PrC (DLC); partially dated; at foot of text: “The Secretary of the Treasury.” FC (Lb in DNA: RG 360, DL).

TJ refers to section 5 of an act of congress “respecting the government of the Territories of the United States Northwest and South of the river Ohio,” passed 8 May 1792 (Annals, description begins Annals of the Congress of the United States: The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States … Compiled from Authentic Materials, Washington, D.C., Gales & Seaton, 1834–56, 42 vols. All editions are undependable and pagination varies from one printing to another. The first two volumes of the set cited here have “Compiled … by Joseph Gales, Senior” on the title-page and bear the caption “Gales & Seatons History” on verso and “of Debates in Congress” on recto pages. The remaining volumes bear the caption “History of Congress” on both recto and verso pages. Those using the first two volumes with the latter caption will need to employ the date of the debate or the indexes of debates and speakers. description ends iii, 602).