Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-11
WESTERLY MAN GETS RARE BOOK
While Norwich Ethan Wilcox Secures U. Blue Book of 1S2O-Then Postmaster John Hyde of Norwich Had Salary of $13344AGoIden Wedding of MT. and Mrs. William York-Shoe Thief Fined.

Ethan Wilcox, librarian emeritus of the Westerly Public library, while in Norwich one day last week, attending the Sunday school convention, during recess secured a Register, or United States Blue Book, printed in 1920. It Is about the size of an old fashioned blue covered spelling book and is in marked contrast to the big double vol umes of the Blue Book of today At that date James Monroe was president and received a salary of $25, 900. Vice President Daniel D. TompkinS re- ceived 8 salary of 5000. John Quincy Adams as secretary of state, $600O; William Thornton, superintendent of the patent office. $1,500; Richard Rush, minister to England, $9,000; Albert Gallatin minister to France, $9,000; George Washington Campbell minister to Russia. $9,000; John Forsyth, min isSer to Spain, 5000 Alfred Everett, minister to the Netherlands, $4, 500; John Graham minister to Portugal, Brazil and Algiers, $9,000; Christopher Hughes, Jr., minister to Sweden, $4,5o0. The consul to Algiers received 34,000 and the consuls to Tunis, Trip oli, -Morroco, London and France $2,000 each. The pay of the other consuls was by the fee system.
 The salary of William H. Crawford, secretary of the treasury, was 5000. There were three collectors of customs in Rhode Island, William EIlery New
 
 Collins, Jr., Bristol, $3,S05.47; Thomas Coles, Providence s1.S90.73. Four in Connecticut: Thomas H. Gushing, New London, $952.42 Abraham Bishop, New Haven $1,121.45; Alexander Wolcott, Middletown. $1,34913; Walter Bradley. Fairfield. $653.O5; Sylvester Gavitt, as surveyor of customs at Pawcatuck re- ceiVed compensation of $150 and Oli- yer Champlin ok New London $297.41, Thomas Arnold of East Greenwich, 1f s205.50; Samuel Bosworth of Bristol. S48S.40; Nathan Phillips of Warren, &3S0.50; John B. Barton of Providence, s1,362.51; Joseph Aborn of Pawtuxet, $159.25; William Munson of New Ha- ven, $549.26; William Van Dusen of Middletown. $S21.20; George Wolcott of Saybrook S3S2.99: Solomon Porter of Hartford, $540.39.
 Rhode Island had twenty-six in spectors of customs with compensa- tion varying from $1,o95 at Providence to $24 at Warren. There were twenty four inspectors in Connecticut, which included John V. H. Crannell. Joseph Smith, Henry Jepson, William Morgan and George Potter of New London, Dudley Palmer and Azariah Stanton of Stonington; Erastus Perkins of Nor wich, Ezra Lee of Lyme and stephen Prentis of Waterford The compensa- ton ranged from $423 at Stonington to s10 at Guilford, paid to Daniel B. Leet.
 The compensation of lighthouse keeper was fixed at $400 and $350. G{iswold Harris at New London Jon athan Nash at Watch Hill and John P. Whitford at Point Judith received 1850 each.
 John C. Calhoun as secretary of war received salary of $6,o00 a year, and Paymaster General Towson received $2,500; Jacob Brown and Andrew Jack son were the major generals on the generals staff, and the only foreign born member of the staff was Captain John Jones' born in Ireland. The only other foreign born ocers in the entire army were: John R. Walbach, of Ger many; John Monroe. of Scotland: Will liam Tell Poussi, P. H.. Renessault, Jacint. Laval, J. Ponti, C. McMahon, of France, and Darby Noone, James Gibson, Cornelius Cunningham, James KeaDley, Hugh Young, Thomas J. Baifd, James Scalian, Edward Hop k;ns, John Mccartney, Edward Pur rell and John Ellison of Ireland; and John Whistler of England