Item 9: Two Distillery Permits by Samuel [Harrison] Smith, the Commissioner of the Revenue, for William Hart, 1814 November 8
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Dates
- Created: 1814 November 8
Creator
- Smith, Samuel Harrison, 1772-1845 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Permit.
Condition Note:
Fair.
Measurements:
8 x 10 in.
Description:
The following items, dated November 8, 1814, depicts two permits to distill spirits in Bradford County, PA, issued by Samuel Harrison Smith, the commissioner of revenue, and received by William Hart. These permits are allowing Hart to distill spirits for six months, beginning on the 1st of November and through the 13th day of April of the following year. The manuscript appears to have a mistaken dated range, because they are both said to end in the same year, 1814, though the permit would take Hart through the following year, November to April. The distillery is being leased to Hart by Matthias Hollenback, owner of the building in Wysox. The two permits have different gallon amounts, with the front of the manuscript allowing 60 gallons to be distilled, and the back of the item allowing for 176 gallons. The permits are countersigned by Andrew Beaumont, the collector of revenue for the 20th district of Pennsylvania.
Samuel Harrison Smith has been ascertained by the title held in 1814, commissioner of revenue, which he was appointed to in 1813.
Mathias Hollenback, 1752-1829, was a businessman from the Wyoming Valley who was a merchant and President of the Wilkes-Barre Bridge Company. In addition to serving this company role, Hollenback was considered a Revolutionary war hero for his role in the Battle of Wyoming, a battle on July 3rd 1778, between the Iroquis and loyalists against Americans. Matthias Hollenback was also a merchant and owner of many distilleries throughout Northeast Pennsylvania.
Location:
Bradford County, PA
Transcription:
[License to work a Still for distilling Spirits form Domestic Materials.]
No.13
WHEREAS William Hart of the township of
Wysox in the County of Bradford in the twentieth
Collection District of Pennsylvania possessor of a Still of the capacity of
Sixty~~~~~ Gallons, including the head thereof, at this time erected
and intended to be used in the town of Wysox in the County of
Bradford in the District aforesaid, and owned by Matthias
Hollenback of Wilkes- Barre in the County of Luzerne
and the District aforesaid, hath duly applied for a License to distil Spirits from Domestic Materials,
during the term of six months, to commence on the first of November 1814 and to end
on the thirteenth day of April 1814:
KNOW KNOW YE, That the said Willaim Hart is hereby licensed to work and employ the said Still in distilling DOMESTIC MATERIALS, for the said term of SIX MONTHS, as above defined, in conformity with an Act of Congress, passed the 24th day of July 1813.
Countersigned at Wilkes-Barre in the Col- —(?) Smith {signature} lection District aforesaid, this eighth day of Commissioner of the Revenue November 1814 Andrew Beaumont Collector of the Revenue for the twentieth Collection District of Pennsylvania
Back: [License to work a Still for distilling Spirits form Domestic Materials.] No.14 WHEREAS William Hart of the township of Wysox in the County of Bradford in the twentieth Collection District of Pennsylvania possessor of a Still of the capacity of one hundred Seventysix~~~~~ Gallons, including the head thereof, at this time erected and intended to be used in the town of Wysox in the County of Bradford in the District aforesaid, and owned by Matthias Hollenback of Wilkes- Barre in the County of Luzerne and the District aforesaid, hath duly applied for a License to distil Spirits from Domestic Materials, during the term of six months, to commence on the first of November 1814 and to end on the thirteenth day of April 1814:
KNOW KNOW YE, That the said Willaim Hart is hereby licensed to work and employ the said Still in distilling DOMESTIC MATERIALS, for the said term of SIX MONTHS, as above defined, in conformity with an Act of Congress, passed the 24th day of July 1813.
Countersigned at Wilkes-Barre in the Col- —(?) Smith {signature} lection District aforesaid, this eighth day of Commissioner of the Revenue November 1814 Andrew Beaumont Collector of the Revenue for the twentieth Collection District of Pennsylvania
KNOW KNOW YE, That the said Willaim Hart is hereby licensed to work and employ the said Still in distilling DOMESTIC MATERIALS, for the said term of SIX MONTHS, as above defined, in conformity with an Act of Congress, passed the 24th day of July 1813.
Countersigned at Wilkes-Barre in the Col- —(?) Smith {signature} lection District aforesaid, this eighth day of Commissioner of the Revenue November 1814 Andrew Beaumont Collector of the Revenue for the twentieth Collection District of Pennsylvania
Back: [License to work a Still for distilling Spirits form Domestic Materials.] No.14 WHEREAS William Hart of the township of Wysox in the County of Bradford in the twentieth Collection District of Pennsylvania possessor of a Still of the capacity of one hundred Seventysix~~~~~ Gallons, including the head thereof, at this time erected and intended to be used in the town of Wysox in the County of Bradford in the District aforesaid, and owned by Matthias Hollenback of Wilkes- Barre in the County of Luzerne and the District aforesaid, hath duly applied for a License to distil Spirits from Domestic Materials, during the term of six months, to commence on the first of November 1814 and to end on the thirteenth day of April 1814:
KNOW KNOW YE, That the said Willaim Hart is hereby licensed to work and employ the said Still in distilling DOMESTIC MATERIALS, for the said term of SIX MONTHS, as above defined, in conformity with an Act of Congress, passed the 24th day of July 1813.
Countersigned at Wilkes-Barre in the Col- —(?) Smith {signature} lection District aforesaid, this eighth day of Commissioner of the Revenue November 1814 Andrew Beaumont Collector of the Revenue for the twentieth Collection District of Pennsylvania
Creator
- Smith, Samuel Harrison, 1772-1845 (Person)
Repository Details
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