Owners Of The Distillery's.

Are colonel ancestors liked the drink, but it was not just a need of drink, in many cases it was a necessitate for saving lives. It was used to sterilizes wounds of all kinds like those in battle and those of ever day life. In many cases it was safer to drink the sprits then water. Many of the town and cities water supplies would become contaminated and unfit to drink. All ships carried spirits ( Rum ), as it was easier to keep then fresh water, as water would go bad. All the services give the drink as part of their rations, although in some cases it was taken away as it would be abused, but all in all it looks like are colonel ancestors had many a good times.
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Note. Although there may not be a lot of information on these names you will learn if your ancestor ran a distillery or find another family name you been looking for, and maybe the State or county he was living in and what year. All important information to be sure. Also note some of these names may be repeated this couldn’t be helped.
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D. C. Farrell.

AN ACT
MARCH 15, 1872.
For the relief of D. C. Farrell, of Peoria, Illinois.

Whereas it is alleged that the distillery, together with distillery bonded warehouse number six, of D. C. Farrell, in the fifth collection district of Illinois, were destroyed by fire on the twenty-seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy, without any neglect, fault, fraud, or evil practice on the part of said Farrell, his agents, or employees, and that in said warehouse and by said fire were destroyed, before the same had been sold or removed from said premises where the same had been manufactured, two thousand barrels of high-wines or distilled spirits, and upon which the tax per gallon had not been paid: Now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue be, and he is hereby, authorized to inquire into and determine the amount of high-wines or distilled spirits contained in the said warehouse of D. C. Farrell, on the said twenty-seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy, and which were destroyed on said day by said fire; and that the said Commissioner be, and he is hereby, authorized to abate and remit the direct tax of fifty cents per gallon due and unpaid upon all such distilled spirits or high-wines as he shall find were destroyed by said fire on said day, except so far as the owner may be indemnified against said tax by a valid claim for insurance.
Passed the house of Representatives March 14, 1872.
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Joseph S. Finch.

A Bill
JUNE 10, 1870.
For the relief of Joseph S. Finch and Company, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Whereas forty-one thousand four hundred and seventy-seven and eighty-two one hundredths proof gallons of distilled spirits, distilled by Joseph S. Finch and Company, at their distillery in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and stored in their distillery warehouse, near Pittsburgh, were on the fourteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, destroyed and wholly lost by the falling of said distillery warehouse, without any negligence or fault on the part of said Joseph S. Finch and company; and whereas said spirits were subject to the tax and duty of fifty cents per proof gallon, amounting to the sum of twenty thousand seven hundred and thirty- eight dollars and ninety-one cents, for which said Joseph S. Finch and Company had given bonds, as required by law, and the above facts constitute equitable grounds for relief from the payment of said taxes: Now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to abate and remit the taxes on said spirits so destroyed and lost, and to credit the amount of the same oil the bonds of said Joseph S. Finch and Company, given to secure the payment of the same.
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John H. Peck, Luther Van Hook, and William W. Trimble.

A Bill.
DECEMBER 18, 1871.
To remit the internal-revenue tax upon five hundred and forty-nine barrels of whisky, containing twenty-three thousand four hundred and sixty-six gallons, destroyed by fire while in bond in the distillery warehouse, on the twenty-fourth day of June, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, in the county of Harrison, and State of Kentucky.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, subject to regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to revoke and remit all assessments and taxes, the collection whereof has remained suspended, upon five hundred and forty-nine barrels and twenty-three thousand four hundred and sixty-six gallons of whisky therein, of the property of John H. Peck, Luther Van Hook, and William W. Trimble, partners, doing business under the name and style of Peck, Van Hook and Company, and on the twenty-fourth day of June, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, accidentally destroyed by fire while in bond, uninsured, in the distillery warehouse, in the county of Harrison, and State of Kentucky.
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W. L. Berry.

