Surveyor of the Port of Salem

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United States customs office government position public office

Surveyor of the Port of Salem was a mid-19th-century U.S. customs post in Salem, Massachusetts, overseeing the inspection and regulation of maritime trade.

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Surface form Occurrences
Naval Officer of the Port of Salem 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States customs office ⓘ
government position ⓘ
public office ⓘ
administrativeArea customs district of Salem and Beverly ⓘ
appliesTo maritime trade ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
appliesToVessels American-flag vessels ⓘ
foreign-flag vessels ⓘ
merchant ships ⓘ
appointedBy James K. Polk ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
category History of Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
United States federal customs positions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
duty collection of customs information ⓘ
enforcement of customs laws ⓘ
inspection of vessels ⓘ
oversight of cargo documentation ⓘ
regulation of maritime trade ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Salem Harbor ⓘ
surface form: Port of Salem
hasLanguage English ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
mid-19th century ⓘ
industry maritime commerce ⓘ
legalBasis United States customs statutes ⓘ
levelOfGovernment United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Essex County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
officeHolder Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ
officeHolderEndTime 1849 ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime 1846 ⓘ
officeLocation United States Custom House in Salem ⓘ
surface form: Salem Custom House
partOf Salem Maritime National Historic Site ⓘ
surface form: Port of Salem customs district

U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
surface form: United States Customs Service
regulates exports ⓘ
imports ⓘ
relatedTo Collector of Customs for the Port of Salem ⓘ
Surveyor of the Port of Salem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Naval Officer of the Port of Salem
significance example of antebellum U.S. customs administration ⓘ
supervises customs inspectors ⓘ
port customs operations ⓘ
timeOfExistence 19th century United States customs system ⓘ
usedFor control of goods entering and leaving the United States ⓘ
implementation of federal tariff policy ⓘ

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Nathaniel Hawthorne → positionHeld → Surveyor of the Port of Salem ⓘ
Surveyor of the Port of Salem → relatedTo → Surveyor of the Port of Salem self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naval Officer of the Port of Salem