Title: Idea Concerning a Lottery, [January 1793]
From: Hamilton, Alexander
To:

[Philadelphia, January, 1793]

In concerting a lottery, with a view to the best success of the undertaking—the following points seem necessary to be attended to—
1   That it be simple and summary; because it will be more readily understood by every body & the imagination will see fewer obstacles between hope and gratification.
2   That the Tickets be at a low price and within the reach of great numbers. The Rich or adventurous can then purchase a greater number to bring their chances to the same ratio with higher prices; and the less rich or more cautious can take a chance without putting much to risk. Every body, almost, can and will be willing to hazard a trifling sum for the chance of a considerable gain.
3   That there be rather a small number of large prizes or a considerable number of considerable prizes than a great number of small prizes; for adventurers would as leave lose altogether as acquire trifling prizes and would prefer a small chance of winning a great deal to a great chance of winning little. Hope is apt to supply the place of probability and the Imagination to be struck with glittering though precarious prospects. It may be suspected that in this country the middle course will best succeed; that is a considerable number of considerable prizes. Moderate sums will appear here great to far the greatest number of adventurers. And if the sum which may be raised should be raised successively, it may be well to have such a number of prizes as will raise conversation of winnings within a number of little circles.
Taking these principles as guides and supposing 30000 Dollars (including charges) the sum to be raised—the following scheme may perhaps not be ineligible.

50000 Tickets each at 4 Dollars
200 000

Deduct sum to be raised
  30 000

Difference will be the Total amt. of the prizes
 170 000

Prizes

1

20 000

3

each
10000

30 000

6

each
5000

30 000

10

each
1000

10 000

10

each
500

40 000

400

each
100

40 000

500

170 000

It will probably be found easier to raise the sum allowed to be raised in different portions than in an entire sum. I should not think 30 000 likely to be beyond the reach of pretty easy accomplishment.
Offices for the sale of Tickets ought to be opened at Powles Hook on the North River and at  on the Delaware. This will render Philadelphia & New York the markets.
Perhaps it will be most adviseable to draw the lottery at Powles Hook.
It is not certain that the following scheme would not succeed much better.

Prizes

1

50 000

1.

20 000

5.

each
10000

50 000

50

each
1000

50 000

170 000


Title: On James Blanchard, [January 1793]
From: Hamilton, Alexander
To:

[Philadelphia, January, 1793]

That the spirit of Faction is a common and one of the most fatal diseases of Republics, one which has most frequently wrought their destruction, is a truth witnessed by all history and by all experience. That this spirit would make its way into the American Republic was a thing to have been looked for, as well from the nature of man, as from the experience which has been had in every other case. But that it would so soon have attained the extreme violence at which it has arrived—that at so early a stage of our public affairs, we should have seen a powerful party formed in our councils actuated wholly by the springs of personal rivalship jealousy and animosty—considering men only and not measures resisting constantly whatever is proposed, by others—and proposing nothing themselves for the public interest or advantage—exhibiting a perpetual conflict of principles, true only to the point of personal opposition, maligning today this measure because it contains a particular quality or does not permit a particular thing; and tomorrow quarrelling with that very quality and rejecting that very thing when it is presented to them in another measure—labouring incessantly to obscure the clearest objects and to excite fears doubts and distrusts in the community which they cannot themselves feel—always industriously sowing and fostering discontents, artfully inviting to their standard the discontented of every description—countenancing and using as instruments of the foulest calumny and detraction the most worthless characters among us—and in the desperate game of ambition putting every thing that is dear in Society to the hazard of the die—that we should so soon have been witnesses to such a scene was not within the ordinary course of probality. Yet such is the true picture of our situation—a situation which ought to be viewed by every sober and virtuous citizen as the melancholy prognostic of future convulsion and calamity—a situation nevertheless far from being as extensively understood as it ought to be and which, except with a few, who have better opportunities of observation has not hitherto excited a due degree of alarm or attention. The pernicious designs meditated against the public tranquillity & happiness are cloaked under so thick a veil of hypocrhisy, that the real conspirators against the public weal pass with a large proportion of the community as its best friends and guardians.
Such alas has been the usual good fortune of the same description of men in all countries and at all times! Happy thrice happy will be it for the People of America if they shall finally vindicate their character for discernment, by avoiding the snares which are spread for them by these wiley hypochrites—these crafty and abandonned imposters!
One of the principal engines, which is imployed by the party alluded to, is an unremitting effort to destroy, by every expedient they can devise, no matter how base, the public confidence in those, who are the most powerful obstacles to their machinations.
General and indiscrimate charges, dark and mysterious hints of speculation and corruption in the characters they wished to pull down were for a long time the weapons they have employed to effect their favourite purpose. But grown bolder of late and finding other means necessary to forward the work they have at length adopted the expedient of employing persons as public Accusers—who having no characters to lose, do not scruple to affix their names to the calumniating falshoods which are dictated to them.
A gross and disgustful instance of this exists in the case of James Blanchard; a man absolutely bankrupt both in fortune and fame. This Desperado comes forward the Apostle of purity, the Champion of the injured Soldier, the professor of a holy zeal against speculation and speculators—and to bestow an air of authenticity upon the slanders he wishes to propagate, he gives them the sanction of his name. See publication on the Signature of JB in the NG. Other instruments of the party are at the same time employed, in order to give importance to his communications, to make the panygeric of his independence and virtue. And Mr. Blanchard finds himself the theme of encomiastic addresses.
Who is this virtuous Champion? Let the following narrative answer.

(History of Blanchard & his tricks & falsehoods accompanied with a plan & distinct reference to the proofs?)
Now let the Public judge what regard is due to the ridiculous tales of this worthless man. And what respect to a party which countenances and puts into action such vile and detestable instruments.
Among the characters he has attempted to asperse is found the Secretary of the Treasury. I pass by as unworthy of notice the insinuations he throws out to the prejudice of that Gentleman’s military merit. Let the appeal be here to recorded facts and to the knowlege of the whole army.
I confine myself to those suggestions which endeavour to throw upon him the suspicion of being what is generally understood by the word Speculator. The immaculate Blanchard says
Mr. Hamilton finished his Military service with the seize of York, at which he commanded a corps of Light Infantry composed of detachments from different Regiments; and being attached to no permanent corps of the army the event of that seige which was in fact the termination of military operations in all but S C & Georgia left him without the opportunity of being further useful in the army. He however did not resign but obtained a furlough or leave of absence from the commander in Chief; with the declared intention of rejoining the army if circumstances, contrary to expectation, should call for farther exertions in that line. Mr Hamilton then went to Albany where he had left Mrs. Hamilton in the house of her father, and resumed the study of the law which he had but began at the time of his entrance into the army in the early part of 1776—a pursuit which it will readily be conceived engaged his whole time and attention.
In [July, 1782] the Legislature of New York elected him a Member of Congress, which body he joined at an interesting period of the public affairs and continued with in until [July, 1783] when he left it, returned to Albany and resumed the pursuit of the Law.
In [December, 1783] the City of New York was evacuated. Mr Hamilton removed with his family to that City; and was constantly afterwards, except when diverted from it by temporary public avocations, sedulously engaged in the practice of the Law.
It is well known to all his fellow Citizens (and candid men of all parties will confess it) that Mr. Hamilton scrupulousness forebore being concerned in what is termed speculation (the most familiar objects of which in the state of New York were Public Securities and confiscated property). In fine he came into his present Office, with a character in pecuniary respects, as pure as any man in the UStates. Such was the general opinion & voice of his fellow Citizens?
Is it probable then that since he has been in Office, when under a positive and explicit prohibition of law, he should not only have abandonned all the maxims of his former life—but should disgrace himself by a perjured violation of his Official duties? Is such a suspicion to be entertained upon the surmises of a virulent and persecuting Faction or the insinuations of a man who is proved to be destitute of Truth and honor?
Mr. Blanchard has not indeed directly charged the Secretary of the Treasury with being concerned while in Office in speculation; but he has stated
and has left it to be inferred that there was an interested understanding between Mr. H and Mr Lamed in relation to a plan intended to be brought before Congress.
With sensible men the absurdity of the things refutes the suggestion. It is destitute of all probability that Mr. H should ever have had it in contemplation to propose to Congress to raise the three to 6 ⅌ Cents to six and make the deferred bear a present interest of 6 ⅌ Cent which is the allegation of Mr. Blanchard. Such a plan would have contradicted all the principles Mr. H had laid down in his reports would have called immediately for great additional resources of taxation which he has uniformly manifested his opinion could not be commanded and would have had not the least chance of success with Congress. It is certain that no such plan has ever been hinted to Congress by the Secretary; and considering what manner of man Mr Blanchard is, the natural conclusion must be that the whole tale is an aukward and malicious forgery.


Title: To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 1 February 1793
From: Coxe, Tench
To: Hamilton, Alexander

Treasury Department, Revenue Office, February 1, 1793. Encloses “for the purpose of submission to the President, a contract between the Superintendent of the light House at Portsmouth in New Hampshire and Titus Salter for six months.” Discusses the terms of the contract.


Title: From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, 1 February 1793
From: Hamilton, Alexander
To: Jefferson, Thomas

Treasury Department Febry 1st 1793
Sir

The following is an extract from a letter of Mr Short to me, dated Hague November 2. 1792.
“I should repeat perhaps what I formerly mentioned to you, that Mr. Jefferson on his departure from Paris left with me bills of exchange to the amount of I think 66,000 ₶. This was destined to a particular object with which you are aquainted. He expected it would be immediately applied and therefore wished me to be the instrument instead of deposing it in a Bankers hands, to avoid the Commission. When the term of these bills arrived, finding less probability of their being immediately applied, and not chusing to keep by me such a sum at my risk in an house which was robbed regularly two or three times a year, I gave the bills to Mr Grand to receive their amount, and to hold it appropriated to the object in question. It remains still in his hands, having never been called for. I wrote more than once respecting it on finding the depreciation commencing, but never received an answer. It remains now to be considered whether you would chuse to receive it in its depreciated State or wait for the change of circulating medium in France.”
This communication is made with a request to know, whether the fund in question continues to be necessary for its original purpose or may be withdrawn.
I have the honor to be very respectfully   Sir   Your obedient Servant

Alex Hamilton
The Secretary of State


Title: From Alexander Hamilton to Wilhem and Jan Willink, Nicholaas and Jacob Van Staphorst, and Nicholas Hubbard, 1 February 1793
From: Hamilton, Alexander
To: Willink, Wilhem,Willink, Jan,Van Staphorst, Nicholaas,Van Staphorst, Jacob,Hubbard, Nicholas

[Philadelphia, February 1, 1793. On May 1, 1793, Willink Van Staphorst, and Hubbard wrote to Hamilton: “We received your Respected favors of 1 February, 15 & 16 March.” Letter of February 1 not found.]


Title: To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 4 February 1793
From: Coxe, Tench
To: Hamilton, Alexander

Treasury Department, Revenue Office, February 4, 1793. Transmits a statement “of the Revenue on Spirits distilled in the United States from foreign and domestic materials from the commencement of the duty thereon to the thirty first of December 1792.” Emphasizes that the statement is “founded in some degree upon informal documents and information derived from official correspondence.”


