the lucrative position of Customs Collector for the Port of Providence by President George Washington. He retained this position despite attempts to oust him in 1793 and 1802 for too-rigorous enforcement of duties and fees. The Embargo Act of 1807 caused a large increase in smuggling and he resigned his post in 1809. Olney pursued numerous money-making ventures after the war. From 1784 until his death, he managed a farm in Rehoboth, Massachusetts that was owned by his in-laws. He sold water from "Jeremiah Olney's Fountain" to nearby homes in North Providence. He bought shares in turnpikes, sold framed prints, invested in property, and sold lottery tickets. He acted as the agent for some ex-officers who owned shares in a farm in Tiverton, Rhode Island. From 1806 to 1811 he owned shares in the Union Cotton Manufacturing Company. He invested in the trading voyages of his seafaring brother-in-law Joseph S. Cooke. He helped start the Providence Theatre and defended it in print against people who called it a bad influence. He died on 10 November 1812 and was buried in the North Burial Ground in Providence. Dates of rank Captain, Hitchcock's Regiment; 3 May 1775 - 31 December 1775 Captain, 11th Continental Infantry; 1 January 1776 - 31 December 1776 Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Rhode Island Regiment; 13 January 1777 - 31 December 1780 Lieutenant Colonel, Rhode Island Regiment; 1 January 1781 - 14 May 1781 Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, Rhode Island Regiment; 14 May 1781 - 28 February 1783 Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, Rhode Island Battalion; 1 March 1783 - 25 December 1783 Brevet Colonel; September 23, 1783 Notes References Appleton's Cyclopaedia of America Biography Jeremiah Olney (Retrieved 27 November 2011) Gaspee Virtual Archives. gaspee.org Colonel Daniel Hitchcock, Esq. (Retrieved 28 December 2011) Olney, Laverne. ancestry.com The Olney Connection (Retrieved 28 December 2011) americanrevolution.org The 1st Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Line (Retrieved 28 December 2011) External Links American Revolution Institute Society of the Cincinnati 1749 births 1812 deaths Continental Army officers from Rhode Island People of colonial Rhode Island People of Rhode Island in the American Revolution Burials at North Burying Ground (Providence)