Yet, in spite
of the efforts of the Customs Board to secure higher admin-
istrative efficiency, the customs officers at were
unprincipled and corrupt; and the merchants of that port
were subjected to petty tyrannies, from which the local
vice-admiralty court afforded no relief.
of the efforts of the Customs Board to secure higher admin-
istrative efficiency, the customs officers at were
unprincipled and corrupt; and the merchants of that port
were subjected to petty tyrannies, from which the local
vice-admiralty court afforded no relief.
Arthur Schlesinger - Colonial Merchants and the American Revolution
