15 March 1791

GW at Philadelphia. GW issued an executive order detailing the division of states into districts for the collection of taxes on distilled spirits and naming an officer for each district. GW wrote to Alexander Hamilton detailing the salaries he authorized for each of these officers. GW also authorized Hamilton to borrow 332,686.20 dollars in the name of the federal government in order to raise another regiment for the military.

 

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15 March 1791
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