Title: Introductory Note: Report on the Balance of All Unapplied Revenues at the End of the Year 1792 and on All Unapplied Monies Which May Have Been Obtained by the Several Loans Authorized by Law, [4 February 1793]
From:
To:

[Philadelphia, February 4, 1793]

Republican leaders in Congress were determined to demonstrate that Hamilton’s administration of the Treasury Department was at worst corrupt or at best irregular. His opponents in Congress thought that they could discredit him by investigating the way in which he had handled the proceeds from two loans which Congress had authorized in 1790. “An Act making provision for the (payment of the) Debt of the United States” provided for a twelve-million-dollar loan, the proceeds of which were to be used for the payment of interest and installments of the foreign debt. “An Act making Provision for the Reduction of the Public Debt” provided for a two-million-dollar loan, the proceeds of which were to be used for the purchase of the domestic debt. On the basis of these two acts loans were floated at Amsterdam and Antwerp.

In using the money obtained through these loans, the Republicans in Congress charged that Hamilton had ignored the congressional stipulation that the first loan should be used exclusively for payment of the foreign debt and the second loan for payment of the domestic debt. In sum, they stated that he had employed a part of the twelve million dollars to pay the domestic debt and a part of the two million dollars to pay the foreign debt.
The Republicans in Congress first became suspicious of Hamilton’s handling of these funds when he proposed that the Government pay its entire debt to the Bank of the United States by floating a new loan abroad. On December 24 and 27, 1792, the House of Representatives passed resolutions calling for information on the Government loans. Hamilton replied with his “Report on Foreign Loans” on January 3, 1793. The House, however, was not satisfied with this report, and on January 23, 1793, it adopted five resolutions proposed by William Branch Giles, a Virginia Republican, who frequently served as Thomas Jefferson’s spokesman in the House. The famous “Giles resolutions” read as follows:
“Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this House copies of the authorities under which loans have been negotiated, pursuant to the acts of the fourth and twelfth of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, together with copies of the authorities directing the application of the moneys borrowed.
“Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause this House to be furnished with the names of the persons by whom, and to whom, the respective payments of the French debt have been made in France, pursuant to the act for that purpose; specifying the dates of the respective drafts upon the Commissioners in Holland, and the dates of the respective payments of the debt. A similar statement is requested respecting the debts to Spain and Holland.
“Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to lay before this House an account exhibiting, half-monthly, the balances between the United States and the Bank of the United States, including the several Branch Banks, from the commencement of those Institutions, to the end of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.
“Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to lay before this House an account of all moneys which may have come into the Sinking Fund, from the commencement of that Institution to the present time; specifying the particular fund from which they have accrued, and exhibiting, half-yearly, the sums uninvested, and where deposited.
“Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report to this House the balance of all unapplied revenues at the end of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, specifying whether in money or bonds, and noting where the money is deposited; that he also make report of all unapplied moneys which may have been obtained by the several loans authorized by law, and where such moneys are now deposited.”

Giles’s speech to the House of Representatives in support of these resolutions reads as follows:
“The resolutions … have grown out of the embarrassments I have met with in attempting to comprehend the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, made in pursuance of an order of this House of the 27th of December, 1792, exhibiting sundry statements respecting foreign loans. These embarrassments have increased in proportion to the attention which I have bestowed on the subject; and a number of official papers to which I have had reference for information, instead of elucidating, seem rather to obscure the inquiry. To obtain necessary information, therefore, is the object of these resolutions, and no one can doubt the immediate applicability of this information to a bill now lying upon your table, for the purpose of reimbursing the loan of $2,000,000 made of the Bank of the United States, by opening a new loan for that sum abroad, and by changing the application of the like sum already borrowed and appropriated to the discharge of the debt to France from its original destination to the immediate discharge of the debt to the Bank.
“The first resolution has arisen from that part of the printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury which exhibits the terms upon which various loans have been made abroad, but neither presents the precise authorities under which those negotiations have been made, nor the precise amount of the sums borrowed for the separate and distinct objects of the two acts mentioned in the resolution.
“Another reason has more strongly suggested the propriety of calling for the information requested by this resolution. The bill now upon your table, which has been before alluded to, contemplates the whole of the moneys borrowed from abroad, and now on hand, as being originally appropriated to the discharge of the French debt, and proposes to change the original destination of these identical moneys; and the reason assigned for this measure has been the unsettled state of affairs in France.
“In the printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, he remarks that the same moneys are applicable to the Sinking Fund. It appears strange, that after express and distinct appropriations by law, that any misunderstanding relative to this object should exist, and the information called for may possibly explain this seeming contradiction.
“The second resolution has arisen from that part of the printed Report marked B, and which exhibits the payments made to France, but does not furnish the names of the persons engaged in those negotiations, nor does it present to view the length of time those persons have been possessed of the public moneys, by stating the dates of the respective drafts in Holland, and the dates of the actual application of the moneys to the discharge of the debt; and it is evident that from the time the loans are respectively created, to the times of the actual application of the moneys borrowed, the United States are paying the usual interest upon the debt intended to be redeemed, and the stipulated interest upon the moneys borrowed for the redemption. This remark is equally applicable to the payments of other foreign debts with the payments of the debt to France.
“The third resolution has arisen from calculations drawn partly from the last page of the printed report, and from the original Bank book of the United States, from which it appears that the balances in Bank in favor of the United States were as follows:

In Bank, Philadelphia, 30th May, 1792, and 16th June, same year, in branch banks
$676,952 55

1792, June 30th, in all banks in the United States
555,271 22

July 28th and 31st, in all banks in the United States
511,423 91

August 25th, 30th, and 31st, in all banks in the United States
740,903 87

“On the 1st of June, a loan was negotiated with the Bank of the United States on the part of the United States, for $100,000, at 5 per cent. per annum. On the 1st of July, another loan was made upon the same terms for the like sum. On the 1st of August, another loan was made upon the same terms for the like sum. On the 1st of September, another loan was made upon the same terms for the like sum. It appears from the last page of the printed Report, that there had been drawn into America, from the 15th of December, 1790, to the 27th of January, 1792, of the moneys borrowed abroad, the sum of 2,663,621 florins, 2 stivers, and 6 deniers. If this sum were unexpended, and lodged in the bank at the times of making these loans, (and Congress have never yet been informed of any deficiency of revenue,) the United States will, of consequence, have paid upon the moneys borrowed from the Bank of the United States, from 15 to 17 per cent. per annum, to wit: they will have paid 5 per cent. upon the original debt to France, 5 per cent. upon the moneys borrowed for its redemption, exclusive of douceurs and other charges, and 5 per cent. upon the sum borrowed of the bank, which may be deemed part of this deposite made in the Bank by the United States. But, discarding these inferences, it must at least be admitted that the United States are paying 5 per cent. for the loan of moneys from the Bank, when a sum larger than the loan itself, is actually deposited in Bank. It is here to be remarked, that a balance of cash is admitted, by the Treasurer’s return, to have been in his hands on the 31st of December, 1790, amounting to $973,342 43, and in July 30, 1791, the sum of $582,189 54.
“I am informed that bills are often drawn in favor of the Bank for moneys in the hands of the revenue officers in distant parts of the United States, and that credit is entered in the Bank book upon the receipt of such bills, although the moneys may not actually be in Bank for some time after the credit is entered, and hence it is inferred that the Bankbook does not conclusively show the real sum in Bank, not to mention that such bills answer all the purposes of cash, and ought therefore to be credited upon the receipt of them. It is to be remarked that there is a regular and continual influx of moneys into the Bank by the operation of these bills. It is not very material whether a bill lodged in Bank to-day, should be paid to-day, provided something like the same sum should be paid in consequence of a bill lodged in Bank one or two months ago, and the bill of to-day should be paid one or two months hence. The following statement will, in some measure, explain this idea, by exhibiting half-monthly the balances of public money in all the banks, about the middle and end of each month, beginning with May, 1792, and ending with December of the same year:

May
$340,322 11

May
332,116 35

June
776,107 65

June
523,272 22

July
441,637 13

July
521,426 91

August
743,470 19

August
740,903 08

September
695,302 23

September
367,961 25

October
456,895 52

October
473,388 99

November
681,250 09

November
811,212 51

December 15
1,020,824 73

December 22, and January 5—last returns
790,642 11

“The fourth resolution has arisen from that part of the printed Report which remarks that the residue of the sum drawn from Holland, amounting to $1,668,188 27 is applicable to the purchase of the public debt. It is known that the sum of $1,374,656 40, being the surplus of the revenue up to the end of December, 1790, was originally appropriated to the Sinking Fund; that the surplus of other appropriations have been applied to this fund, and that the interest of the debt purchased has also been wholly appropriated to its increase. It is also known that between $1,100,000 and $1,200,000, and no more, of the original appropriation, have been really invested in the purchase of the debt; it is, therefore, somewhat unaccountable that so large a sum as $1,668,188 should be drawn from the loans abroad, when the Sinking Fund has always overflowed from domestic resources, and when the probability of purchasing is extremely lessened by the rise in the price of paper and the limitations of the last act of Congress upon that subject. It would not be deemed an economical arrangement to make a loan of so large a sum of money upon terms by no means honorable or advantageous, and appropriate it to the purchase of the debt under limitations which would forbid its investiture. The information called for in this resolution may possibly explain these difficulties.
“The fifth and last resolution has arisen from that part of the printed Report … which states the whole sums drawn from Holland to amount to $2,304,769 13; but neither immediately presents to view the balance on hand, nor informs where that balance is deposited. It appears by the Bank-book, that the whole deposite of the United States in Bank at this time, from all resources, amounts to $790,642 11. Hence, it will appear from a statement partly conjectural, and partly founded upon the statements in the printed Report, and some official documents, that $1,554,-851 43 remain unaccounted for, as will appear from the following account:
“Sums which ought to be in the Treasury.

Whole moneys drawn from Holland, as stated in the printed Report,
$2,304,769

Deduct paid for St. Domingo, as stated in printed Report,
 455,263

  Leaves a balance of
1,859,506

Deduct to foreign officers, if paid
 191,316

  Leaves a balance of
1,668.190

Add surplus of Sinking Fund, conjectural
400,000

Add surplus of revenue of 1792, reported at
 277,385

  Whole amount
2,345,495

  “Sums not taken into this estimate: First. Any moneys not paid of the $191,316, due to foreign officers. Second. So much moneys in Bank as arose from the revenues. Third. The receipts of the current year.

From this aggregate sum of
$2,345,495

Deduct in Bank
 790,642

  Balance not accounted for
1,554,853

“In this last estimate, cents have not been taken into calculation, which makes an inconsiderable variation in some of the sums.
“Another circumstance appears somewhat singular: in the printed Report, 2,986,000 florins are stated to have been drawn from Holland in the year 1792. In the Bank-book, it appears from the list of bills drawn, that 8,695,237 florins were drawn for in the same time. This difference, I presume, may admit of explanation probably from the manner of negotiating this matter, or from some casual mistake. It deserves, however, to be explained.
“It appears from another statement, made up to the 1st of April, 1793, that there ought to be at that time a sufficient sum of money in the Treasury to reimburse the loan of 2,000,000 dollars to the Bank, and to answer all the other purposes of Government.

