report mentioned in the law: Section 7 of the 2 Apr. 1792 “Act establishing a Mint, and regulating the Coins of the United States” called for the Treasury Department to adjust and settle the accounts of the U.S. Mint and once a year submit a report of the transactions to Congress, “accompanied by an abstract of the settlements,” certified by the comptroller of the Treasury. Gallatin submitted the 1802 settlement from the comptroller’s office to the House of Representatives on 3 Mch. 1803 (U.S. Statutes at Large description begins Richard Peters, ed., The Public Statutes at Large of the United States … 1789 to March 3, 1845, Boston, 1855-56, 8 vols. description ends , 1:246-7; ASP description begins American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1832-61, 38 vols. description ends , Finance, 2:31-6; JHR description begins Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1826, 9 vols. description ends , 4:392).

last year by the president: TJ sent the 1 Jan. 1803 report by Elias Boudinot, director of the Mint, to Congress on 11 Jan. It did not include accompanying papers from the comptroller’s office (see ASP description begins American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1832-61, 38 vols. description ends , Finance, 2:18-21; Vol. 39:318-20).