301To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 30 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
keeper of light house lately erected on Franklin island. Orchard Cooke the member of the district recommends Mr Lowell as keeper. To the President of the U. States —his obdt. St. DNA : RG 59—LAR—Letters of Application and Recommendation.
302To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 29 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
It has been a matter of complaint for a long while that John Heard collector of Perth Amboy did not pay the public monies in his hands according to his instructions. As early as the 12th July 1803, he was notified that unless he made payment, his conduct would be reported to the President. This seemed to have produced some effect: and his payments during the year 1804 were more prompt and...
303To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 27 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
It seems that Jn. Simons has received some intimation of the result of the enquiry & has, in order to save disgrace & commission sent his resignation— DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
304To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 25 January 1806 (Madison Papers)
There is no official document in this Department showing the particular circumstances which attended the seizure made at Michillimakinack of certain goods the property of the North West Company. I cannot therefore give any decisive opinion on the merits of the case; and will observe generally that Congress having, by an act of March 3d 1805, given to the territorial courts all the powers of a...
305To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 22 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I send the report in D. Duncan’s care. The successor I suggested is George Hoffman of Michigan territory & the designation of the office Collector of the District of Michillimakinac & Inspector of the Revenue for the port of Michillimakinac . Mr Hoffman is Register of the Land Office of Detroit which office I also suggested might be given to Stanley Griswold; but his nomination (of S....
306To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 22 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
It appears that David Duncan, Collector of Michillimakinac, left that district without leave of absence in August or September last, and, proceeding by way of Detroit and New York arrived at Philadelphia early in December. I was not acquainted with that circumstance till the commencement of this year, when Judge Woodward of Michigan delivered to me the collector’s accounts for the second...
307To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 15 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Albert Gallatin. 15 January 1806, Treasury Department. “I have the honor to enclose the copy of a letter of the Register of the Treasury stating certain inconveniencies which arise from the delays in obtaining Patents for lands. Complaints of a similar nature have been made by individuals; and it is necessary that you should be informed that the number of applications for Patents daily...
308To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 6 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Those papers which relate principally to the appointmt. of Surveyor General in Louisiana and contain the reasons which induced Gen. Wilkinson to make the appointmt. were sent by the Secy. of State to me. As the difficulty arose from an omission & apparent inconsistency in the acts of Congress, a bill has been introduced in the house for the purpose of 1. extending the powers of the Surveyr....
309To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 3 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Albert Gallatin. 3 January 1806. “The Secretary of the Treasury wishes to be informed whether either Mr Erving or Mr Livingston have sent to the Department of State an account of the purchase of books for the Library of Congress. Each of them received 1000 dollars on that account in 1802 and Mr Livingston in May 1804 wrote that he had trans[m]itted his acct. to Mr Madison. If either...
310To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 3 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I return the Charleston recommendations. In a conversation with General Sumpter respecting the qualifications of the four persons named, it appeared to me that he considered Simeon Theus and Paul Hamilton as the best qualified, and that it was believed that neither Mr Hamilton nor Mr Freneau would accept. He seems to give a decided preference to Mr. Theus, and assured me that the other...
311To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 3 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
A committee of the Senate calls for information respecting the expenditure of monies disbursed for the purchase of books for the Congress Library. Mr Erving & Mr Livingston received each 1000 dollars for that object, to be applied in conformity with your directions as contained in letters transmitted at the same time with the bills. Neither of them has accounted to the Treasury. Has either...
312Appropriation for Library of Congress, 3 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Library appropriation 5,000 Pd. Gilmer as for freight 296 .95 Balance now in Treasury
313To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 31 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Will you let me know as soon as you have signed the act supplementy. to the act providing for paymt. of French claims. The appropriation expires to day & unless the Act be approved we cannot pay to morrow although there are many bills now due— Respectfully Your obt. Sevt. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
314To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 30 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to enclose a report on the subject of the expenses incurred by debtor States in fortifying Ports and Harbours. I have the honor to be with the highest respect Sir Your obedient Servant DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
315To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 30 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury respectfully reports to the President of the United States That it does not appear that any of the debtor States has availed itself of the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 23d of June 1797. That under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed on the 15th day of February 1799, the Sum of 222,810 dollars and six cents has been placed to the credit of the...
316To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 28 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The accounts &c. relative to the credit obtained by New York are not yet transcribed. I am clearly of opinion that the Mint application should be answered in the affirmative; but he must be directed to send me an estimate of the additional expense in order to have it inserted in the estimate & obtain an appropn. I will keep the S. Carolina recommendation till Monday— With great respect Your...
317To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 26 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I find upon enquiry that the State of New York did in the year 1800, obtain credit, under the several acts of Congress respecting the fortifications of harbours, for a sum of 222,810 dollars, by that State expended in fortifying the islands in the harbour. The accounts &c. will be transcribed by to morrow and transmitted to you so as to enable you to make an official answer to the House— With...
318To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 25 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The security for the office of Receiver must not be nominal. If M. Maury is not worth 10,000 dollars, I will be under the necessity of requiring further security. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
319To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 24 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The States of New York & Pennsylvania to my knowledge, and perhaps some of the other States have in conformity with the 2d Section of the act of 15 February 1799, expended money in fortifying places ceded to the United States; but no official communication or application has ever been made to this office by any State on that subject. It is only in relation to that Section of that act that the...