“Treasury
Dr.

April 1, 1793. Balance of foreign loans
$1,668,182 27

Surplus of Sinking Fund, conjectural
400,000 00

Bonds payable in December, 1792
460,126 00

Bonds payable in January, 1793
129,332 00

Bonds payable in February
87,057 00

Bonds payable in March
202,447 00

Surplus of the revenue of 1792
277,305 27

All the revenue of the current year, estimated at
1,000,000 00

These sums make the sum of
4,224,389 54

Debt to Bank, if paid
$2,000,000 00

One quarter’s interest, to April, 1793
700,000 00

Bonds payable in December, if applied to the last quarter’s interest
460,126 00

One quarter’s expenses of Army and Government, estimated at
 400,000 00

3,560,136 00

Deduct this sum from
4,224,389 54

Balance in favor of the Treasury, if the debt of the Bank be paid
 664,263 54

“The papers from which I have collected these statements may be deceptive in themselves, or may be subject to explanations from others. Candor, however, induces me to acknowledge that impressions resulting from my inquiries into this subject, have been made upon my mind, by no means favorable to the arrangements made by the gentleman at the head of the Treasury Department. But I shall keep myself open to conviction, in case of any sufficient explanation which may be hereafter given, and I now avow that my acknowledgment of mistake shall be at least commensurate to any conviction produced.
“I cannot help remarking, before I sit down, that we have been legislating for some years without competent official knowledge of the state of the Treasury, or revenues; in the course of which time, we have been engaged in the most important fiscal arrangements; that we have authorized a loan of the Bank of the United States for more than $500,000, when probably a greater sum of public money was deposited in the Bank; that we have passed a vote this session, authorizing a further loan for $800,000, and that we were upon the point of authorizing a loan abroad for $2,000,000, without knowing the extent of the authorities at present existing for borrowing, the amount of moneys on hand in consequence of loans already made, or the application of the moneys which may have been used; and I conceive it is now time that this information be officially laid before this House.”
Although historians of the Washington Administration have devoted considerable attention to the Giles resolutions, less attention has been paid to the fact that on January 23, 1793, the Senate also adopted resolutions similar in content to the five resolutions adopted by the House. These resolutions read as follows:
“Ordered, That the Secretary of the Treasury lay before the Senate a general account, exhibiting the amount of all the public funds and moneys (loans included) up to the end of the last year, and what remains of each appropriation, either in cash, bonds, certificates, or other securities, and stating where the balances are deposited, as far as the same can at present be done. That he particularly state the amount which has been drawn into the United States, of the moneys borrowed in Europe, under the acts of the 4th and 12th of August, 1790, the purposes for which drawn, how any part thereof hath been applied, with the balance now on hand, and where deposited.…
“Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to lay before the Senate, copies of the powers given by him for the negotiation of the loans authorized by the laws of the 4th and 12th of August, 1790, and of the communications from the Public Commissioners in Holland.”
The reports submitted by Hamilton to the Senate as a result of its January 23 resolutions are dated February 5 and 14, 1793. In the first of these reports Hamilton also replied to the following section from the first resolution which was deleted from the resolution as passed: “That [the Secretary of the Treasury] … also lay before the Senate a copy of the powers under which he negotiated the loans made under the laws of the 4th and 12th of August, 1790, and the original communications from the Public Commissioners in Holland, stating the difficulties of making separate loans under the same acts, as mentioned in his letter of January, 1793.”
Hamilton replied to the charges made by the House resolutions in a series of reports that were completed by February 19, 1793. But Republicans in and out of Congress were still not satisfied, and another set of resolutions was drafted criticizing Hamilton’s administration of the Treasury. According to Paul Leicester Ford, the “rough draft” of these resolutions was in Jefferson’s handwriting. Giles modified these resolutions somewhat and submitted them to the House of Representatives on February 27, 1793. The resolutions read as follows:
“1. Resolved, That it is essential to the due administration of the Government of the United States, that laws making specific appropriations of money should be strictly observed by the administrator of the finances thereof.
“2. Resolved, That a violation of a law making appropriations of money, is a violation of that section of the Constitution of the United States which requires that no money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law.
“3. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury has violated the law passed the 4th of August, 1790, making appropriations of certain moneys authorized to be borrowed by the same law, in the following particulars, viz: First, By applying a certain portion of the principal borrowed to the payment of interest falling due upon that principal, which was not authorized by that or any other law. Secondly, By drawing part of the same moneys into the United States, without the instructions of the President of the United States.
“4. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury has deviated from the instructions given by the President of the United States, in exceeding the authorities for making loans under the acts of the 4th and 12th of August, 1790.
“5. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury has omitted to discharge an essential duty of his office, in failing to give Congress official information in due time, of the moneys drawn by him from Europe into the United States; which drawing commenced December, 1790, and continued till January, 1793; and of the causes of making such drafts.
“6. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury has, without the instructions of the President of the United States, drawn more moneys borrowed in Holland into the United States than the President of the United States was authorized to draw, under the act of the 12th of August, 1790; which act appropriated two millions of dollars only, when borrowed, to the purchase of the Public Debt: And that he has omitted to discharge an essential duty of his office, in failing to give official information to the Commissioners for purchasing the Public Debt, of the various sums drawn from time to time, suggested by him to have been intended for the purchase of the Public Debt.
“7. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury did not consult the public interest in negotiating a Loan with the Bank of the United States, and drawing therefrom four hundred thousand dollars, at five per cent. per annum, when a greater sum of public money was deposited in various banks at the respective periods of making the respective drafts.
“8. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury has been guilty of an indecorum to this House, in undertaking to judge of its motives in calling for information which was demandable of him, from the constitution of his office; and in failing to give all the necessary information within his knowledge, relatively to the subjects of the reference made to him of the 19th January, 1792, and of the 22d November, 1792, during the present session.
“9. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be transmitted to the President of the United States.”
Of the nine resolutions presented by Giles, seven were incorporated from Jefferson’s draft without substantive change. The sections of the Jefferson draft which were either modified or omitted by Giles read as follows:
“3. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury, in drawing to this country and lodging in the bank the funds raised in Europe, which ought to have been applied to the paiments of our debts there in order to stop interest, has violated the instructions of the President of the United States for the benefit of speculators and to increase the profits of that institution.

“9. Resolved; That at the next meeting of Congress, the act of Sep 2d, 1789, establishing a Department of Treasury should be so amended as to constitute the office of the Treasurer of the United States a separate department, independent of the Secretary of the Treasury.
“10. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury has been guilty of maladministration in the duties of his office, and should, in the opinion of Congress, be removed from his office by the President of the United States.”
On February 28 and March 1 the House defeated the second set of Giles’s resolutions. Only six of the nine resolutions were committed for discussion, and only five Republicans, including Giles and Madison, voted in favor of all six resolutions. On March 2 Congress adjourned sine die.
A word should be added concerning the timing of the two sets of resolutions proposed by Giles. When he introduced his first set of resolutions on January 23, he and other Republicans in Congress undoubtedly thought that Hamilton would be unable to assemble the materials for a reply before Congress adjourned in early March and that voters would, therefore, believe that Hamilton was guilty of the charges implied in the resolutions. This strategy failed when Hamilton by a prodigious effort drew up the necessary reports and submitted them to Congress before the end of February. The resolutions of censure proposed by Giles on February 27 were introduced so late in the session that, if they had passed, Hamilton could not conceivably have replied to them before Congress adjourned. But they did not pass, and for the second time Giles and his Republican supporters in and out of the House were thwarted.


Title: [Enclosure A: General Account of Receipts and Expenditures], 28 January 1793
From: Treasury Department,Nourse, Joseph
To:

A
General Account of Receipts and Expenditures of Public Monies, Commencing the 1st. of January 1792, and Ending the 31st. December 1792.

Dr.

Cr.

1792.

Dollars. Cts.
1792.

Dollars Cts.

September 30th.
To the amount of Expenditures from the 1st. of January, to the 30th. of September 1792, agreeably to the Treasurer’s Accounts settled at the Treasury, copies of which have been by him transmitted to the House of Representatives, Viz:

January 1st.
By balance in the treasury, agreeably to the general Statement of receipts and expenditures to the end of the year 1791
973.905. 75.

Decemr. 31.
By amount of monies received into the treasury, from the first day of January 1792, to this date. Viz:

In the Quarter ending the 31st. of March, 1792
1.191.909. 38.

For balances due by sundry persons on monies advanced to them under the present government
5.629. 88.

   Note. In the expenditures for the Quarter ending June 30th. and September 30th. 1792, are included Warrants to the amount of four millions of dollars, which were drawn for the purpose of effecting the subscription of five thousand shares to the Capital Stock of the Bank of the United States, and to cover the loan obtained in consequence thereof—Two millions of dollars being drawn to effect the subscription, and two millions for the amount of the loan. The Bills of exchange drawn by the Treasurer, on which these transactions were predicated, have been cancelled at the Treasury.

 In the Quarter ending the 30th. of June, 1792
3.552.430 25.

   Note. In the expenditures for the Quarter ending June 30th. and September 30th. 1792, are included Warrants to the amount of four millions of dollars, which were drawn for the purpose of effecting the subscription of five thousand shares to the Capital Stock of the Bank of the United States, and to cover the loan obtained in consequence thereof—Two millions of dollars being drawn to effect the subscription, and two millions for the amount of the loan. The Bills of exchange drawn by the Treasurer, on which these transactions were predicated, have been cancelled at the Treasury.

 In the Quarter ending the 30th. of September, 1792
2.972.759. 81.

For balances due by sundry persons on accounts which originated under the late government
4.702. 82.

December 31st.
To the account of Expenditures, from the 1st. of October, to the 31st. of December 1792, agreeably to the Treasurer’s Accounts rendered for settlement
1.250,592. 61.

For arms and accoutrements sold to the State of South Carolina out of the public stores, by direction of the President
4.240.

Balance remaining in the hands of the Treasurer,
783.444 51.

For amount received for fines, penalties and forfeitures
118.

For amount received on account of a loan of 523.500 dollars, made by the Bank of the United States, in pursuance of an Act passed on the 2d. day of May 1792
400.000.

For amount of a loan made by the Bank of North America, without interest, for the use of the department of War
156.595. 56.

For amount received on account of proceeds of Bills of exchange drawn by the Treasurer, on the Commissioners in Amsterdam
549,902. 89.

For the value of Bills of exchange, drawn by the Treasurer, on the

Commissioners in Amsterdam, for the purpose of effecting a subscription to the Capital Stock of the Bank of the United States, agreeably to an Act passed February 25th: 1791
2.000.000.

For amount of a loan obtained from the Bank of the United States, agreeably to the last mentioned Act
2.000.000.

For the excess of the first half yearly dividend on the capital stock of the Bank of the United States, held by the United States, beyond the interest payable to the Bank
8.028.