A Bill
April 20, 1871.
Whereas on the night of the fourteenth of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, the distillery and fixtures of W. L. Berry, of the second district of Kentucky, while in operation, was destroyed by fire without the fault or negligence of the owner, whereby he has met with great loss: Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to inquire into the extent of the loss of the said W. L. Berry, and to abate all assessments for taxes against him, which in his opinion should be abated, by reason of the destruction of this distillery; and that he is hereby authorized to cause the distilled spirits now in bonded warehouse of said W. L. Berry, to be removed for safekeeping to another bonded warehouse in the State of Kentucky, until the tax becomes due and is paid thereon.
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W. C. Goodwin.

A Bill
May 27. 1872.
For the relief of W. C. Goodwin and Company.

Whereas W. C. Goodwill and Company, distillers, in the third collection district of South Carolina, are charged at tile Treasury Department with a deficiency of tax of one thousand six hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents, said deficiency representing the tax upon three thousand three hundred and three and fifty—one hundredths gallons of liquors, alleged by them not to have been produced in their distillery : Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue be authorized to inquire into the truth of said claim, on the part of said Goodwin and Company, that the said alleged deficiency is unjustly charged against them, and to remit the whole, or any portion, of said tax which may satisfactorily appear to him to be Unjustly charged against said Goodwin and Company.
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1. 1816, A petition of Robert Mauck, praying to be exonerated from the payment of a bond given by him to secure the duties payable on his distillery, as he was unable to use same, because of the failure of the principle upon which it was erected.

2. 1815, A petition of Caleb Stanley and John U. Smith, of Montgomery county, State of New-York, praying that the duties secured by them to be paid on a distillery may be remitted, as their said distillery was soon afterwards consumed by fire.

3. 1817, An application of sundry persons, neighbors of a certain Solomon Belews, stating the inability of the said Belews, to pay the duties on his distillery, owing to extreme cold weather and misfortunes which befell him, and soliciting the remission of the said duties.

4. 1817, A petition of Matthew Cadwell, praying to be relieved from the payment of bonds, given to secure the duty on the distillery of a certain Edward Barnham, in which bonds, the petitioner is surety, in consequence of the said Barnham's having absconded, without availing himself of the privilege granted him, to use the distillery

5. A petition of John Boushbog, of the county of Monongalia, and State of Virginia, was presented to the House and read, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the excise duties upon a quantity of distilled spirits, in consideration of the destruction of his distillery and materials used therein, by fire.

6. 1817, A petition of Thomas W. Phelps and Warren Colton, praying to be exonerated from their liability as the sureties of a certain Enoch M. Granger, in a bond given by him to secure the duties on his distillery; which said distillery was not used, because of the failure of the said Granger and of the scarcity of grain.

7. 1821, the petition of Stephen F. Northam and others, of Rhode Island, merchants, representing that they took out license in the year 1815, for distilling spirits from molasses for one year; that a few days after their distillery was inundated and so much injured by the violent gale of wind and flood of tide, which at that time happened, as to suspend its operation nearly half the year, and praying that so much of the money paid for said license, may be restored to them, as will be equal to the time the distillery remained inoperative.

8. 1818, a petition of John Brickel, praying for the remission of a part of the duties imposed on the distillery of a certain John Hain, for which the petitioner is bound as surety, as the said distillery was seized and sold under an execution against said Hain, before the expiration of the license, and the purchaser refused to received a transfer thereof.

9. 1818, a petition of Matthew M'Coy, praying that the duties paid by him on his distillery may be refunded, as the said distillery, with all its contents, was subsequently destroyed by fire, in consequence of which, he is, with a wife and five children, reduced to extreme proverty.

10. 1816, a petition of Ephraim Jones, and John Frull, distillers, praying that they may be permitted to surrender to the collector, the license granted them to use their distillery, on paying for the time they have used the same.

11. 1816, A petition of Reuben M. Folger, and others, praying to be exonerated from the payment of that part of a bond given by them to secure the duties on their distillery, as remains unsatisfied, for reasons stated in the petition.

12. 1818, A petition of Elijah Brown, praying to be refunded the moneys paid by him for a license to use his distillery in the year 1814, as the said distillery became useless to him in consequence of his distiller being drafted into the militia service of the United States.

13. 1818, A petition Job W. Gardner, and John Gardner, praying that the amount of two judgments obtained against them for the duties upon a distillery may be remitted, as the said distillery, together with its contents, was subsequently demolished by the wind and tide, by which, the petitioners allege, they are reduced to extreme poverty.

