amazing, Debora!
     
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  11. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Not at all sure that's correct. John Brooks was the governor of Massachusetts. Example of signature.

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  12. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    You ARE amazing Deborah!! Thank you.

    I think the signatures are similar. Look how the second o is much larger than the first and misshapen by the tail's pull to the k.
     
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  13. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    I do too.

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  14. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Some days, that sounds about right.
     
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