For amount received from sundry Supervisors, on account of duties on distilled Spirits
208.942. 81.

For amount received from the Collectors of the Customs, on account of duties on imports and tonnage
3.443.070. 85.

9.751.136. 56

9.751.136. 56.

Treasury Department Register’s Office, January 28th. 1793.
Stated by, … Joseph Nourse, Register.


Title: Enclosure Ba: [Statement of the Income and Expenditure of the United States], 4 February 1793
From: Treasury Department,Hamilton, Alexander
To:

Ba
A Statement of the Income and Expenditure of the United States from the Commencement of the Present Government to the End of the Year 1792.

Dollars. Cts.

Dollars. Cts.

Amount of duties on imports and tonnage, and of fines, penalties and forfeitures, as per Account of receipts and expenditures, to the end of the year 1791, reported to the House of Representatives, the 10th. of November 1792,
6.534.263. 84
By Amount of expenditures, to the end of the year 1791, as per Account of receipts and expenditures to the end of that year, reported to the House of Representatives, the 10th. of November 1792.
3.797.436. 78.

Sundry Contingent funds received, Viz:

For fines and forfeitures &c.
334.82

For balances due on Accounts which originated under the Government
11.001.11.

Amount of expenditures during the year 1792, as per general Account of receipts and expenditures, herewith transmitted, marked A
8.967.692. 5.

11.335. 93

Product of duties on spirits distilled within the United States, for a half year, ending the 31st. of December 1791, as estimated
150.000.

12.765.128. 83.

Product of duties on imports and tonnage, for the year 1792, as estimated
3.900.000.
Cash in the Treasury, as per general Account of receipts and expenditures, herewith transmitted, marked A
783.444. 51.

Product of duties on spirits distilled within the United States, for the same period, as estimated
400.000.

Receipts into the Treasury, as stated in the general Abstract of receipts and expenditures herewith transmitted, marked A. Viz:

Cash in the Bank of the United States, and the Offices of discount and deposit, of New York and Baltimore, per Account rendered by the Bank, herewith transmitted, marked AB
605.883.  8.

A loan from the Bank of North America, without interest.
156.595.56.

A loan from the Bank of the United States, on interest.
400.000.

Amount remaining in deposit in the Bank of North America, being the proceeds of Bills on Amsterdam, and including the sum of 156.595.⁵⁶⁄₁₀₀ dollars, loaned without interest, stated as a receipt per Contra
177.998. 80.

A loan from   do do
2.000.000

Value of Bills of exchange drawn by the Treasurer on the Commissioners in Amsterdam, for the purpose of effecting a subscription to the Capital Stock of the Bank of the United States
2.000.000.

Excess of the first half yearly dividend on the Capital Stock of the Bank of the United States, beyond the interest payable to the Bank
8.028.

Proceeds of Bills on Amsterdam, not yet received
614.593. 2.

Balances due on Accounts which originated under the late government
4.702.82

Amount of duties on spirits distilled within the United States uncollected, and remaining in the hands of the Revenue Officers, being the difference between the estimated product of said duties, and the sums received to the end of the year 1792
341.057. 19.

For Arms and Accoutrements
4.240.

For fines, penalties and forfeitures
118.

For balances on monies advanced under the present Government
5629.88.

Cash in hands of Collectors at the close of the year 1792, agreeably to the last returns received at the Treasury
151.851. 25.

Deduct repayments made by Jeremiah Olney and Joseph Nourse, as stated in the account of receipts and expenditures, to the end of the year 1791, which repayments are deducted from the expenditures of 1791, and are also credited in the general Account of receipts and expenditures herewith transmitted, marked A
857.83.

Amount of Bonds for duties on imports, unpaid at the end of the year 1792, and falling due between that time and May 1794. See Abstract marked E.
2.442.069. 15.

  4.772. 5.

4.578.456. 43

Amount of Bills drawn and disposed of upon our Commissioners in Holland, on account of foreign loans, as per Statement, No. III, reported to the House of Representatives, January 3d. 1793
2.304.769.13.

To which add for an error in stating the amount of interest which arose on the credit allowed to purchasers by the Banks of North America and New York
    1.000.

 2.305.769. 13

Total Amount
17.879.825. 33.

17.882.025. 82.

Treasury DepartmentFebruary 4th. 1793.
Alexander Hamilton,Secretary of the Treasury.


Title: Enclosure C: [Payments to the Treasurer of the United States], 1 January 1793
From: Treasury Department,Meredith, Samuel
To:

  [C]Payments to the Treasurer of the United States.

   See Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, dated February. 4th. 1793 Reference C.

    No.
    Paid Warrant

    1503.
    To David Allison, agent for Robert King and Richard Fields, for their compensation going Express to the Cherokee nation
    64.

    1818.
    Robert Forsyth, for his compensation as marshal for the district of Georgia
    130.
    15.

    1970.
    Edward Blake, superintendent of the lighthouse in South Carolina, to defray the expenses of said establishment
    681.
    36.

    1999.
    Arnold Willis, balance due to him from the United States, for a bill of exchange returned unpaid
    594.
    50.

    2036.
    Sharp Delany, assignee of Lieut. Col: de Touzard, for his pension
    180.

    2056.
    Jonathan Williams, junr. for a bill of exchange on the late commissioners at Paris, returned
    12.

    2074
    William Allibone, for his services and expenses in examining and surveying the light-house at Bald Head, North Carolina
    212.

    2077.
    William Bill, for sundry setts of Exchange on the late Commissioners at Paris, returned
    168.

    2083
    Joseph Anthony, agent for John Brown Cutting, being in full for a sum of money granted him by Congress
    1,580.
    46.

    2084
    William Allibone, superintendent of the light-house at Cape Henlopen, to defray expenses in support of said Establishment
    430.

    2096.
    Oliver Wolcott, junr: for the salaries of his office, as Comptroller of the Treasury
    1,850.

    2097
    Samuel Meredith, on account of the War department
    2,500.

    2098
    Ditto ditto
    500.

    2099
    Henry Knox, for the salaries of his office, as Secretary at War
    1,762.
    50.

    2100.
    William Simmons, Attorney for John Cochran, for his salary as Commissioner of loans for New York
    375.

    2101.
    Nehemiah Tilton, agent for James Tilton, for his salary as commissioner of loans for Delaware
    150.

    2102.
    Joseph Nourse, for the salaries of his office as Register of the Treasury
    4,500.

    2103.
    John Meyer, agent for Alexander Hamilton, for the salaries of his office, as Secretary of the Treasury
    2,306.

    2104.
    Richard Harrison, for the salaries of his office as Auditor of the Treasury
    2,608.
    58.

    2105.
    George Taylor, agent for Thomas Jefferson, for the salaries of his office as Secretary of State
    1,621.
    67.

    2106.
    John Jordan, for his pension
    10.

    2107.
    James Mathers, for his salary as door keeper to the Senate of the United States
    125.

    2108.
    Thomas Claxton, for his salary as assistant door keeper to the House of Representatives
    112.
    50.

    2109.
    Isaac Sherman, for his salary as a clerk employed in the Treasury department in counting money
    125.

    2110.
    David Henley ditto ditto
    125.

    2111.
    W. Irvine, J. Kean, and W. Langdon, for the salaries of their office, as commissioners for adjusting claims of individual states with the United States
    3,075.

    2112.
    Gifford Dally, for his salary as door keeper to the House of Representatives
    125.

    2113.
    George Turner, for his salary as one of the Judges of the Western territory
    200.

    2114.
    John Kean, Attorney for Frederick William de Steuben, for his pension
    625.

    2115.
    John Inskeep, Attorney for Joseph Anderson, for his salary as one of the Judges of the territory south of the Ohio
    200.

    2116.
    Matthew McConnell, Attorney for Arthur St. Clair, for his salary as governor of the Western territory
    500.

    2117.
    Bernard Webb, agent for John Beckley, for his salary as Clerk of the House of Representatives
    375.

    2118.
    Thomas Fitzsimons, agent for James Wilson, for his salary as one of the Associate Judges
    875.

    2119.
    Bernard Webb, agent for John Beckley, attorney for Harry Innes, for his salary as district judge of Kentucky
    250.

    2120.
    John Kean, Attorney for Thomas Bee, for his salary as district Judge of South Carolina
    450.

    2121.
    Ditto, Attorney for John Neufville, for his salary as Commissioner of loans for South Carolina
    250.

    2122.
    John Bard, agent for Nathaniel Pendleton, for his Salary as Judge for the district of Georgia
    375.

    2123.
    Samuel Meredith, for the salaries of his office, as Treasurer of the United States
    775.

    2124.
    Robert Morris, agent for Edmund Randolph, for his salary as Attorney General of the United States
    375.

    2125.
    Hugh Williamson, Attorney for William Blount, for his salary as governor of the territory south of the Ohio
    500.

    2126.
    Ditto, Attorney for Daniel Smith, his salary as Secretary of the territory south of the Ohio
    187.
    50.

    2127.
    Ditto, Attorney for William Skinner, for his salary as Commissioner of loans for North Carolina
    250.

    2128.
    Ditto, Attorney for John McNairy, for his salary as one of the Judges of the territory south of the Ohio
    200.

    2129.
    Samuel Meredith, Attorney for John Blair, for his salary as one of the Associate Judges
    875.

    2130.
    Thomas Smith, for his salary as Commissioner of loans for Pennsylvania
    375.

    2131.
    John Sitgreaves, Attorney for John Sitgreaves, for his salary as Judge for the district of North Carolina
    375.

    2132.
    Robert Smith, Attorney for David Campbell, for his salary as one of the Judges of the Western territory
    200.

    2133.
    Richard Peters, for his salary as Judge for the district of Pennsylvania
    400.

    2134.
    Samuel A. Otis, for his salary as Secretary to the Senate
    375.

    2135.
    Joseph Nourse, attorney for John Sullivan, for his salary as Judge for the district of New Hampshire
    250.

    2136.
    Ditto, attorney for Cyrus Griffin, for his salary as Judge for the district of Virginia
    450.

    2137.
    William Cushing, for his salary as one of the associate judges
    875.

    2138.
    Samuel Meredith, on Account of the War department
    3,000.

    2139.
    Ditto ditto
    1,000.

    2140.
    Clement Biddle, agent for Thomas Johnson, for his salary as one of the associate Judges
    875.

    2141.
    Alexander and James Parker, Agents for Samuel McDowell, junior, compensation to the Assistant Marshal for the district of Kentucky
    40.
    79.

    2142.
    Alexander Parker, agent for Samuel McDowell, junior, compensation to John Eakin, as assistant in taking a census of the inhabitants of Kentucky
    50.
    4.

    2143.
    Joseph Howell, for extra services of a clerk employed in his office as accountant to the War department
    229.
    16.

    2144.
    Tobias Lear, on account of the President’s compensation
    3,000.

    2145.
    William Allibone, superintendent of the light house at Cape Henlopen, to defray expenses in support of said establishment.
    400.

    2146.
    John Kean, Attorney for Richard Law, for his salary as judge for the district of Connecticut
    250.

    2147.
    Elliott and Williams, for provisions issued, and sundry supplies furnished the Quarter master’s department
    2,760.
    67.