14. 1816, a petition of John G. and Samuel Whitehorn, and Stephen T. Northam, of Newport, in Rhode-Island, praying that the duties secured by them to be paid on a quantity of molasses, may be remitted; the said molasses having been destroyed by a sudden and unusual rise of the sea; and that the duties which they have also secured on a distillery may be remitted, as the said distillery was destroyed by the same cause.

15. 1817, A petition of Levi Smith & Co. distillers, praying to be relieved from the payment of duties imposed on their distillery, as they have been unable to use the same, because of the destruction of a part of the said distillery.

16. 1818, a petition of Samuel White, stating that he was engaged as a captain of militia in the actual service of the United States, in the late war with Great Britain, that he was taken prisoner in battle, and robbed of money and property to the amount of 440 dollars; that several of his men deserted previous to his crossing into Canada, whom he advertised by direction of his superior officer, the expense of which, with the rewards offered, he has been compelled to pay; that while he remained a prisoner of war, duties to a considerable amount, accrued on his distillery, which was not, during that time, in use; and praying compensation for the money and property taken from him when captured, and reimbursement of the moneys, paid on account of advertising and arresting the said deserters, and for the remission of the duties charged on his distillery.

17. 1818, A petition of Daniel Denton, praying for the remission of duties now due on his distillery, as the said distillery was consumed by fire.

18. 1815, a petition of Eliakim Spooner and Alfred Spooner, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the duties secured by them to be paid on a distillery, as they were unable to use the same by reason of the insufficiency of the works of the said distillery.

19. 1818, A petition of Joseph Landon, praying to be exonerated from the payment of judgments obtained against him, as one of the sureties of a certain Bateman Fisk, in bonds given to secure the payment of duties imposed on his distillery.

20. 1868, The petition of Arthur McFarland, of Union county, praying that be may be allowed to run a distillery free of tax.

21. 1801, A petition of James Crosby, of York county, in the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the excise duties upon a quantity of distilled spirits, in consideration of the destruction of his distillery and materials used therein by fire.

22. 1820, A petition of Levi Bellows, distiller, in the state of Vermont, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the sum of 2,892 dollars, duties imposed on his distillery, inconsequence of his having already paid large sums by way of duties on said distillery, and of his utter inability to pay the same.

23. 1820, A petition of John Stipp, junior, praying for the remission of the duties on his distillery, in Champaign county, in the state of Ohio, (for which he gave bonds, and upon which judgments have been obtained,) which duties he has become unable to pay by reason of an accident which has for ever deprived him of the use of his legs.

24. 1817, A petition of Stephen T. Northam, John G. Whitehorn and Samuel Whitehorn, praying for the remission of a part of the duties imposed on their distillery as the said distillery was so injured by a storm and raising of the waters so to render it wholly useless.

25. 1817, a petition of Edward Cheeseborough, praying to be exonerated from the payment of two bonds given to secure the duties on his distillery, for the reasons stated in his petition.

26. 1802, A petition of James Clerk, of Prince George's county, in the State of Maryland, was presented to the House and read, praying a reimbursement of the duties paid by the petitioner on his stills in the said county, in consideration of the loss and injury he has sustained by renting a distillery to a certain Hugh Henry M'Kearne; who, after having had possession of the same for two years, absconded without paying any part of the rent due to the petitioner.

27. 1816, A petition of Jacob Davy praying to be exonerated from the payment of the duties imposed on his distillery, as the same has been consumed by fire.

28. 1816, A petition of Campbell P. White, distiller, in Baltimore, praying a remission of the duties imposed On his distillery, for the time he was unable to use it, because of himself and his assistants being called into the militia service of the United States.

29. 1818, A petition of Jacob Hart, praying for the remission of the duties, imposed on his distillery, during the time he was unable to use it, in consequence of the repairs it became necessary to make to a mill, connected with the said distillery.

30. 1842, The petition of J. Hart, praying a remission of the duties levied on his distillery during the time he was unable to use it from unavoidable causes.

31. 1814, A petition of Andrew Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, praying an extension of the time specified in a licence heretofore granted to him to use his distillery.

32. A memorial of Robert Barber, of the County of Northumberland, in the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying a remission of the duty accruing to the United States in the case of a distillery, owned by the memorialist, and which, during the time he had obtained a license to work the same, was, together with his still house and distilling materials, consumed by fire, some time in the month of October, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-seven.

33. 1817, A petition of Luke Hoff, praying to be relieved from the payment of the duties, imposed on his distillery, as he was unable to use the same, in consequence of the failure of the waters in the neighborhood.

34. 1816, A petition of Henry Tomlinson, of the county of Augusta, in Virginia, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the duties secured to be paid by him on a distillery which he was prevented from using by being taken into the militia service of the United States.

35. 1816, A petition of David Lowry and James Galloway praying to be exonerated from the payment of a bond entered into by them as the sureties of a certain Eli Baldridge, to secure the duties on his distillery, by their paying all the duties due from said Baldridge.

36. 1817, A petition of John Boyd, praying for the remission of the duties secured by him, to be paid on his distillery, the same having been subsequently destroyed by fire, together with all the spirits distilled under his license.

37. 1800, A petition of Obadiah Scott was presented to the House and read, praying to be exonerated from the payment of a certain sum of money due to the United States, for a license obtained by the petitioner, to distill spirits from materials of the growth or produce of the United States; the petitioner not having been able to procure materials to use in his distillery, in consequence of certain unforeseen circumstances.

38. 1821, A petition of Solomon Porter, junior, distiller in Connecticut, praying that the duties paid by him on low wines manufactured at his distillery may be refunded, as it has been subsequently determined by the proper judicial tribunal, that low wines were not at the thee subject to the payment of duties.

39. 1817, A petition of Eliphalet Averill, praying for a remission of a part of the duties imposed on his distillery, as he did not use the same during the whole term for which he received a license.

40. 1819, A petition of Martha Flood, widow of William Flood, deceased, praying that certain duties erroneously laid and collected, on the distillery of the deceased, while he was engaged in the military service of the United States, in the late war with Great Britain, may be refunded to her.

41. A petition of Margaret Houtchens, widow of Bennett Houtchens, deceased, who became the surety of a certain William Burnett in a bond to secure the duties on a distillery, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the said bond, as her husband died in the military service, leaving her, in very reduced circumstances, with seven small children.

42. 1816, a petition of Edwin Safford and Archibald Hay, praying to be exonerated from the payment of their bond, given to secure the duties on their distillery, as they have been unable to work the same, in consequence of the great scarcity of grain.

43. 1816, a petition of Jacob Reily, praying to be exonerated from the payment of duties on a small distillery, in consequence of his poor and distressed situation.

44. 1817, A petition of Alexander Crawford, praying to be relieved from the payment of the duties levied on his distillery, as the same has been subsequently destroyed by fire, together, with a large quantity of spirituous liquors therein.

45. 1821, a petition of David Heim, praying to be exonerated from the payment of a judgment obtained against him, at the suit of the United States, for duties on a distillery.

46. 1802, A petition of John Bouslog, of Morgantown, in the State of Virginia, distiller, praying that he may be exonerated from the payment of the duties accruing on two stills, the property of the petitioner, in consideration of the loss of his distillery, by fire, together with all his utensils and materials for distilling, some time in the year one thousand eight hundred.

47. 1818, A petition of Moses Hall, praying for the remission of such part of the duties, secured to be paid by him on his distillery as remains unpaid, in consequence of his utter inability to pay the same, owing to the great depression in the price of domestic spirits, which has taken place since the late war.

48. 1821, a petition of Levi Bellows, distiller, in the state of Vermont, stating, that, being indebted to the United States in a considerable strut of money for duties on his distillery, and unable to discharge the same, he conveyed property to the United States to secure the said debt, and that, in consequence of the depression in value of properly generally, the same has now become insufficient to satisfy the debt due to the United States, and praying that a compromise of the claim may be made, and that his said property may be reconveyed to him upon paying to the United States the estimated value thereof, and that thereupon he may be exonerated from the payment of the balance of the said debt.

49. 1816, A petition of John Cook, and William Renshaw, assignees of Kennedy, Lampas, & Co., distillers, of Philadelphia, praying for a remission of the duties imposed on the distillery of the said Kennedy, Lampas, & Co. for that part of the year in which the same was not employed.

50. 1819, A petition of Thomas W. Phelps and Warren Colton, praying to be exonerated from their liability as the sureties of a certain Samuel Blakeslee, jr. lately deceased, in a bond to secure the duties imposed on his distillery, in consequence of their poverty and inability to pay the said bond.

51. 1816, A petition of Elisha Talbott, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the duties secured by him to be paid on his distillery, the same having been rendered unfit for use by reason of the destruction of his mill dam.

52. 1801, A petition of James Scott, of Louisa county, in the State of Virginia, was presented to the House and read, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the duties upon a certain quantity of spirits, distilled in the distillery of the petitioner; and, also, from the duty imposed by law upon a certain still, the property of the petitioner.

53. 1817, a petition of John M. Hendrick, praying to be exonerated from the payment of a part of the duties imposed on his distillery.

54. 1803, A petition of John Jones, of the county of Hampshire, in the State of Virginia, distiller, was presented to the House and read, praying a remission of the duty on the stills owned and worked by the petitioner, for the last year, in consideration of the destruction of his distillery by fire, on the night of the nineteenth of June, one thousand eight hundred and two.

55. 1825, The petition of Daniel Hogan, praying to be released from a judgment obtained in United States against him, for a balance of a tax assessed upon a distillery conducted by him in the year 1815.

56. 1815, a petition of Campbell P. White, distiller, of Baltimore, praying a remission of a part of the duties secured by him to be paid for a license to use his distillery, as his workmen were taken into the military service of the United States.

57. 1817, a petition of Abraham Smith, praying for a remission of the duties secured by him to be paid on his distillery.

58. 1822, The memorial of Stephen T. Northam, and others, of Newport, Rhode Island, merchants and distillers, praying that the duties which accrued and were paid by them for their distillery, whilst its operations were suspended in consequence of the injury sustained by lite inundation of the 23d of September, 1815, may be remitted.

59. 1816, A petition of sundry inhabitants of South-Carolina, on behalf of Dorrance B. Woodburn, praying for a remission of a part of the duties secured to be paid by said Woodburn on a distillery, as he was prevented from using it by reason of being drafted into the militia service of the United States.

60. 1815, A petition of Samuel Yates, praying to be relieved from the payment of a judgment obtained against him for duties imposed on his distillery, as he alleges that by reason of sickness of himself and family, and other misfortunes, he is wholly unable to satisfy the same.

61. 1818, A petition of Benjamin Dresser, praying that certain duties paid by him, on his distillery, may be refunded, as upon an examination of the proper act, it was discovered that he had paid a greater amount than was legally due.

62. 1817, A petition of John Barr, surety of a certain Jacob Weaver, in a bond given to secure the duties on his distillery, praying to be relieved from the payment of a part of the said bond.

63. 1823, A petition of Michael Hoff, of the state of Maryland, praying that certain duties paid by him on his distillery, may be refunded, the same having, as he alleges, been unjustly and illegally extorted from him.

64. 1824, a petition of Solomon Kingsbury, of the state of Ohio, praying to be relieved from the payment of a part of a bond given for duties imposed on his distillery, in the year 1816, as he was unable to use said distillery for a part of the time specified in his license.

65. 1818, A petition of Thomas W. Phelps, Warren Colton, and Enoch M. Granger, praying to be exonerated from the payment of a bond given to secure the duties on a distillery, the property of a certain Samuel Blakeslee, as the said Blakeslee has become insolvent, and the petitioners are wholly unable to pay the said bond.

66. 1815, A petition of Mary Andrews, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the duties on a distillery, the property of her late husband, which he was unable to use by reason of sickness.

67. 1818, The petition of John Brooks, of Belmont county, in the state of Ohio, praying the remission of certain duties on his distillery, which accrued during the time he was unable to use it.

68. 1821, A petition of Francis Le Baron, praying compensation for a distillery and horse mill, situated on the island of Michillimacinack, and which were taken down and converted into quarters for the United States troops, by order of colonel Chambers, of the United States' army.

69. 1818, A petition of Eliakim Spooner, praying for the remission of certain duties imposed on his distillery, in consequence of his utter inability to discharge the same.

70. 1818, A petition of Jacob Hittles, praying for the remission of the duties imposed on his distillery, as he was unable to use the same in consequence of having his workmen taken into the militia service of the United States, in the late war with Great Britain.

71. 1817, A petition of sundry inhabitants of Champaign county, in the State of Ohio, on behalf of Absalom Clarke, praying the duties imposed on the distillery of the said Clark may he remitted,in consequence of the destruction thereof by fire, subsequent to the imposition of the said duties.

72. 1817, A petition of Levi Bellows, of the State of Vermont, praying for the remission of a part of the duties imposed on his distillery.

73. 1818, A petition of Joseph Adams, praying to be exonerated from the payment of certain bonds given to the United States, by a certain James Nichols, to secure the duties on his distillery, on which bonds, the petitioner is surety, in consequence of the insolvency of the principal, who has absconded, together with the other surety, and of his inability to pay the said bonds.

74. 1802, A petition of Benjamin Neale, of the county of Bourbon, in the State of Kentucky, distiller, was presented to the House and read, praying a remission of the duty accruing on his stills, from the first day of March to the tenth day of April last, inclusive, in consideration of the loss of the petitioner's still-house and distilling apparatus, and the injury done to his stills by fire, on the night of the first of March, one thousand eight hundred and one.

75. 1802, A petition of John Hunt, of Fleming county, in the said State of Kentucky, distiller, praying a remission of the duty on a still, the property of the petitioner; also, that he may be permitted to occupy and work a small distillery without paying any duty thereon.

76. 1822, a petition of Levi Bellows, of the state of Vermont, distiller, stating that, being indebted to the United States, in a considerable sum, for duties on his distillery, and, unable discharge the same, he conveyed property to the United States to secure the payment of said debt, and praying that the said property may be reconveyed to him upon paying to the United States the estimated value thereof, and that, thereupon, he may he exonerated from the payment of the balance still claimed on account Of duties on his distilleries.

77. 1818, A petition of Richard Gorsline and Thomas H. Kellogg, praying to be relieved from the payment of a judgment recovered against them and their surety on a bond given to secure the duties on their distillery.

78. A petition of Joel Northrop, executor of the will of Sally Whiting, executrix of the last will and testament of Henry S. Whiting, deceased, praying, for reasons therein set forth, that the estate of the said Henry S. Whiting may be released from all liability to the United States, arising out of a bond signed by said Henry in 1816, as the surety of a certain Windsor Maynard, to secure the duties on the distillery of the said Maynard.

79. 1827, A petition of Stephen T. Northam, John G. Whitehorn, and Samuel Whitehorn, praying, for reasons set forth in their petition, that a sum of money, paid by them on a license for a distillery, may be in part refunded.

80. 1830, A petition of Presley Kemper, of the State of Ohio, praying to be exonerated from the payment of sundry judgments recovered against him by the United States for duties on his distillery.

81. 1817, A petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Lycoming, in the State of Pennsylvania , praying for the remission of the duties imposed on the distillery of a certain John M'Connel.

82. 1822, A petition of Samuel White, of Pennsylvania, praying that moneys paid by him, as duties on his distilleries, in the late war with Great Britain, may be refunded, on the ground that he was unable to use the said distilleries in consequence of his being taken off into the service of the United States as a militia officer: also, that he may be indemnified for losses sustained and hardships endured whilst a prisoner with the Indians.

83. 1820, The petition of David Ellis and others, merchants, distillers, and owners of distilleries, in the town of Boston and its vicinity, praying that the duty on molasses may not be increased.

84. 1824, A petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Washington, on behalf of Joseph Robinson, praying that the penalty imposed on said Robinson for an alleged violation of the laws upon the subject of distilleries, on the information of a certain John Painter, may be remitted, on the ground of the corruption and perjury of the said informer.

85. 1826, A petition of Robert McBride and Stephen Kerr, administrators of the estate of Andrew Mitchell, deceased, praying that the amount paid by the said Mitchell, in 1814, for a distiller's license, may be refunded.