91To Thomas Jefferson from Tench Coxe, 19 July 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Coxe has the honor to make his acknowledgements to Mr. Jefferson for Sir John St. Clair’s pamphlet—the last nine lines of which are as free from reason and as full of passion as anything in Lord Sheffield. The little publication relative to Scotland is curious, and in parts interesting even to the United States. Mr. Coxe begs leave to add a few facts relative to the dutch commercial...
92To Thomas Jefferson from Tench Coxe, 20 July 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Treasury Department, 20 July 1791 . In the unavoidable absence of the Secretary of the Treasury, Coxe requests the Secretary of State to have prepared and sent to the Treasury a correct list of U.S. consuls and their places of residence, being necessary for the collectors of the impost. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); in a clerk’s hand; endorsed by Remsen as received 20 July 1791, but not recorded in...
93To Thomas Jefferson from Tench Coxe, 6 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Coxe has the honor to inclose to the Secretary of State the account of all the payments for lands, which have been made to the United States prior to this day being Drs. 687,563 70/100. The contract for land intended to have been made between the United States and Messrs. Flint and Parker, as will appear by reference to their letter of 18th. Octr. 1787 and to the resolution of Congress of...
94To John Adams from Tench Coxe, 27 August 1791 (Adams Papers)
I am honored this day with your letter enclosing one for Mr. W. Hamilton, and one for your Steward, both of which I have put into the way of being delivered to them. It will give me very great & sincere pleasure to be instrumental to the accommodation of Mrs. Adams & yourself, for which purpose I shall take all the pains in my power to procure a house, that will be suitable. Rents are much...
95Tench Coxe’s Draft of the Report on the Subject of Manufactures, [Fall] 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to the order of the house of Representatives of the fifteenth day of January last, has applied his attention, at as early a period as his other duties would permit, to the subject of manufactures, and particularly to the means of promoting such as will tend to render the United States independent on foreign Nations for military and other essential...
96To John Adams from Tench Coxe, 3 September 1791 (Adams Papers)
I have the honor to inform you that I have after many efforts procured you a house at the corner of 4th & Arch streets now in the Tenure of Judge Bradford late Attorney Genl. of Pennsa. The rent is very extravagant and we have to procure a stable and coach house in the neighbourhood unless you chuse for the six months of the Session to have your horses at livery. General Knox agreed with me...
97To John Adams from Tench Coxe, 20 September 1791 (Adams Papers)
I have to acknowledge the honor of your letter of the 13th. instant—and am very happy to find that what has been done in regard to a house is satisfactory to Mrs. Adams and yourself. It gives me great pleasure to inform you that I have a message this moment from Mrs. Keppele (the owner) from which I learn that Mr. Bradford will certainly move out on the 4th of October; so that I hope to have...
98To Thomas Jefferson from Tench Coxe, 1 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Coxe has the honor to inform the Secretary of State that he has just discovered a Monsr. Hallet, who is said to be a very excellent Draughtsman. He lives at a Mr. Savery’s a hatter at the Corner of 3d. and arch Streets. Mr. Hallet does not speak English, but the writing can be added by a Clerk. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); endorsed by clerk as received the same day. Hallet was employed not...
99To John Jay from Tench Coxe, 16 November 1791 (Jay Papers)
I do myself the honor to enclose to you an enlarged copy of the Examination of Lord Sheffield, which one of our printers was desirous to republish. You will perceive, in the interspersed and additional new matters, I have endeavoured to bring up such Ideas as would tend to answer the report of the British privy council contained in a letter which I requested M r . King to lay before you. In...
100To Thomas Jefferson from Tench Coxe, 8 December 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Coxe has the honor to inclose to Mr. Jefferson an abstract from the general imports, intended to exhibit the quantum of manufactured supplies, which each foreign nation has the benefit of selling to the United States. The estimate is formed on a presumption that all the ad valorem articles from Europe and the E. Indies are Manufactures. This is almost universally true, and if it varies in...