320To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 21 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The law itself is defective and inconsistent. Congress omitted to extend the powers of the Survr. General to Louisiana: this will be remedied this session. In the mean while the appointment of a Surveyor General by either Governor was altogether incorrect & improper. We wanted no land surveyed there except under the immediate authority of the United States; and we did not want Soulard. The...
321To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 19 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 4th Septer. 1804, I transmitted to you certain affidavits respecting the recapture of the Eugenia. That vessel is now in Halifax & the Secy. of State has written to the owner that I would send him copies of those documents. If you have got them here, I will thank you to return them. With respectful attachment Your obedt. Svt. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
322To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 13 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to return General Dearborn’s Memorial referred to me on the 21st. April 1803, and on which a report had been delayed until an appropriation should have been made by Congress which might enable the President to make him an additional allowance if thought proper. In the fall of the year 1798 Genl. Dearborn made a contract with the President of the United States for the erection...
323To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 13 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I once more enclose the Sandy hook papers. It is true that some of the alterations which you proposed in the agreement are at variance with the letter which I had previously written to Pendleton— Respectfully Your obedt. Sevt. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
324To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 12 December 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Albert Gallatin. 12 December 1805, treasury Department. “I have the honor to enclose an extract of a letter from James Brown Esqr. the Agent of the United States at New Orleans in relation to Land Claims. As the Intendant and other Spanish Officers may, in consequence of the late orders, be expected to leave the Territory in a very short time, permit me to suggest the propriety of...
325To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 7 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose a copy of my intended report to Congress. Will you have the goodness to say whether you approve it, and, if you can, to return it to morrow, as now that your messages have been delivered, it will be expected that no delay should attend the detailed statements of revenue— With respectful attachment Your obedt. Sert. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
326To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 3 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Spanish Message End of first paragraph —Considering the last proposition made by Spain on that subject, it seems to me that instead of saying “unless we would relinquish all claims” &c, it would be more correct to say “unless we would assent to modifications (or alterations in the instrument) affecting our claims” &c or words to that effect. Beginning of second page “to avoid all explanation &...
327To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 3 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Spanish resolutions Three distinct objects to be obtained from Congress 1st. Some public resolutions bottomed on the public message of the President expressive of the determination of that body to support the just claims of the United States in case no arrangement should take place. 2dly. some expression of the intention of the Legislature to enable the President to make an arrangement in the...
328To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 3 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Financial paragraph of the message of Decer. 1805 “The receipts at this Treasury during the year ending on the 30th. day of September last, have exceeded the sum of thirteen millions of dollars, which with not quite Five millions in the Treasury at the beginning of the year, have enabled us after meeting other demands, to pay nearly Two millions of the debt contracted under the British treaty...
329To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 27 November 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The supplements to the Message exactly meet my ideas. Only I do not understand precisely the limitation to the number of captains & lieutenants, which is intended by the words “to the number of frigates which were actually retained for service”. But if I understand it, it seems to me that the word vessels should be substituted to frigates and employed in that to retained for . Perhaps,...
330To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 25 November 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Remarks on the Message √ The second paragraph on the yellow fever ends rather abruptly; nothing is proposed or suggested for Congress to do, which can remedy the inconvenience complained of. √ Third paragraph “On the rumor of such an armament &c.” I would rather suppress those words, and say only: “Most of them have lately disappeared &c” √ Fourth paragraph “Similar aggressions are now...
331To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 25 November 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
For information The seizure at Michillimakc. which was ordered to be restored, and is alluded to in the letter of the collector of Miami, is that in 1802 of the goods of Sr. Alexr. M’Kenzie which had been landed at the portage of St. Mary’s falls, and was restored on the application of the British Minister. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
332To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 21 November 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I staid yesterday at home preparing my report for Congress & did not receive your note till evening. The sickness of a clerk who has received the proper instructions to analyse in the form I want the collectors returns of revenue prevents yet my giving precise sums; and they may yet be considered as blanks. The first paragraph of that part of the Message which relates to the Treasury will...
333To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 15 November 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
You may recollect our long dispute with the proprietors of Sandy hook respecting the erection of beacons on their land. The U. States held only four acres on which the light house & keeper’s house were erected. These had been purchased in 1762 by the then Province of New York from the proprietors. By that province the lighthouse & keeper’s house were erected, & in 1790 the State ceded the same...
334To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 11 November 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Albert Gallatin. 11 November 1805, Treasury Department. “I have the honor to enclose a letter from Andrew Allen junr., the British Consul at Boston, together with a copy of my answer.” RC and enclosures ( DLC : Gallatin Papers). RC 1 p.; docketed by Wagner. For enclosures, see n. 1. The enclosures (3 pp.) are Andrew Allen Jr. to Gallatin, 28 Oct. 1805, stating that Capt. Randall...
