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Smith is appointed a Commissioner of Customs in Scotland

Dated 1 January 1778: Smith is appointed a Commissioner of Customs in Scotland. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Fiscal-Policy Sustainability.

Smith is appointed a Commissioner of Customs in Scotland

Sources: [1][2]

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Enforcing duties is a fiscal-extraction office even when the same man criticises some taxes in WN. Adam Smith did not operate this later page as a civil-registry autograph.

Context

Shared institutions, unnamed crews, and later editors remain in the record and do not erase a documented heading.

Adam Smith Shared work with other named actors remains in the record.

Adam Smith’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Conventional years are 1723–1790.

Who was responsible

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  • Adam Smith

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactSmith is appointed a Commissioner of Customs in Scotland
    2. strengthensDriverFiscal-Policy Sustainability

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 January 1778 · verified

    Britannica and Glasgow heritage print the 1778 customs post.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.University of Glasgow — Smith professorship heritageUniversity of Glasgow · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Adam SmithEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and Glasgow heritage print the 1778 customs post.

Adam Smith did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAdam Smith
  2. contributed toFactSmith is appointed a Commissioner of Customs in Scotland
  3. strengthensDriverFiscal-Policy Sustainability

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Factrail. (2026). Smith is appointed a Commissioner of Customs in Scotland. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/asm-customs-commissioner

https://factrail.ai/facts/asm-customs-commissioner

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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