11 January 1791

GW at Philadelphia. In a letter, Md. Gov. John Eager Howard urged GW to present “An Act to empower the Wardens of the Port of Baltimore to lay and collect the duty therein mentioned” to Congress and have it approved. GW presented it to Congress on Jan. 17 and GW signed it into law on Feb. 9, 1791.

 

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11 January 1791
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