Report on Imports for the Year Ending September 30, 1790, [18 November 1791]
Report on Imports for the Year Ending September 30, 1790
Treasury Department
Nov. 18. 1791.
[Communicated on November 18, 1791]1
Sir
In pursuance of the order of the Senate,2 I have the honor to transmit a return of the Imports of the United States so modified as to convey a considerable portion of the information which I conceive they require.3 I beg leave to observe that this document is a part of a set of papers relative to imports, exports and tonnage, which have been some time in preparation at the Treasury. Some others which are completed will be transmitted to the Senate as soon as they shall have been transcribed.
I have the honor to be, Sir with the greatest respect, Your most obedient & most humble servant
Alexander Hamilton
Secy of the Treasury
The Vice President of the United States
and President of the Senate.
LS, RG 46, First Congress, 1789–1791, Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, National Archives.
1. , III, 31.
2. Although it is stated in the that the Senate requested a report on imports on February 16, 1791, the only Senate order for that date is a request for a report on exports. See , II, 1801; III, 31.
3. This enclosure, which is entitled “A General Statement of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, imported into the United States, from the 1st of October, 1789, to the 1st of September, 1790,” is printed in , Commerce and Navigation, I, 35–43.