President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of Treasury Salmon Chase Nominate a Prominent Attorney and Businessman as Collector of Revenue to Raise Funds for the Civil War
An uncommon appointment to this position, also signed by one of Lincoln's Team of Rivals
In 1862, in order to help fund the war effort, President Lincoln passed a law to permit the collection of certain taxes from the citizens of the United States, practically meaning the North at that time.
Carlos Baxter was a prominent lawyer and businessman in Burlington, Vermont, whose name still adorns areas...
In 1862, in order to help fund the war effort, President Lincoln passed a law to permit the collection of certain taxes from the citizens of the United States, practically meaning the North at that time.
Carlos Baxter was a prominent lawyer and businessman in Burlington, Vermont, whose name still adorns areas of that city.
Document signed, as President, Washington, March 6, 1863, naming Baxter “Collector of Internal Revenue for the Second Collection District of the State of Indiana”. It is countersigned by Salmon Chase, Secretary of the Treasury.
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