[WhiskeyPapa]

Excise taxes were on a far greater number of goods other than just whiskey.

You need to show that then.

Where can we see in the historical record that there were taxes "on a far greater number of goods" than whiskey in 1794 or right up to the ACW?

Walt

[from occupied ga]

Where can we see in the historical record that there were taxes "on a far greater number of goods" than whiskey in 1794 or right up to the ACW

Try touring the Salem MA customs house. They give a partial list of taxed goods. (Post 1776)