William Maclay journals and note
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence; Politics and government; Mint of the United States; Finance; Social life and customs; Public Debts; United States. Congress 1789-1791); United States; External Debts; United States. Congress; Bank of the United States (1791-1811); Courts; Tariff; Foreign relations; History
Description: Journals (1789 April 24-1791 March 3) kept by Maclay as a U.S. senator in the first U.S. Congress and note (1790) to John Nicholson.  Describes legislative and procedural debates relating to such questions as protocol for ceremonies, relations between the House and the Senate, the tariff of 1789, the judiciary bill, compensation for members of Congress, Baron von Steuben's accounts, assumption of state debts, Hamilton's report on public credit, the creation of a national bank, and the establishment of a national mint.  Also includes personal observations and accounts of the social life of the members of Congress.  Volume 1 contains drafts of letters to Tench Coxe, Samuel Meredith, Richard Peters, and Benjamin Rush.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition available, in part, no. 18,459.

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.

Gift, Simon Gratz, 1919.

Purchase, 1941.

U.S. senator of Pennsylvania, lawyer, and jurist.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009173