    2148.
    James Mazurie, assignee of Pierce Manning, agent for Abner Neale, for attending the circuit and district courts of North Carolina.
    20.

    2149.
    Joseph Anthony, attorney to James Iredell, for his salary as one of the associate Judges
    875.

    2150.
    Robert Underwood, agent for Joseph Bindon, attorney to Dominique L’Eglize, for his pension
    30.

    2151.
    Samuel Hodgdon, Attorney for James O’Hara, for the use of the Quarter master’s department
    2,000.

    2152.
    Joseph Howell, on account of the department of War
    156,595.
    56.

    2153.
    George Meade, agent for Richard Wylly, commissioner of loans for Georgia, for the salary of a clerk employed in his office
    91.
    20.

    2154.
    James Boggs, agent for Robert Morris, for his salary as judge for the district of New Jersey
    250.

    2155.
    Joseph Howell, for the salaries of his office, as accountant of the War department
    625.

    2156.
    Henry Knox, assignee of Michael Hillegas, for the amount of a warrant, No. 485, returned unpaid
    33.
    33.

    2157.
    Robert Elliott and Elie Williams, being on account of supplies furnished, and to be furnished, for the use of the Army
    20,000.

    2158.
    Tobias Van Zandt, agent for William Allen, for 80 horsemen’s swords, furnished Capt. Stake’s troop
    400.

    2159.
    Clement Biddle, balance due to him on account of provisions issued to the recruits
    114.
    13.

    2160.
    George Bickham, attorney for Samuel McDowell junior, his compensation as marshal for the district of Kentucky
    83.

    2161.
    John Templeman, for a sett of exchange on the late commissioners at Paris, returned
    12.

    2162.
    Samuel Meredith, on account of the War department
    10,000.

    2163.
    Ditto ditto
    2,000.

    2164.
    William Porter, assignee of Daniel Hale, for sundry rations issued to the recruits at Albany, &c.
    169.
    79.

    2165.
    John Kean, attorney for Henry Marchant, for his salary as Judge for the district of Rhode Island
    200.

    2166.
    A. R. C. M. de la Forest, being on account of the debt due from the United States to France
    24,660.

    2167.
    Joseph Nourse, agent for John Hopkins, for his salary as Commissioner of loans for Virginia
    375.

    2168.
    Robert Underwood, assignee for Joseph Bindon, attorney for Joseph Traversie, for his pension
    30.

    2169.
    Samuel Emery, agent for Nathaniel Appleton, for his salary as Commissioner of loans for Massachusetts
    375.

    2170.
    Charles Young, assignee of Nathaniel Chipman, for his salary as Judge for the district of Vermont
    200.

    2171.
    Melancton Smith, for provisions issued to the troops at Westpoint
    128.
    72.

    2172.
    David Allison, agent for William Blount, for the use of the War department, in the territory southwest of the Ohio
    5,000.

    2173.
    Abraham Witmer, assignee of Joseph Dicker, and others, for 100 rifles delivered for the use of the army
    1,200.

    2174.
    Robert Forsyth, being in full of his own and assistant’s compensation for taking an enumeration of the inhabitants of Georgia
    336.
    61.

    2175.
    Robert Forsyth, his compensation for attending several sessions of the district and circuit courts of Georgia
    231.
    90.

    2176.
    Melancton Smith, for provisions issued to the troops at New York
    268.
    86.

    2177.
    Tobias Lear, on account of the President’s compensation
    1,000.

    2178.
    Henry Drinker, attorney for Chauncey Whittlesey, for rations issued to the troops at Connecticut
    879.
    44.

    2179.
    Thomas Billington and Charles Young, on account of a contract for furnishing the troops with clothing
    4,500.

    2180.
    Abraham Wilt, attorney for major de Bert de Majun, a foreign officer, late in the service of the United States
    7,371.

    2181.
    George Meade, agent for Richard Wylly, for his salary as Commissioner of loans for Georgia.
    175.

    2182.
    John Kean, attorney for William Imlay, for his salary as Commissioner of loans for Connecticut
    250.

    2183.
    Tench Coxe, for oil purchased for the use of the light house at Cape Henry, in the State of Virginia
    380.
    80.

    2184.
    Samuel Howell, for supplies furnished the dragoon recruits at Elkton, under the command of Major Rudolph
    162.
    85.

    2185.
    Samuel Smith, agent for Elliott and Williams, on account of the expenses of the recruiting service
    4,000.

    2186.
    Samuel Hodgdon, attorney for James O’Hara, being for the use of the Quarter master’s department
    1,000.

    2187.
    Reed and Forde, assignees of captain Sharpe, a foreign officer, late in the service of the United States
    1,229.
    11.

    2188.
    Edmund Randolph, attorney General, for his expenses to, and from York town, in attending the circuit courts held there
    54.

    2189.
    Ferdinand Gourdon, assignee of William Paca, for his salary as Judge for the district of Maryland
    375.

    2190.
    Samuel Hodgdon, attorney for James O’Hara, being for the use of the Quarter master’s department
    35,000.

    2191.
    John Stagg, junr. agent for Thomas Randall, superintendent of the light house at Sandy-hook, for the support of said establishment
    231.
    86.

    2192.
    George Taylor, Attorney for John Jay, for his salary as chief Justice of the United States
    1,000.

    2193.
    Abraham Miller, for rations and other supplies furnished to a detachment of recruits at Bridgetown
    48.
    86.

    2194.
    Christian Lybrandt, for 30,000 bricks, for the purpose of finishing the light house at Bald head, North Carolina
    150.

    2195.
    Peter Bob, for 3,000 ditto ditto
    15.

    2196.
    John Brown, attorney for Robert Irwin, for his compensation as assistant to the marshal for the district of Kentucky
    51.
    27.

    2197.
    Patrick Ferrall, for defraying the contingent expenses of the Commissioner’s office
    150.

    2198.
    Philip Nicklin and Co. assignees of Samuel Smith, agent for Elliott and Williams, on account of supplies furnished for the use of the army
    20,000.

    2199.
    Samuel Meredith, on account of the War department
    6,362.

    2200.
    Antoine R. C. M. de la Forest, on Account of the debt due from the United States to France
    19,961.

    2201.
    William Allibone, superintendent of the light house at Cape Henlopen, to defray expenses in support of said establishment
    534.

    2202.
    Thomas Billington and Charles Young, for sundry pattern articles of clothing, deposited in the War office
    128.
    46.

    2203.
    John Hopkins, commissioner of loans for Virginia, to pay interest on the several species of stock
    3,600.

    2204.
    Ditto, to enable him to pay invalid pensions
    400.

    2205.
    John Lamb, balance due to him, on account of sundry expenditures to invalid pensioners in New York
    498.
    54.

    2206.
    James Burnside, attorney for James Ewing, for his salary as Commissioner of loans for New Jersey
    175.

    2207.
    Thomas Harwood, Commissioner of loans for Maryland on account of interest on the several species of stock
    7,000.

    2208.
    Edward Carrington, assignee of Matthew Harvey, for rations issued to the troops at Fincastle, Virginia
    517.
    36.

    2209.
    Ditto, assignee of James Roberts, for rations issued to the troops marching from Richmond to Winchester
    354.
    4.

    2210.
    Joseph Nourse, agent for Elizabeth Bergen, for her pension
    13.
    33.

    2211.
    John Hopkins, commissioner of loans for Virginia, on account of the interest due on the several species of stock
    1,200.

    2212.
    Tobias Lear, on account of the President’s compensation
    2,000.

    2213.
    Thomas Billington and Charles Young, balance due to them on account of a contract for supplying the troops with clothing
    705.
    11.

    2214.
    Joseph Nourse, agent for paying the contingent expenses of the Treasury department
    800.

    2215.
    John Wilkins, Assignee of Alexander Scott, balance due for supplies furnished the troops at Lancaster
    668.
    47.

    2216.
    Samuel Meredith, agent for James Read, assignee of John Skinner, his compensation as marshal for the district of South Carolina
    156.

    2217.
    Ditto, agent for ditto, assignee for ditto ditto
    285.
    60.

    2218.
    Jonathan Trumbull, to enable him to make payments to the members of the House of Representatives
    12,000.

    2219.
    Samuel A. Otis, to be applied towards the payment of the Senators, for their compensations
    2,384.
    40

    2220.
    Roger Sherman, attorney for Philip B. Bradley, his compensation as marshal for the district of Connecticut
    337.
    7

    2221.
    William Allibone, Superintendant of the light-house at Cape Henlopen, for support of said establishment
    144.

    2222.
    Alexander Humphries, balance due on account of provisions furnished to captain Gibson’s company at Staunton
    385.
    71.

    2223.
    Benjamin Connor, balance due on account of rations furnished and supplies in the Quarter master’s department
    387.
    57.

    2224.
    John Kean, Attorney for Richard Law, for his salary as judge for the district of Connecticut
    250.

    2225.
    George Thatcher, Attorney for David Sewall, for his salary as Judge for the district of Maine
    500.

    2226.
    Tench Francis, to be applied towards the purchase of certain Indian supplies
    2,000.

    2227.
    Samuel Meredith, on Account of the War department
    8,000.

    2228.
    Ditto ditto
    2,000.

    2229.
    Jedidiah Huntington, for payments made to invalid pensioners at Connecticut
    57.
    12.

    2230.
    Samuel A. Otis, to be applied towards the payment of the Senators, for their compensations
    268.
    80

    2231.
    Jeremiah Smith, attorney for Daniel Warner, for his compensation as deputy marshal for the district of New Hampshire
    96.
    14.

    2232.
    William Imlay, Commissioner of loans, Connecticut, to pay interest due on the several species of stocks
    4,750.

    2233.
    William Imlay, agent for paying the invalid pensioners in the State of Connecticut
    2,000.

    2234.
    Antoine R. C. M. de la Forest, being on account of the debt due from the United States to France
    2,358.

    2235.
    Richard Wylly, commissioner of loans, Georgia, on account of interest due on the several species of stock
    1,300.

    2236.
    John Hopkins, Commissioner of loans, Virginia, on account of interest due on the several species of stock
    1,250.

    2237.
    Ditto, Commissioner of loans, Virginia, on account of interest due on the several species of stock
    1,800.

    2238.
    William Gardner, commissioner of loans, New Hampshire, on account of interest due on the several species of stock
    5,050.

    2239.
    Winthrop Sargent, for his salary as Secretary of the territory north west of the Ohio
    750.

    2240.
    Hugh Williamson, Attorney for William Blount, for the use of the War department, within the territory South West of the Ohio
    6,000.

    2241.
    Clement Biddle, for provisions issued to the recruits, and various supplies furnished in the Quarter master’s and hospital department
    997.
    87.

    2242.
    Benjamin Lincoln, superintendant of light house, Massachusetts, amount of sundry expenses in support of said establishment.
    9,617.
    96.

    2243.
    Benjamin Bayley, agent for John Paulding for his pension
    100.

    2244.
    Clement Biddle, for sundry supplies furnished Joseph Brandt, chief of the six nations of Indians, during his stay in Philadelphia
    466.
    33.

