- Sanborn Incident
The Sanborn Incident or Sanborn Contract was an American political scandal which occurred in
1874 .William Adams Richardson ,Ulysses S. Grant ’sSecretary of the Treasury , hired a private citizen,John D. Sanborn , to collect $427,000 in unpaid taxes. Richardson agreed Sanborn could keep half of what he collected. Sanborn kept $213,000, of which $156,000 went to his “assistant", Richardson. Some of the "commission" found its way into the Republican campaign funds.ee also
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Grantism External links
* [http://www.ustreas.gov/education/history/secretaries/warichardson.html Biography of William A. Richardson at the Department of the Treasury]
*Readings from the [http://www.taxhistory.org Tax History Project]
** [http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/cf7c9c870b600b9585256df80075b9dd/cfdfd7ecba8d6fba85256f1e0065e427?OpenDocument 1874 Ways and Means Report Urges Repeal of Private Tax Debt Collection Law]
** [http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/cf7c9c870b600b9585256df80075b9dd/fd1f76a4af13135185256f17005d0a57?OpenDocument Historical Perspective: The Unhappy History of Private Tax Collection] by Joseph J. Thorndike.
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