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Revenue cutters were authorized by an act of August 4, 1790 (1 Stat. 175), to enforce laws governing the collection of customs and tonnage duties. They were supervised by collectors of customs, 1791-1871, except for the period 1843-49, when oversight was vested in the Revenue Marine Division of the Treasury Department. The Revenue Cutter ERIE was stationed on Lake Erie from 1833 until 1846. Below are extracts from her logbook. Various pages will be posted here, new ones about every month. This excerpt is from 1833
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