    2245.
    Jedidiah Huntington, superintendant of light house, New London, amount of sundry expenditures in support of said establishment
    1,093.
    21.

    2246.
    Otho H. Williams, amount of sundry payments to invalid pensioners, at Baltimore
    1,603.
    79.

    2247.
    Antoine R. C. M. de la Forest, being an account of the debt due from the United States to France
    8,997.

    2248.
    John Hopkins, Commissioner of loans, Virginia, on account of interest due on the several species of stock
    7,350.

    2249.
    Ditto, Commissioner of loans, Virginia, on account of payments made to invalid pensioners
    2,750.

    2250.
    Samuel Hodgdon, attorney to James O’Hara, for the use of the Quarter master’s department
    1,000.

    2251.
    Joseph Nourse, for the purpose of stating and printing certain public accounts
    220.

    2253.
    Samuel Hodgdon, Attorney for James O’Hara, for the use of the Quarter master’s department
    1,500.

    2254.
    Samuel Meredith, on account of the War department
    5,500.

    2255.
    Ditto ditto
    1,500.
    00.

    2256.
    Adam Anstat, for 17 rifles made by order of the Secretary at War
    204.

    2257.
    John McIntire, for sundry rations issued to the militia of Ohio County, State of Virginia
    318.
    64.

    2258.
    Samuel Millish, junr., attorney for Israel Chapin, balance due for supplies furnished, and expenses incurred for the five nations of Indians
    27.
    33.

    2259.
    James B. Smith, for making three large wampum belts for the use of the Indian department
    43.

    2260.
    Wheelen and Miller, agents to Jacob Dickert and others, for 67 rifles made for the use of the United States
    804.

    2261.
    Henry Drinker, for three sinkers for the beacon boats directed to be stationed in the bay of Chesapeak
    74.
    44.

    2262.
    John Nicholson, for 26 rifles made by order of the Secretary at War
    312.

    2264.
    Tobias Lear, on account of the President’s compensation
    1,000.

    2265.
    John Kean, to be applied towards discharging unclaimed dividends
    2,671.
    99.

    2267.
    Antoine R. C. M. de la Forest, on account of the debt due from the United States to France
    64,935.
    1.

    2268.
    John Miller, junr. for his attendance inspecting the clothing for the army
    200.

    2269.
    Tench Francis, on account of the incidental and contingent expenses of the War department
    1,000.

    2270.
    Samuel A. Otis, to be applied towards payment of the Senators, for their compensations
    3,840.

    2271.
    Samuel Meredith, on account of the War department
    1,500.

    2272.
    Ditto ditto
    1,500.

    2273.
    David Ridgway, for 30,000 bricks, for the completion of the light house at Bald head, North Carolina
    150.

    2274.
    John Kean, to be applied towards discharging unclaimed dividends
    90.
    10.

    2275.
    Ditto ditto
    32.
    66.

    2276.
    James Ewing, Commissioner of loans, New Jersey, to pay interest on the several species of stock
    4,000.

    2277.
    Samuel Meredith, on account of the War department
    6,000.

    2278.
    Joseph Anthony and son, Assignees for John Habersham, agent for James Seagrove, for a bill of exchange drawn on account of the War department
    900.

    2279.
    James Wilson, attorney for James Duane, for his salary as Judge for the district of New York
    375.

    2280.
    Ditto, Attorney for James Duane, for his salary as Judge for the district of New York
    1,125.

    2281.
    John Kean, to be applied towards discharging unclaimed dividends
    770.
    17.

    2282.
    Gabriel Blakeney, for sundry rations issued to the militia of Washington county, Pennsylvania
    947.
    84.

    2283.
    John Hopkins, on account of payments made to invalid pensioners
    400.

    2284.
    William Imlay, agent for paying invalid pensions in the State of Connecticut
    1,500.

    2285.
    Ditto, Commissioner of loans, Connecticut, to pay interest due on the several species of stock
    1,500.

    2286.
    Jonathan Burrall, assignee of John McComb, agent for John McComb, junior, on account of a contract for erecting a light house on Cape Henry
    2,000.

    2287.
    James McKenzie, for his pension
    30.

    2288.
    Samuel Meredith, on account of the War department
    34,878.

    2289.
    Solomon Maxwell, balance due on account of supplies furnished the recruits in the State of Delaware
    250.
    60.

    2290.
    John McComb, junior, balance due on account of contract for erecting a light house of Cape Henry, Virginia
    3,350.

    2291.
    Thomas Billington and Charles Young, on account of sundry articles of clothing for the use of the army
    2,000.

    2292.
    James Poupard, for sundry seals for the use of the public offices of the territory north west of the Ohio
    123.
    80.

    2294.
    The State of Maryland, for payments made by said State to invalid pensioners
    2,343.
    63.

    2295.
    John Adams, on account of his compensation as Vice president of the United States
    340.

    2296.
    Tobias Lear, for so much paid by the President to an express rider
    12.

    2297.
    Samuel A. Otis, on account of the contingent expenses of the Senate, and of his office
    655.
    50.

    2298.
    John Kean, to be applied towards discharging unclaimed dividends
    548.
    10.

    2299.
    Jonathan Burrall, agent for Nicholas Hoffman, to be applied to the purpose of purchasing certain Indian supplies
    640.
    56.

    2300.
    George Benson, Agent for Jabez Bowen, for his salary as Commissioner loans, Rhode Island
    150.

    2301.
    Jean de Ternant, being on account of the debt due from the United States to France
    5,445.

    2302.
    Ditto, for his pay and services as a foreign officer late in the service of the United States
    9,754.
    68.

    2303.
    John Hopkins, on account of payments made to invalid pensioners
    1,150.

    2304.
    Ditto, Commissioner of loans, Virginia, on accot: of interest due on the several species of stock
    750.

    2305.
    Nathaniel Appleton Massachusetts ditto
    3,000.

    2306.
    Jonathan Trumbull, to enable him to make payments to the members of the House of Representatives
    12,000.

    2307.
    Antoine R. C. M. de la Forest, being account of the debt due from the United States to France
    34,558.
    82.

    2308.
    Clement Biddle, balance due to the State of Pennsylvania on account of rations issued to the militia of said State
    1 447.
    93.

    2309.
    Tobias Lear, agent for Jonathan Steele, his compensation as Clerk of the circuit and district Courts of New Hampshire
    52.
    20.

    2310.
    Ditto, attorney for Nathaniel Rogers, his compensation as marshal for the district of New Hampshire
    329.
    93.

    2311.
    Robert Crawford, agent for John Stuart, balance due for supplies furnished the riflemen in Virginia
    1 753.
    6.

    2313.
    Tobias Lear, on account of the President’s compensation
    1,000.

    2314.
    Samuel Hodgdon, Attorney for James O’Hara, for the use of the Quarter master’s department
    8,090.
    67.

    2315.
    Tench Francis, to be applied to the purpose of purchasing sundry military stores
    1,000.

    2316.
    Aaron Robinson, balance due on account of supplies furnished to the recruits at Bennington
    322.
    62.

    2317.
    William Allibone, superintendant of the light house at Cape Henlopen, for support of said Establishment
    966.
    50.

    2320.
    Clement Biddle, for his compensation as marshal for the district of Pennsylvania
    545.
    51.

    2321.
    Ditto ditto
    622.
    95.

    2322.
    John Cochran, commissioner of loans for New York, to be applied towards the payment of interest on the several species of stock
    93,000.

    2323.
    Thomas Harwood, Maryland, ditto
    11,000.

    2326.
    Thomas Smith, Pennsylvania ditto
    25,402.
    83.

    2328.
    Samuel Meredith, for purchases made him, as agent to the Trustees for the reduction of the public debt
    15,098.
    11

    2333.
    John Kean, to be applied towards payment of interest on the funded six and three per cent stocks
    304,303.
    27.

    2338.
    Edward Blake, Superintendant of the lighthouse at South Carolina, for defraying the expenses of said establishment
    163.
    27.

    2339.
    Ditto ditto
    1,253.
    52.

    2340.
    John Habersham, for amount of sundry payments made to Invalid pensioners
    526.
    77.

    2341.
    Nathaniel Appleton, commissioner of loans for Massachusetts, to pay interest due on the several species of stock
    62,000.

    2342.
    William Ellery, superintendant of the light house at Rhode Island, to defray expenses of said establishment
    754.
    58.

    2343.
    Jabez Bowen, Commissioner of loans for Rhode Island, to pay interest on the several species of stock
    6,000.

    2344.
    Ditto ditto
    6,000.

    2345.
    William Imlay, Commissioner of loans for Connecticut, do.
    4.050.

    2346.
    Samuel Meredith, to defray contingent expenses of his own and Henley and Sherman’s office
    158.
    97.

    1,250,592.
    61.

    Balance in my hands this day, as explained below
    783,444.
    51.

    2,034.037.
    12.

    Cash in the Bank of the United States
    109,169.
    45.

    Ditto North America
    61,601.
    30.

    Ditto New York
    69,019.
    8

    Ditto Providence
    28,157.
    87.

    Ditto, office of discount and deposit, Boston
    154,860.
    67.

    Ditto New York
    224,735.
    51.

    Ditto Baltimore
    73,653.
    64.

    Ditto Charleston
    62,015.
    85.

    Amount of contingencies paid, for which there is no appropriation
    142.
    14.

    Amount paid Saml. Brook, a clerk in the office, for which there is no do.
    90.

    Dollars
    783,444.
    51.

Receipts by the Treasurer of the United States.

Balance of Account furnished to the 1st. of October last
420,914.
51.

No.
Received for Warrant —

1520.
On Isaac Holmes
Collector
Charleston
480.

1535.
ditto
ditto
ditto
201.
36.

1685.
John Habersham
ditto
Savannah
231.
90.

1686.
ditto
ditto
ditto
130.
15.

1687.
ditto
ditto
ditto
336.
61.

1688.
Charles Lee
ditto
Alexandria
4,000.

1689.
John Lamb
ditto
New York
498.
54.

1690.
William Lindsay
ditto
Norfolk
1,200.

1691.
James Read
ditto
Wilmington (N. C.)
441.
60

1692.
Jedidiah Huntington
ditto
New London
57.
12.

1693.
ditto
ditto
ditto
4,750.

1694.
ditto
ditto
ditto
2,000.

1695.
John Habersham
ditto
Savannah
1,300.

1696.
William Lindsay
ditto
Norfolk
300.

1697.
William Heth
ditto
Bermuda hundred
1,800.

1698.
Joseph Whipple
ditto
Portsmouth
3,000.

1699.
ditto
ditto
ditto
2,050.

1700.
Benjamin Lincoln
ditto
Boston
9,617.
96.

1701.
Jedidiah Huntington
ditto
New London
1,093.
21.

1702.
Otho H. Williams
ditto
Baltimore
1 603.
79

1703.
George Biscoe
ditto
Nottingham
700.

1704.
Otho H. Williams
ditto
Baltimore
23,000.

1705.
Sharp Delany
ditto
Philadelphia
3,040.
96.

1706.
John Lamb
ditto
New York
13,219.
26.

1707.
Jedidiah Huntington
ditto
New London
1,700.

1708.
Hudson Muse
ditto
Tappahannock
450.

1709.
William Heth
ditto
Bermuda Hundred
1,310.

1710.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,725.

