Report of the Committee of [Co]mmerce and Manufactures [who] were directed by a resolution of the House, of the 3d ultimo to enquire into the expediency of laying and collecting a tonnage duty on ships and vessels entering the ports and harbours of the United States, as an equivalent for the advantages such ships and vessels derive from the light houses they pass inwards and outwards ([s.n.], 1804)
"18th February, 1804, read, and ordered to be referred to a committee of the whole House, on Wednesday next. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 7609