February 28, 1793

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Printed document signed

Title: An Act making Appropriations for the Support of Government for the Year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three.

Sets the federal budget for the year at $1,589,044.72. Lists the salaries to be paid to members and employees of government, the amount of their expenses, such as stationary, to be covered, and other costs of the federal government, such as the Indian Bureau. Gives the President the power to borrow money from the Bank to pay off these expenses. Signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State.

GLC00755

1790/05/26

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Printed document signed

Title: An Act to provide for Mitigating or Remitting the Forefeitures and Penalties, accruing under the Revenue-Laws, in certain cases therin mentioned.

Places district judges in charge of all cases of fines, penalty of forfeiture, etc. Judges then report the cases to the Secretary of the Treasury. Printed document signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State, verified as a true copy.

GLC01431.01

[1791]

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

Pamphlet

Title: Report of the Attorney-General. Read in the House of Representatives,

A2-H2 I2(-I2) ($1 signed). Submitted by Edmund Randolph as Attorney General on the U.S. judicial system and revising the Judiciary Act of 1789. Randolph was helped in drafting this report by Justice James Wilson. Sabin 67816. Evans 23909

GLC01035

[1790]

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Pamphlet

Title: The Secretary of the Treasury [...], relatively to [...] a Mint

A-E2 F2(-F2) ($1 signed). Regarding establishment of a Mint. Submitted by Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury as an appendix to his report on the Public Credit. Evans 23920.

GLC01036

1789/04/25-27

Otis, Samuel A., 1740-1814

Document signed

Title: to the Chancellor of New York re: plans for Washington's inauguration

Signed as Secretary of the United States Senate for the Committee appointed to Consider the Time, Place & Manner in which, and of the person by whom, the oath prescribed by the Constitution shall be administrated to the President of the United States. With an added note from the 27th changing the oath-taking place.

GLC01748

1790/04/14

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Broadside

Title: The Secretary of State.... [report on supplying coinage from England]

Broadside printed by Childs and Swaine. First printing of Jefferson's first published report as Secretary of State rejecting a proposal to import copper coins minted in England as an infringement on American sovereignty. The idea had been proposed by John H. Mitchell of South Carolina.

GLC01738

1798/05/17

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph document signed

Title: [Affadavit for sworn statement of Andrew Jackson concerning money owed Pierce Butler]

An affidavit of Jackson's sworn statement that Pierce Butler was rightly owed money by David Allison and William Blount. Jackson was acting as Butler's lawyer in the case. The money owed was part of a land speculation plan that involved all four of the men. Allison had lost a great deal of money in land speculation, and had also lost a good deal of money for Blount, leaving both men indebted to Butler. Jackson was also involved in some of these land speculation schemes himself.

GLC01876

1789/05/10

Walton, George, 1740-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Osborne re: rations contract for Indian treaty negotiation

Signed as Governor of Georgia. The Treaty was to be made with the Creeks. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC01878.01

1789/09/08

Walton, George, 1740-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs re: treaty negotiation reimbursals

Written as Governor of Georgia, informing him to consult with persons having vouchers to verify accounts. Concerns treaty negotiation with the Creeks at Rock Landing. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC01878.02

1789/05/08

Osborne, Henry, fl. 1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Georgia State Council re: money for supplies during treaty negotiation

Signed with his initials. A first draft of a letter showing extensive revisions.

GLC01878.03

1790/01/27

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Letter signed

Title: Circular letter re: conforming federal and North Carolina laws

Written after the adoption of the Constitution Written at the Treasury Department

GLC01956

1793/03/02

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: [An act appropriating funds to purchase two lots for building the Mint].

Signed as Secretary of State.

GLC01984

1794/05/19

Gansevoort, Leonard, 1751-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Porteous

Letter of introduction and request for assistance for two traveling men.

GLC02450.07

1794/07/03

Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. LeRoy and Mr. Bayard

Discusses a shipping business venture. Comments on French naval activities in the West Indies, including their recapturing of Guadeloupe from the British. Mentions a possible response from Sir John Jervis. Speculates that the French might not only recover the islands taken by Jervis but capture him as well. Expects a positive outcome from John Jay's upcoming negotiations in London, part of which were aimed at obtaining indemnities for shippers, securing the right to trade in the British West Indies, and ensuring peace. That meeting produced Jay's Treaty.

GLC02450.08

1789/09/08

Livingston, Robert L., 1746-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ives

Seeks payment of a fifty pound debt or proof that it has already been paid. The recipient was possibly James Ives of Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

GLC02450.10

1795/02/19

Lowell, John, 1743-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Pickering

Informs by quoting from a letter he recently received that Pickering has been nominated, and will be appointed, District Judge for New Hampshire. Offers to maintain a communication "on the Business of our Offices as well as an other occasions."

GLC02450.11

1800/12/30

Tingey, Thomas, fl. 1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Messrs Willings & Francis re: salvage

GLC02498.17

1794/12/20

Josiah, James, fl. 1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jesse & Robert Waln re: recently signed treaty (Jay's) of trade & commerce

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02500.07

1799/07/31

Yates, Robert, 1738-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request of payment for services]

Request for payment from New York State relating to his service as a Commissioner settling the Onondago military claims.

GLC02505.47

1792/11/18

Bassett, Richard, fl. 1791-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nicholas Ridgely re: regarding sale of land

Written at Bohemia Ferry

GLC02470.02

1793/12/04

Schureman, James, fl. 1793

Letter signed

Title: re: personal finances, also signed by John Neilson and John Bray

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.36

1791/01/10

Wisner, Henry, 1720-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Simeon De Witt re: land grant

Possibly the son of Continental Congress member Henry Wisner. (The elder Wisner died in 1790).

GLC02471.44

1797/04/14

Robertson, James, 1742-1814

Letter signed

Title: to David Henley

Asks for a response on the subject of corn that he purchased for the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians. There are questions due to some confusion over a payment issue.

GLC02475.13

1793/10/02

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John [Jean] Luzac re: America should maintain neutrality

Written as Vice President, recommending Tobias Lear, former secretary to President George Washington. "This country is too happy in the enjoyment of that Liberty which cost them so dear to risque it, by medling in foreign wars." Luzac, a distinguished lawyer, philologist and journalist, was "Professor of Grecian Literature in the University of Leyden." Written on front of leaves only, with integral address leaf.

GLC02294

1791/07/07

Greenway, James, fl. 1756

Manuscript document signed

Title: Contract with state of Virginia to trade with Cherokee Indians

Signed by Greenway and Barclay McGhee as merchants contracting to trade with the Cherokee Indians

GLC02638