1711.
James McC. Lingan
ditto
George town, Maryland
1,115.

1712.
William Lindsay
ditto
Norfolk
400.

1713.
Jedidiah Huntington
ditto
New London
1,000.

1714.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1715.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1716.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1717.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1718.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1719.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1720.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1721.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1722.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1723.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1724.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1725.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1726.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1727.
Jonathan Fitch
ditto
New Haven
2,000.

1728.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1729.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1730.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1731.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1732.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1733.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1734.
Samuel Smedley
ditto
Fairfield
300.

1735.
ditto
ditto
ditto
300.

1736.
ditto
ditto
ditto
300.

1737.
ditto
ditto
ditto
100.

1738.
ditto
ditto
ditto
200.

1739.
John Halsted
ditto
Perth Amboy
2,714.
24.

1740.
James McC. Lingan
ditto
George town, Maryland
400.

1741.
Abraham Archer
ditto
York town, Virginia
200.

1742.
Hudson Muse
ditto
Tappahannock
1,500.

1743.
Richard M. Scott
ditto
Dumfries
200.

1744.
ditto
ditto
ditto
200.

1745.
Charles Lee
ditto
Alexandria
3,000.

1746.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1747.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1748.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1749.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1750.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1751.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1752.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1753.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1754.
William Gibb
ditto
Foley landing
200.

1755.
Thomas Benbury
ditto
Edenton, N. Carola.
250.

1756.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1757.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1758.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1759.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1760.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1761.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1762.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1763.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1764.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1765.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1766.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1767.
ditto
ditto
ditto
400.

1768.
ditto
ditto
ditto
400.

1769.
James Read
ditto
Wilmington, N. C.
500.

1770.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1771.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1772.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1773.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1774.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1775.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1776.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1777.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1778.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1779.
ditto
ditto
ditto
400.

1780.
John Daves
ditto
Newbern
500.

1781.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1782.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1783.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1784.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1785.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1786.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1787.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1788.
ditto
ditto
ditto
200.

1789.
ditto
ditto
ditto
200.

1790.
Nathan Keais
ditto
Washington
250.

1791.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1792.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1793.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1794.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1795.
Isaac Gregory
ditto
Camden
250.

1796.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1797.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1798.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1799.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1800.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1801.
ditto
ditto
ditto
300.

1802.
William Heth
ditto
Bedmuda Hundred
1,150.

1803
ditto
ditto
ditto
750.

1804.
Francis Cook
ditto
Wiscassctts
250.

1805.
Isaac Holmes
ditto
Charleston
163.
27.

1806.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,253.
52.

1807.
John Habersham
ditto
Savannah
526.
77.

1808.
Abraham Archer
ditto
York town, Virginia
250.

1809.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1810.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1811.
ditto
ditto
ditto
250.

1812.
ditto
ditto
ditto
400.

1813.
Hudson Muse
ditto
Tappahannock
800.

1814.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1815.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1816.
Charles Lee
ditto
Alexandria
500.

1817.
ditto
ditto
ditto
300.

1818.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1819.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1820.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1821.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1822.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1823.
James Read
ditto
Wilmington, N: Carol.
500.

1824.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1825.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1826.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1827.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1828.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1829.
Isaac Gregory
ditto
Camden
500.

1830.
William Lindsay
ditto
Norfolk
2,000.

1831.
ditto
ditto
ditto
2,000.

1832.
ditto
ditto
ditto
2,000.

1833.
ditto
ditto
ditto
2,000.

1834.
ditto
ditto
ditto
2,000.

1835.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1836.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1837.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1838.
William Heth
ditto
Bermuda Hundred
1,000.

1839.
William Lindsay
ditto
Norfolk
1,000.

1840.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1841.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1842.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1843.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1844.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1845.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1846.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1847.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1848.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1849.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1850.
ditto
ditto
ditto
2,000.

1851.
ditto
ditto
ditto
2,000.

1852.
ditto
ditto
ditto
2,000.

1853.
William Heth
ditto
Bermuda Hundred
2,000.

1854.
William Lindsay
ditto
Norfolk
1,000.

1855.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1856.
William Heth
ditto
Bermuda hundred
1,000.

1857.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,000.

1858.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1859.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1860.
William Lindsay
ditto
Norfolk
500.

1861.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1862.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1863.
ditto
ditto
ditto
500.

1864.
William Ellery
ditto
Newport
754.
58.

1865.
Epes Sargent
ditto
Gloucester
1,500.

1866.
Joseph Hiller
ditto
Salem
8,000.

1867.
Stephen Hussey
ditto
Nantucket
130.

1868.
Joseph Otis
ditto
Barnstable
49.

1869.
Edward Pope
ditto
New Bedford
600.

1870.
Benjamin Lincoln
ditto
Boston
137,000.

1871.
Hodijah Baylies
ditto
Dighton
1,000.

1872.
Jeremiah Hill
ditto
Biddeford & pepperellboro’
1,966.
28

1873.
Nathaniel F. Fosdick
ditto
Portland
5,854.

1874.
William Webb
ditto
Bath
2,177.
90

1875.
Francis Cook
ditto
Wiscassetts
76.
46.

1876.
John Lee
ditto
Penobscot
594.
12.

1877.
Stephen Smith
ditto
Machias
400.

1878.
L. T. Delesdernier
ditto
Passamaquody
140.

1879.
Jeremiah Olney
ditto
Providence
31,800.

1880.
ditto
ditto
ditto
4,000.

1881
Jediidiah Huntington
ditto
New London
7,150.

1882.
Jonathan Fitch
ditto
New Haven
950.

1883.
Samuel Smedley
ditto
Fairfield
690.

1884.
Henry P. Dering
ditto
Sagg Harbour
300.

1885.
John Lamb
ditto
New York
325,150.
7.

1886.
ditto
ditto
ditto
32,196.
61.

1887.
ditto
ditto
ditto
8,799.
50.

1888.
John Halsted
ditto
Perth Amboy
1,080.

1889.
Sharp Delany
ditto
Philadelphia
327,415.
42.

1890.
ditto
ditto
ditto
17,750.
92.

1891.
George Bush
ditto
Wilmington, Del.
5,573.
92.

1892.
Otho H. Williams
ditto
Baltimore
97,977.
35.

1893.
ditto
ditto
ditto
20,000.

1894.
John Gunby
ditto
Snowhill
100.

1895.
John Davidson
ditto
Annapolis
2,026.
57.

1896.
George Biscoe
ditto
Nottingham
1,514.
64.

1897.
John C. Jones
ditto
Cedar point
500.

1898.
James McC. Lingan
ditto
George town, Maryland
4,823.
16.

1899.
William Heth
ditto
Bermuda hundred
18,630.
4.

1900.
Richard M. Scott
ditto
Dumfries
500.

1901.
Charles Lee
ditto
Alexandria
11,841.
3.

1902.
Thomas Benbury
ditto
Edenton, North Carola.
600.

1903.
Charles Brown
ditto
George town, S. Carolina
1,501.
55.

1904.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,500.

1905.
William Lindsay
ditto
Norfolk
21,708.
2.

1906.
Isaac Holmes
ditto
Charleston
4,757.
69.

1907.
ditto
ditto
ditto
6,798.
7.

1908.
ditto
ditto
ditto
2,550.
55.

1909.
ditto
ditto
ditto
11,121.
71.

1910.
ditto
ditto
ditto
36,816.
10.

1911.
Edward Wigglesworth
ditto
Newburyport
14,830.
50.

80.
William Shippen

2,547.
38.

82.
The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of North America
156,595.
56.

83.
Henry Knox

2,304.
38.

84.
Samuel Hodgdon

4,240.

85.
Clement Biddle

118.

15.
Edward Carrington
Supervisor
Virginia
871.
40.

16.
ditto
ditto
ditto
2,750.

17.
ditto
ditto
ditto
7,350.

18.
John Chester
ditto
Connecticut
1,500.

19.
ditto
ditto
ditto
1,500.

20.
Andrew Barrett
ditto
Delaware
700.

21.
John Chester
ditto
Connecticut
1,720.

22.
Richard Morris
ditto
New York
8,349.
11.

23.
John S. Dexter
ditto
Rhode Island
12,200.
22.

24.
George Gale
ditto
Maryland
4,320.
57.

25.
Nathaniel Gorham
ditto
Massachusetts
44,000.

Dollars
2,034,037.
12.

Treasury of the United StatesPhiladelphia, January, 1st, 1793.
Samuel Meredith,Treasurer of the United States.


Title: Enclosure D: [State of the Balances in the Hands of the Collectors], 1 February 1793
From: Wood, Leighton
To:

D
State of the Balances in the Hands of the Collectors, Taken from the Weekly Returns, 7th. January 1793.

Dollars Cts

Joseph Whipple
Portsmouth
8.824. 49.

Stephen Cross,
Newbury port
4.019. 77.

Epes Sargent
Gloucester
1.808. 7.

Joseph Hiller
Salem
14 785. 74.

Samuel R. Gerry
Marblehead
1.924. 70.

Benjamin Lincoln
Boston
18.340. 69.

Benjamin Watson
Plymouth
957. 51.

Joseph Otis
Barnstable
181. 8.

Stephen Hussy
Nantucket
144. 14.

John Peas
Edgar town
133. 53.

Edward Pope
New Bedford
436. 99.

Hod: Baylies
Dighton
192. 20.

Rich. Trevett
York
224. 86.

Jere. Hill
Biddeford
850. 77.

N. F. Fosdick
Portland
3.146. 92.

Will. Webb
Bath
1.171. 51.

Francis Cook
Wiscassett
2.031. 48.

John Lee
Penobscot
252. 39.

Melat. Jordan
Frenchman’s Bay
513. 40.

Stephen Smith
Machias
374. 40

L. F. Delesdernier
Passamaquody
75. 15.

Will. Ellery
Newport
2.086. 14

Jer: Olney
Providence
2.315. 31.

J. Huntington
New London
6.916. 45.

Jona: Fitch
New Haven
6.581. 74

Sam: Smedley
Fairfield
2.227. 38

Steph: Keyes
Vermont
29. 43

H: P: Dering
Sagg Harbour
252. 76

John Lamb
New York

John Halsted
Perth Amboy
114. 33.

John Ross
Burlington
402. 48.

Eli Elmer
Bridgetown

D: Benezet junr
Great Egg Harbour
131. 30.

Sharp Delaney
Philadelphia
37.892. 88.

[George Bush
Wilmington
958. 76]

O: H: Williams
Baltimore

Jere: Nicholls
Chester
30. 75.

Jere: Banning
Oxford
52. 80.

John Muir
Vienna
2.235. 27.

John Gunby
Snowhill

John Davidson
Annapolis
471. 33.

George Biscoe
Nottingham
560. 76.

John C. Jones
Cedar Point
168. 84.