335To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 5 November 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Annexed is a sketch of the Receipts & Expenditures for the year ending 30th Septer. last. It cannot be perfectly correct; & several alterations will Certainly be made on the official examination of the accounts. But the variations will not be such as to affect any general result. The most imperfect part is the estimate of that part of the customs which arise from the Mediterranean fund, and...
336To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 3 November 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The returns of tonnage for 1804 are in the Register’s office, but not yet arranged. On 31 Decer. 1803, our tonnage was as follows. vizt. tons 1. Registered tonnage employed in foreign trade 585,909 Do. in whale fisheries 11,247 Enrolled in do 1,142 Whale fisheries 12,389 In cod fisheries vizt. above 20 tons 42,773 } 50,969
337To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 30 October 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Will you have the goodness to look at the enclosed papers respecting the New Orleans forfeiture and give me your opinion— With respectful attachment Your obedt. Servt. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Guerlain’s case He imports & enters at New Orleans a cargo rated by his invoice at St.3 8,764. 8. 8
338To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 17 October 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Dr. Turner has repeatedly applied to the Treasury, since his claim was barred by the act of limitations, or rather by his not applying in the manner & time provided by that act. I enclose one of his letters in which is a memorandum of the Auditor stating why the claim cannot be admitted, and copy of my answer to his last letter. On the 12th Septer., the application of Mr. Maury in behalf...
339To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 9 October 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Observations on foreign gold Congress omitted last year to renew the temporary laws by which, so much of the general act respecting foreign coins, as declares that no foreign gold or silver coin (spanish dollars excepted) shall be current after the mint shall have been in operation a certain time, had from time to time been suspended. It followed that foreign gold ceased on 1 May last to be a...
340To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 9 October 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Will the President be pleased to decide whether Parish shall be made first mate? DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
341To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 13 September 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose a letter from Mr Gurley shewing the continued dissatisfactions or efforts to produce discontents at N. Orleans. The only recommendation I can find here for Commissr. is the enclosed; and it is for Orleans & not for Opelousas. The Commissioners must meet on 1st Decer. next. I have not heard whether Lewis will accept for Orleans. The yellow fever is in New York and the inhabitants...
342To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 12 September 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to enclose the copy of an application by Mr. Merry for an exemption from duty on goods imported for the use of Mr Foster as secretary of legation. On enquiry both at the Treasury and at the Department of State, I find that no similar application was ever made, unless the Secretary, during A Minister’s absence, was accredited as Chargé d’affaires: and I have informed Mr Merry...
343To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 12 September 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose at last some observations on the Spanish affairs. The anxiety & occasional absence occasioned by the lingering illness of a child I finally lost had prevented my taking a sufficiently comprehensive view of the subject to commit any thing to writing: and even now I feel that it is very defective. Accept my congratulations on the Tripolan peace, and my wishes that you may terminate as...
344To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 12 September 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose a letter from Mr. Brackenridge, by which it appears that Robert Grayson is yet in Kentucky & would accept the office of commissr. in either of the lower districts. You will also receive herewith a respectable application for the removal of Mr Pope collector of New Bedford. In his official conduct there is nothing remarkable; he is not always very correct in his accounts, not so...
345To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 31 August 1805 (Madison Papers)
Mr Merry claims the exemption from duty for what may be imported by Mr Foster (for his own use) as Secretary of legation. If, and I believe it to be the case, no similar application has heretofore been made, I will want your directions: be, therefore, good enough to tell me whether the rule shall extend to every diplomatic character, excluding only consuls, but including Secretaries? Give our...
346To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 24 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose 1st. a letter from Mr Crowninshield in which he gives a decided opinion in favor of Kittredge—2dly a letter from L. Bond collector of the newly erected district of Miami, in which he gives his opinion in favor of the Rapids for the port of entry, and an Act for your signature making the River Miami the port. I thought it better not confine it to the Rapids alone, as experience & the...
347To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 23 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose a letter from Mr. Jones the principal clerk of the Treasury, by which it appears that a commission had been made out last October for Mr. Toulmin as receiver of public monies in Mobile. I had forgotten it, but presume that on being informed that the appointment was not immediately necessary, you directed me to detain the commission. It has not certainly been sent & has at all events...
348To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 21 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose three more applications for the office of collector of Gloucester vice Gibault deceased. You will perceive by Crowninshield’s letter that, notwithstanding his first recommendation in favor of Kittredge, he now seems to hesitate & wishes some delay in the appointment. This may be done without inconvenience as the deputy is by law authorized to act. I presume that Mr. C. is still in...
349To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 19 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
David Parmelee, who is recommended, [and] applies for the appointt. of agent, will make an excellent Commissioner vice Thrimble. He was E. Kirby’s friend, taken with him to Mobile, where he acted as clerk to the board and since Mr. Kirby’s death has been the efficient man of the board. His experience added to previous acquirements seem to qualify him in a particular manner. DNA : RG...
350To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 17 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
An excursion into the country with a sick child has prevented my writing for several days. But I had indeed very little to say. Enclosed you will find 1. John Nicholas’s letter recommending Samuel Latta as collector of customs for the district of Genessee: the sooner a commission can issue as the Canadian smuggle; it has been delayed only from want of information 2. Judge Toulmin’s letter on...