jun 6, 1872 - Signs Tariff Act of 1872 (17 Stat 230) a revision of the Tariff Act of 1870. The text as printed included a typographical error (see 17 Stat 235) removing tariffs from imported fruit instead of “fruit-plants.” The error cost the United States roughly $2 million in government revenue, worth an estimated $46 million as of 2022
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