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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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[FILLMORE, Millard (1800-1874), his copy]. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Commerce and Navigation of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1862. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864.
8vo (224 x 143). (A few leaves with light browning.) Original cloth (rebacked, preserving original spine); custom slipcase.
MILLARD FILLMORE'S COPY, SIGNED TWICE: vertically in ink on the front pastedown ("Millard Fillmore April 10 1865"), and on the title-page ("Millard Fillmore April 10 1865").
The Report includes tabular statements of imports and exports for the United States for fiscal year ending June 30, 1863. On 2 March 1861, the Morrill Tariff was adopted increasing the import tariff in the United States. The tariff appealed to industrialists as a way to foster rapid industrial growth, and increased rates encouraged domestic industry addressed the growing federal deficit. It brought forth a period of continuous protectionism in the United States that would last until the adoption of the Revenue Act of 1913.
When Fillmore served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives, he was active in framing the protective Tariff of 1842 as chairman of Committee on Ways and Means. A protectionist tariff schedule, the Tariff of 1842 was repealed in 1846 and replaced by the Walker Tariff.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota