Record Number 28
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Basic information
Case Number: 28
Date: 1824-11-24
Summary of incident: Custom house charged higher duties on imported cotton than previously charged--changed without notice. After U.S. merchants in Alvarado successfully pleaded for reinstatement of former duties, extra revenue from 3 months of increased duties was kept by Mexican government. Claim was for loss.
Amounts claimed
Principal: $6533
Interest: $5556
Interest percentage: %
Total: $12089
Date claim filed:
Awards
Award by U.S. judge: $12089
Award by Mexican judge: $
Final award principal: $6533
Final award interest: $5556
Final award total: $12089
Date of final decision: 1842-01-06
Location of incident
Place name at time: Alvarado, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Place name today: Alvarado, Veracruz, Mexico
Claimants
Name: Gardiner Howland
Name: Samuel Howland
Company: G.G. Howland & S. Howland
Ship (if ship involved)
Ship name: -
Ship type: -
Home port: New York, NY, USA
(today New York, NY, USA)
Destination port: Alvarado, Vera Cruz, Mexico
(today Alvarado, Veracruz, Mexico)
Destination of goods: -
Memorial
Text of memorial:
