Collector of the Port of Boston

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customs post federal government office public office

The Collector of the Port of Boston was a key federal customs post responsible for overseeing maritime trade, tariffs, and revenue collection at one of the United States’ most important early seaports.

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Label	Occurrences
Collector of the Port of Boston canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	customs post ⓘ federal government office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Port of Boston ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
governs	customs procedures at the Port of Boston ⓘ
hasDomain	customs administration ⓘ international trade ⓘ maritime commerce ⓘ
hasDuty	collection of customs duties ⓘ collection of tariffs ⓘ enforcement of federal customs laws ⓘ oversight of maritime trade ⓘ protection of federal revenue ⓘ supervision of customs officers at the Port of Boston ⓘ
hasEffect	enforcement of embargoes and trade restrictions when mandated by law ⓘ generation of a substantial portion of early federal revenue ⓘ regulation of goods entering and leaving the Port of Boston ⓘ
hasLegalAuthority	authority to issue customs clearances for vessels ⓘ authority to levy customs duties on imports ⓘ authority to seize goods for customs violations ⓘ
hasOrganizationalUnit	customs inspectors at the Port of Boston ⓘ tidewaiters and other subordinate customs officers ⓘ
hasTemporalCoverage	19th century United States ⓘ early history of the United States ⓘ era of sail and early steam shipping ⓘ
isKeyPostIn	United States maritime trade regulation ⓘ United States revenue collection at seaports ⓘ
isPublicOfficeIn	federal customs system of the United States ⓘ
legalForm	federal statutory office ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Massachusetts ⓘ Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: United States customs district of Boston
officeHolderSelectionMethod	appointment with advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ presidential appointment ⓘ
partOf	United States Customs Service ⓘ United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
significantFor	administration of tariff policy ⓘ early federal revenue collection ⓘ oversight of one of the principal early American seaports ⓘ regulation of foreign commerce ⓘ
subordinateTo	Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ surface form: Secretary of the Treasury of the United States United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
usedFor	collection of federal revenue from maritime trade ⓘ implementation of federal trade and tariff policy ⓘ

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Input

Subject: Collector of the Port of Boston
Description of subject: The Collector of the Port of Boston was a key federal customs post responsible for overseeing maritime trade, tariffs, and revenue collection at one of the United States’ most important early seaports.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Bancroft → positionHeld → Collector of the Port of Boston ⓘ