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1790
Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813
General post-office, New-York [postmaster's first report]
First report of the Post Office, by Postmaster general Samuel Osgood. Evans 22978. Folio.
GLC01033
1784
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Notes on the establishment of a money unit....
Printed by Pierres in Paris. Copies of this work were bound into the private edition of Notes on the State of Virginia (GLC 5096). A rare work by Jefferson, one with important consequences for the United States. Jefferson Papers 8: 295 and 7: 150...
GLC01034
[1791]
Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813
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
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
1792
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of the Public Debt.
A-D2 ($1 signed). Submitted by Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury. With his name misspelled "Alexarder" on p.15. Evans 24926
GLC01037
1793
Communications from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the House ....
A-Q2 R2 ($1 signed). Evans 26343, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana 246. Submitted by Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury. With foldout "General Statement of the Appropriations" for 1792
GLC01038
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
A Plan for the general arrangement of the militia of the United States
A-F2 G2 (-G2) ($1 signed). Submitted by Henry Knox as Secretary of War, the first report issued by his department. Evans 22958, Howes K220. 1 black and white bust engraving of Peter Cooper included.
GLC01039
04 March 1790
The Secretary of Treasury respectfully reports.... [state debts report]
An appendix to Hamilton's Public Credit report on state debts. Proposes raising customs duties. Evans 23003, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana 165
GLC01041
1795
Northwest Ordinance
An Ordinance for the government of the territory of United States, northwest of the river Ohio
One printed copy of "An Ordinance for the government of the territory of United States, northwest of the river Ohio" dated 1795. Details new laws on property rights. This printing comes from the first section of Laws of the Territory of the United...
GLC01042
13 December 1790
Report on public credit. Appendix Treasury Department, March 4, 1790
Written by Hamilton as an appendix to his Public Credit report and issued six weeks later. He recommended raising duties on imported liquor and enacting an excise tax on domestic Whiskey. (This tax eventually led to the Whiskey Rebellion).
GLC01044
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