71,589 Taxable Gallons of Brandy, 1897

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

At the end of the 1800s, brandy was tracked and taxed by the US federal government. Before being taxed, tariffed goods such as brandy were stored in bonded warehouses overseen by custom officials. Duties would be charged when the goods were sold domestically.
On June 30, 1897, 71,589 gallons of brandy were being stored at the New York and Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Co., on Imlay and Commerce Streets in the Atlantic Basin. Another 10,090 gallons of distilled spirits were being stored there as well.

Date:

1897

Subjects

Food and Drink

Sources:

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the Operations of the Internal Revenue System for the Year 1897
United States. Office of Internal Revenue U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897
https://books.google.com/books?id=DEJFAQAAMAAJ (accessed 2016)

Published on May 10, 2016. Last updated on May 17, 2023.