Port of Philadelphia Records: Registers of Tonnage Duties, 1775-1776, 1784-1789

About This Collection

These images from volumes contain a registry of tonnage duties on vessels which entered the port of Philadelphia. Entries provide the date on which each ship entered port, the vessel's name, the captain's name, the tonnage of the ship, and the duty paid. Tonnage Office ceased, August 17, 1789. Images are arranged chronologically by date on which vessels entered port. This collection is part of the Office of the Comptroller General which was created in 1782.