James M: Lingan
George Town
181. 23.

George Wray
Hampton
13. 90.

William Lindsay
Norfolk
12.263. 33.

William Heth
Bermuda Hundred

Abraham Archer
York Town
230. 4.

Hudson Muse
Tappahannock
723. 35

Vin. Redman
Yeocomico
33. 52.

Richard M. Scott
Dumfries

Charles Lee
Alexandria
725. 70.

William Gibb
Folly Landing
76. 12.

Nath: Wilkins
Cherrystone

Thomas Bowne
South Quay
87. 9.

Richard Taylor
Louisville

James Read
Wilmington
2.535. 36.

John Daves
New Bern
1.370. 90.

Nathan Keais
Washington
414. 4.

Thomas Benbury
Edenton
1.699. 88.

Isaac Gregory
Camden
487. 43.

Charles Brown
Charleston, S: C:
1 904. 76.

Isaac Holmes
Charleston
2 839. 98.

Andrew Agnew
Beaufort

John Habersham
Savannah
1 968. 38.

Cornelius Collins
Sunbury
109. 20.

Christopher Hillary
Brunswick

James Seagrove
St. Mary’s

Dollars,
151.851. 25.

Copied from the Original state of balances the above date, February 1st. 1793.
L. Wood, junr.


Title: Enclosure E: [Amount of Bonds Becoming Due for Duties], 1 February 1793
From: Wood, Leighton, Jr.
To:

E

  Amount of Bonds Becoming Due for Duties in the Several States, from the First of December 1792, to May 1794, Inclusive, Viz:

  State of
  Massachusetts
  485.124.29.

  Rhode Island
  69.627.99.

  Connecticut
  77.531.18.

  New York
  665.229.78.

  Pennsylvania
  471.809.51.

  Delaware
  252.

  Jerseys
  2.282.42.

  Maryland
  309.715.60.

  Virginia
  188.527.63.

  North Carolina
  28.275.13.

  South Carolina
  26.694.80.

  Georgia
  20.539.99.

  2.345.610.32

  Amount due in April 1794, at New York
  155.118. 6.

  Amount due in May 1794, at Philadelphia
  17.466.76.

  172.584.82.

  Amount of Schedules received,

  2.518.195.14

  The following not having returned Schedules, the several amounts are taken from the Schedules for the year 1791, Viz:

  Massachusetts,
  Salem Schedule for December 1791
  6.079.22.

  Connecticut,
  New London, do
  1.902.14.

  New York,
  New York, Novemr. and Decemr. 1791.
  66.478.75.

  Pennsylvania,
  Philadelphia, Octo: Nov: and Dec: 1791
  155.889.92.

  Delaware,
  Wilmington Dec: 1791.
  1.978. 9.

  Virginia, Norfolk, Bermuda Hundred and Alexandria do
  1.142.59.

  North Carolina,

        Wilmington and New Bern do
        }

        Edenton, Nov: and Dec: 1791.

  3.010.60.

  South Carolina,
  Charleston, Oct: Nov: and Dec: 1791.
  84.337.86.

  Georgia,
  Savannah, Nov: and Dec: 1791.
  4 870.83.

    336.000.

  Dollars,

  2.854.195.14.

Taken from the OriginalsFebruary 1st. 1793
L. Wood. junr.

Amount of the above Abstract
2.854.195.14.

Add for the increase of duties by virtue of the Act of the last Session, for raising a farther sum of money, for the protection of the frontiers and for other purposes therein mentioned, computed on the foregoing sum of 336 000, dollars, being the amount of duties for certain periods of the year 1791, for which, returns have not been received as above mentioned—say one seventh
   48.000.

2.902.195.14.

Deduct amount of duties for the month of December, as per Abstract
  460.125.99.

Amount of outstanding and unsatisfied Bonds on the 1st. of January 1793, for duties to that period

Dollars,
2.442.069.15.


Title: Enclosure F: [Revenue on Spirits Distilled in the United States], 1 February 1793
From: Treasury Department,Coxe, Tench
To:

FThe Revenue on Spirits Distilled in the United States, Prior to the Year 1793,

Dr.

Cr.

1792

Dollars. Cts.
1792

Dollars. Cts.

December 31st.
To the amount of monies received into the treasury from the several Supervisors of the revenue, since the last day of June 1791, the particulars whereof have been compared with the Records of Warrants in the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, and with the books of the Treasurer
208.942. 81.
Decr. 31st.
By amount of duties arising on Spirits distilled in the United States, from foreign and domestic materials, since the last day of June 1791, so far as the returns thereof have been received at the Treasury
403.720. 20³⁄₂₀

To the amount of the allowances made by the President for compensations and expenses (including the first cost of books, office-furniture, marking instruments &c. and certain compensations relative to foreign distilled spirits, wines and teas, since the last of June 1791, agreeably to the Communication of the President to both Houses of Congress, on the 22d. day of November 1792
80.785.

By the estimated amount of duties arising on spirits distilled on the United States, from foreign and domestic materials, since the last day of June 1791, during certain terms, the returns wherefor have not been received at the Treasury
227.450.

The balance of the above revenue, which remained on the 31st. day of December 1792, in credits and bonds outstanding
341.442. 39³⁄₂₀

Dollars,
631.170. 20³⁄₂₀

Dollars,
631.170. 20³⁄₂₀

Treasury Department,Revenue Office, February 2d. 1793.
Tench Coxe,Commissioner of the Revenue.


Title: From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of New York, 22 January 179[3]
From: Hamilton, Alexander
To: President and Directors of the Bank of New York

Treasury Department Januy 22d 179[3]
Gentlemen,

You will be pleased to furnish Messrs Dannecker and Young with the further sum of Five thousand Dollars upon the same principles as heretofore.
I am with great consideration   Gentlemen   Your most obedient servant,

Alexander Hamilton
The President & Directorsof the Bank of the United States.


Title: From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Pinckney, 5 February 1793
From: Hamilton, Alexander
To: Pinckney, Thomas

[Philadelphia] Febr. 5. 1793
My Dr. Sir
Inclosed is a packet for Mr. Short which I beg you to forward. I leave it open for your perusal to save me the time it would require to repeat the subject to you. Inclosed is another Copy of the Letter for you. I have the consolation of believing that the attempt will in the end do good to the Government & to myself.
Yrs. respectfully & with true esteem
A. Hamilton
Mr. Pinckney


Title: Report on Foreign Loans, 5 February 1793
From: Hamilton, Alexander
To: President of the Senate

Treasury DepartmentFebruary 5. 1793.[Communicated on February 6, 1793]
[To the President of the Senate]
Sir
By order of the President of the United States, I have the honor to transmit herewith.

  I.
  Copies of a power given by him to the Secretary of the Treasury for the time being dated the 28th of August 1790, for the negotiation of the loans authorised by the laws of the 4th and 12th of August 1790 and of certain instructions relative thereto dated on the same day.

  II.
  Copies of an authority founded upon the power of the President from me to William Short, Esquire, dated the 1st of September 1790, and of sundry letters from me to the said William Short, of dates from the 29th of May 1790 to the 31st of December 1792, inclusively, relating to the negotiation and application of the above-mentioned loans.

  III
  Originals of sundry letters from William Short to me under dates from the 2d. of December 1790 to the 2d of November 1792, inclusively, relating to the same subject.

  IV
  Copy of an authority from me to Messrs Wilhem and John Willinks Nicholas and J van Staphorst and Hubbard, Bankers of the United States at Amsterdam, dated the 28th of August 1790, relating to the first of the loans, made under the above mentioned Acts, and Copies of sundry letters to the said Bankers, of dates from the 28th of August 1790 to the 31st of December 1792, inclusively.

  V
  Originals of sundry letters from the said Bankers to me of dates from the 25th of January 1790 to the 5th of November 1792.

  VI
  Copies of sundry letters of dates from the 18th of June to the 24th of September 1792, inclusively, between G Morris and W Short, Esquires, having relation to the above subjects.

The general power from the President to the Secretary of the Treasury of the 28th of August 1790 and the communications from William Short, Esquire, who has been the only Commissioner, would, it is presumed, have fulfilled the terms of the Resolution of the Senate of the 23d of last month; and are transmitted pursuant to the request contained in that Resolution.
But the President has been pleased to direct the transmission of the other documents also, in the supposition, that they will serve to throw light upon the general subject of that Resolution.
With perfect respect, I have the honor to be, Sir, Your Mo. Obedt and humble Servant
Alex HamiltonSecy of the Treasy


Title: From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 5 February 1793
From: Hamilton, Alexander
To: Short, William

(Private)
Philadelphia   February 5th: 1793.
Sir:
The spirit of party has grown to maturity sooner in this country than perhaps was to have been counted upon. You will see a specimen of it in the inclosed speech of Mr. Giles, a member from Virginia. The House of Representatives adopted the resolutions proposed by him, nemini contradicente. The object with a majority was to confound the attempt by giving a free course to investigation.
I send you also a printed copy of a letter from me to the House of Representatives of yesterday’s date, being the first part of an answer to those resolutions. The statements referred to in it could not yet be printed; but lest the thing should pass the Atlantic, and be made an ill use of, to the prejudice of our country, I send you the antidote to be employed or not as you may see occasion.
An investigation intended to prejudice me is begun with respect to the circumstances attending the last payment on account of the French debt; which, in its progress, may draw your conduct into question. I think, however, you need be under no anxiety for the result. Your hesitations, at a certain stage, were so natural, and your reasons so weighty for them, that they will give little handle against you, besides the coincidence in opinion here about the expediency of a suspension of payment. The popular tide in this country is strong in favor of the last revolution in France; and there are many who go, of course, with that tide, and endeavour always to turn it to account. For my own part I content myself with praying most sincerely that it may issue in the real advantage and happiness of the nation.
With much esteem and regard,   I am   Your obedt Servt
A. Hamilton.


Title: From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, 5 February 1793
From: Hamilton, Alexander
To: Willing, Thomas

Treasury DepartmentFebruary 5. 1793.
Sir
I request that the Bank will advance to Messrs. Young & Dannaker Five hundred Dollars on account of their Cloathing with the Public on the same principles as the advances heretofore made.
With respectful consideration I have the honor to be   Sir   Your most Obed ser
A Hamilton
Thomas Willing EsqrPresident of the Bank of the UStates


Title: From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, 6 February 1793
From: Hamilton, Alexander
To: President and Directors of the Bank of the United States

Treasury Department Febry 6th 1793
Gentlemen
I request that you will advance to Mr Philip Nicklin as agent to Samuel Smith, agent to Elliot & Williams the sum of Ten thousand Dollars on account of the existing contract between the public and the latter Gentlemen; taking a proper receipt of Mr. Nicklin.
This affair is to be wound up together with the former advances hereafter.
As the money is intended to be remitted to Baltimore, to facilitate matters I have directed the Treasurer to lodge in the Bank a Bill upon the office of discount & Deposit in Baltimore for the sum above mentioned.
I have the honor to be   Gentlemen   Yr Ob Servt
Alexander Hamilton
The Presidt Directors &Cof the Bank of the U St