1From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Pinckney, 5 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
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 ALS , Pinckney Family Papers, Library of...
2Report Exhibiting the Amount of All the Public Funds, [5 February 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
In pursuance of the first part of the order of the Senate of the 23d of January past, I have the honor to send herewith sundry statements marked A, AB, B, Ba, D, E, F, and I beg the permission of the Senate to add the Copy of a letter dated yesterday, which served to transmit duplicates of the same documents to the House of Representatives; and which contains some explanations of them; a...
3Report on Foreign Loans, 5 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
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...
4To Alexander Hamilton from William Short, 5 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Madrid, February 5, 1793. On February 25, 1793, Short wrote to Hamilton : “I had the honor of writing to you on the 5th. inst from Madrid.” Letter not found. ]
5From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 5 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
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...
6From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, 5 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
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 ALS , Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. See “Contract with George Dannacker and William Young,” October 22, 1792 .
7From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, 6 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
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...
8To Alexander Hamilton from William Hull, 6 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
I arrived at this place on the 2d. instant, but was not able to see the Governor untill the 3d. on account of the vast quantity of Ice floating in the River. On the 3d. instant I addressed myself to him, delivered Mr. Hammonds letter, and communicated the object of My mission. He was engaged in preparing for a journey to the River Tranche, and from thence to Detroit and the next morning was...
9To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Lee, 7 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
In answer to your letter of the 31st. of last month I am to inform you, that there were in the mail as I suppose at the time of the robbery on the 28th. of last month a paid Treasury Draft of 1000 dollars, cancelled and receipted in the usual manner, a more description of which is contained in the annexed copy of the receipt now in this office; also a weekly return from my Office, a duplicate...
10From Alexander Hamilton to Alexander J. Dallas, 8 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
It is regretted that the pressing business of this Department has not till this time permitted a reply to the questions stated in Mr. Gallatin’s letter of the 14th: of January respecting the new loan certificates of the State of Pennsylvania. It has been the uniform construction of the act making provision for the debt of the United States, that to render any certificates receivable on the...
11To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 8 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury, a letter from the Minister of France to the Secretary of State, requesting to be furnished with a certain sum by the Government of the United States; on account of the Debt owing to France, to be laid out for provisions in the United States to be sent to France; and to desire that the Secretary will,...
12Report on Foreign Loans, [13 February 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
In obedience to an Order of the President of the United States, founded upon the requests contained in two resolutions of the House of Representatives, of the 23d of January last, I have the honor to lay before the House— I. The several papers, numbered I, II, III, IV, being copies of the authorities, under which, loans have been negociated, pursuant to the Acts of the 4th. and 12th. of August...
13Statement A: [Payments to France out of the Dutch and Antwerp Loans], 13 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Statement shewing the dates and sums of the respective payments which have been made on account of the Debt due to France out of the Dutch and Antwerp Loans—and by whom and to whom the monies were remitted or paid. Livres tournois. s. d. Florins. st: d. 1790 Decemr. 3. } Remitted by Wm. and J: Willink, N. and Jacob Van Staphorst and Hubbard of Amsterdam, to Monsr. du Fresne, { 3.611.950. ...
14Statement B: [Payments by Willink, Van Staphorst and Hubbard to Individuals], 13 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Statement, shewing the respective payments which have been made by William and John Willink, Nicholaas and Jacob Van Staphorst and Hubbard, in Amsterdam, to individuals, upon the several loans made in Holland, on account of the United States. Florins. st. d 1791. Febry. 1: Payment of 54 premiums drawn in the lottery, agreeably to the terms of contract, of the 4 per cent loan of 2.000.000....
15Note: [Special Reasons for Drawing 1 237 500 Guilders], [13 February 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Short, from his own view of the situation of French affairs, had concluded to suspend further payments in consequence of the Revolution of the 10th of August last, as appears by his letter of the 30th of that month, in possession of the Senate. This letter contains the following passage “It is impossible to say how long the position of affairs will last. There will probably be several...
16Report Relative to the Loans Negotiated Under the Acts of the Fourth and Twelfth of August, 1790, [13–14 February 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
The next most important articles of enquiry, involved in the resolutions of the House of Representatives of the 23d of January last, and in the observations, which have been [made] respecting the conduct of this department, relates to the loans which have been negociated under the Acts of the fourth and twelfth of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. The papers, which have been...
17Statement I: [Appropriation for Reducing the Public Debt], 13 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Dollars. Cts. 1790. Dollars. Cts. To the surplus of the products of duties on imports and tonnage to the last day of December 1790, after reserving a sufficient sum from said products to satisfy the appropriations made during [the first] and second Sessions of Congress, as ascertained at the Treasury 1.374.656. 40 Dec: 15: By warrant No. 776, on the Treasurer, in his favor, to be applied in...
18Statement II: [Funds Drawn for the Reduction of the Public Debt], 13 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
A Statement of the Application of the Funds Drawn on the Appropriation of the Surplus of Duties to the End of the Year 1790, for the Reduction of the Public Debt. Dollars. Cts. To appropriation for reducing the public debt, constituted by the Act of Congress, passed on the 12th. day of August 1790, for the amount drawn from said Appropriation by Warrants on the Treasurer from December 15th....
