Sanborn incident
The Sanborn incident or Sanborn contract was an American political scandal which occurred in 1874. William Adams Richardson, Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary 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 various assistants.
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Sanborn incident
The Sanborn incident or Sanborn contract was an American political scandal which occurred in 1874. William Adams Richardson, Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary 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 various assistants.
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