Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volume 15: Commentaries on the Constitution (3), 18 December 1787 – 31 January 1788 | T | Taxation
402. New Hampshire Spy, 1 January [Commentaries on the Constitution 15:211]+
411. Brutus VII, New York Journal, 3 January [Commentaries on the Constitution 15:239]
415. An Old Soldier, Connecticut Gazette, 4 January [Commentaries on the Constitution 15:257]
417. Samuel Osgood to Samuel Adams, New York, 5 January [Commentaries on the Constitution 15:267]
– central government needs stronger powers over [3 references]
– criticism of Constitution’s provisions concerning [24 references]
– under Confederation [4 references]
– defense of Constitution’s provisions concerning [20 references]
– debated in Constitutional Convention [5 references]
– direct taxes [2 references + 2 subentries]
– excise taxes [2 subentries]
– land taxes [1 reference + 2 subentries]
– poll taxes [1 reference + 2 subentries]
– stamp taxes [1 subentry]