19Statement III: [Application of the Fund Constituted Congress for Reducing the Public Debt], 13 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Statement of the Application of the Fund Constituted by the Act of Congress, Passed on the 8th. of May 1792, for Reducing the Public Debt, Arising from the Interest on the Sums of Said Debt Purchased, Redeemed, and Paid into the Treasury of the United States. 1791. Dollars. Cts. 1791. Dollars. Cts. April 1st. To interest due this day on the Stock purchased 4.230. 63. July 1st. By balance to...
20Statement IV: [Quarterly Statement of Cash in the Hands of the Treasurer], 13 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Quarterly Statement of Cash in the Hands of the Treasurer of the United states, for the Year 1791. Balance of Cash in my hands the 30th of June 1791, see below 533.638. 24 Balance of Cash in the Bank of North America 428.200.17. Ditto New York 92.680.77. Ditto Massachusetts 2.226.76 Cash paid on account of Contingent expenses 490.54 The[o]dosius Fowler & Company’s Note 10.000. 533.638. 24...
21Statement V: [Statement of Cash in the Treasury], [13–14 February 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Statement of Cash in the Treasury, During the Year 1792, Shewing the Balance on Hand Half Monthly. Dates. Bank of United States. Office of Disc: and D: Boston. Office of Disc: and D: New York. Office of Disc: and D: Baltimore. Office of Disc: and D: Charleston. Bank of Massachusetts. Bank of New York. Bank of N. America. Bank of Providence. Bank of Maryland. Total Amount. Sums in Bills at...
22To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 14 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, Revenue Office, February 14, 1793. Encloses “a return from this Office, to enable you to make the report relative thereto required by the order of the Senate of the 7th day of May last.” LC , RG 58, Letters of Commissioner of Revenue, 1792–1793, National Archives. Coxe was commissioner of the revenue. The Senate order reads as follows: “ Ordered , That the Secretary of the...
23Report on Revenue, Appropriations, and Expenditures, [14 February 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to transmit herewith in further pursuance of the order of the Senate of the 23rd of January past, these several statements marked A.B.C. A being a general account of revenue and appropriations; exhibiting on one side all the Income of the United States, except from the proceeds of Loans foreign & Domestic, to the end of the year 1792, on the other the respective amounts of all...
24Statement A: [Revenue of the United States and Appropriations Charged Thereon], 14 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Statement of the Revenue of the United States and Appropriations Charged Thereon to the End of the Year 1792. Dr. Revenue Dollars Cts. To Amount of Duties on Imports and Tonnage and of Fines Penalties and Forfeitures from the commencement of the present Government to the 31st Decr. 1791. } 6,534,263 84 “ Product of Duties on Spirits distilld within the United States for a half year ending...
25Statement B: [Appropriations and Expenditures of the United States], 14 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
A General Statement of the Appropriations Made by Law, and of the Expenditures of the United States in Relation Thereto, from the First Day of January to the Last Day of December 1792. Dates and Titles of the Acts of Appropriations. For discharging the warrants issued by the late Board of Treasury For the support of the Civil List under the late and present Government For the support of the...
26Statement C: [Debts Charged upon the Unexpended and Uncollected Income of the United States], 14 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Statement Exhibiting the Debts Charged upon the Unexpended and Uncollected Income of the United States on the Last Day of the Year 1792 To the following Sums, which rested as Charges upon the Excess of Income stated ⅌ Contra on the 31st. December 1792. Vizt: By the Excess of Income beyond the actual disbursements of the Treasury to the end of the Year 1792, including all sums remaining...
27From Alexander Hamilton to Jean Baptiste de Ternant, 14 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Conformément aux ordres du President, et à l’information que vous en avez recue aujourdhuy de la part du secretaire d’etat, je mettrai à votre disposition une somme de cent mille piastres. Cette somme sera prete à etre acquittée le lr. avril prochain, ce qui au cours des affaires de la place, équivaut à un payement immédiat. J’ai l’honeur d’etre avec respect et estime Mr. etc. LC , Arch. des...
28To Alexander Hamilton from Edward Carrington, 15 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
I have been favored with a packet from you containing several Copies of your letter of the 4th. Instant to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. I had fully anticipated the decided contradictions contained in this letter, to the suggestions which gave rise to it, having seen the Resolutions alluded to. The Copies of the letter are circulated as far as the Numbers would admit, and I...
29To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 15 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
The fourth section of the Act of the 3d. of March, 1791 imposing duties upon domestic spirits, directs that the States shall be divided into districts by the President, in such manner that each district shall consist of one state. But it is not clear on account of the limitation of the Number to fourteen that a newly created State can be erected into a District. Should this prove to be the...
30To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 15 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to apprize you that “The act supplementary to the Act for the Establishment & support of Light Houses, Beacons, Buoys and public piers” will expire by its own limitations in regard to the unceded establishments of that Nature on the first day of July next. It appears necessary therefore that a New Act of continuance should be passed as several important instances of want of...