1VII. Contingent Expenses of the Department of State, 1790–1793, 14 January 1790–31 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
1790 New York Currency Jany. 14. By cash paid Archibald McLean for two sets of the daily Gazette from 1st. May 1789 to 1st. inst. at 48/. per annum £ 3 4. 0. By cash paid Thomas Allen for sealing wax, paper, binding of books and other articles of Stationary for the office 9. 7. 6. 21. By cash repaid Wm. Constable, the postage on a packet of letters he had received from Mr. Jefferson,...
2IX. Further Memoranda from Henry Remsen, Jr., [ca. 1792] (Jefferson Papers)
If the Secretary of State should think it necessary, when the recording of his Letters while abroad and other foreign Letters will allow of it, that a Set of the Journals of Congress respecting foreign Affairs should be copied for the foreign Office from the Set which is now in the Home Office, the one to be copied may contain, besides the Matter in the other, all the foreign Treaties, and...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 9 September 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The letters [an]d gazettes have been regularly forwarded agreeably to your directions. Among those now sent is a letter from Judge Chipman , which, from it’s being under a kind of flying seal and the information I received from the bearer of it, Mr. Tichenor an intimate friend of Mr. Chipman, I took the liberty of opening. You will be surprised to find, Sir, that the duplicate commission you...
4Henry Remsen, Jr. to Tobias Lear, 1 September 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The power or commission from the President of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow money, I will do myself the honor of sending you a copy of tomorrow, as we shall be wholly employed this day in completing several pieces of business that require finishing before Mr. Jefferson sets out.—The powers from the Secretary of the Treasury to Mr. Short, and to Messrs. Willinks,...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 16 June 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Philadelphia, 16 June 1791. He did not receive TJ’s of 28th until 7th, hence did not send letters and packets to Bennington or Hartford as they could not have reached even latter place in time. All of the letters and Fenno’s papers he has put up in 7 packets and sent to New York, keeping back a book and a roll of some size. Among letters is one from Brown of Richmond opened at request of...
6VI. Salary Account of the Department of State, [1 April 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
Account of Salary due to the Secretary of State, his Chief and other Clerks, and the Office-keeper and Messenger, and of Rent of the House lately occupied by the Office in New York, and of the one now occupied by the Office in Philadelphia. Names Station Commencement Ending Salary ⅌Anm: Quarter’s Salary Thomas Jefferson Secy of State 1st Jany: 1791 31st Mar: 1791 3,500 875 Henry
7Henry Remsen, Jr., to the Printers of the Laws, 10 January 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure to send you herewith enclosed, a bank post note for 88 dollars and 50 cents, being the compensation the Secretary of State has determined to allow for the publication in your paper of the Acts passed at the Second Session of the Congress of the United States. In fixing the compensation at this sum, the Secretary was governed by the several proposals he had received. One...
8Henry Remsen, Jr. to Tobias Lear, 24 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Philadelphia, 24 Dec. 1790 .Enclosing a duplicate commission for Edward Church, made out by order of the Secretary of State because Mr. Church left England about the time the original was dispatched from New York and did not receive it. The “Year of Independence” not added to the duplicate because not in the original. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); dated “Friday noon” and endorsed as received 24...
9Remsen’s Account of Moving Expenses, [25 November 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
1790 The Honorable Mr. Jefferson Dr. Augt. 9th. New York curry. To cash paid for a silver Inkpot & pen 2 ½ dollars £1. 0.0 October 1st. “ paid Francis & Mathew 14 ½ dollars each 11.12.0 “ paid for strapping Mr. Jefferson’s cases with hoops 0.10.0 [To cash] paid for carting Mr. Jefferson’s furniture, including Francas’s, to the wharf 1. 5.0 13th. “ paid the freight of Mr. Jefferson’s...
10Henry Remsen, Jr. to Benjamin Russell and Others, 23 November 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I am directed by the Secretary of State to request that you will furnish him with an estimate of the expense that will attend the publication of the Laws of the United States in your paper. It should mention the lowest price for which you will perform this work, and on account of the meeting of Congress early in next month, be transmitted to him without delay. I am Sir &c. FC ( DNA : RG 59,...
11To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 14 October 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of receiving your letter of the 1st. Inst. yesterday. The one enclosed for Mr. Short came too late for the french packet, which had sailed some days, but I shall send it under cover to Messrs. Willinks & Van Staphorsts, together with a parcel of Newspapers, by a vessel bound to Amsterdam which is advertised shortly to sail. The people in bargaining for your house, said that...
12To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 25 September 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
The enclosed Letter was this day handed to me by Mr. Jay, and is in answer to one he wrote to Mr. G. Morris the 15th. of December last forwarding a Packet for Mr. Chiappe. The Packet contained a triplicate of the Presidents Letter to the Emperor of the 1st: of that Month. The Letters for you by the last french Packet I had the honor of forwarding a day or two ago, and at the same time put in...
13To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 9 September 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of receiving your Letter of the 7th. instant this day, and shall immediately purchase one of the inkpots and pens you desire I would of Berry & Rogers. The enclosed Letter from Mr. Dumas and the Gazettes I got from the Post Office. The packet that contained them was so large as to induce me to open it, and I found as I expected a large parcel of dutch Newspapers therein. These...
14To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 6 September 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
The intelligence which I had the honor to communicate to you in my last Letter respecting a naval engagement between the Spanish and English fleets, began to circulate the moment the English packet arrived, and was believed to have been brought by her, and as it was a matter of great consequence, if true, I lost no time in informing you of it. It is since known that it came from Philadelphia,...
15VIII. Memoranda from Henry Remsen, Jr., [ca. 30 August 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
All the Letters received for Mr. Jefferson after his departure, and Fenno’s paper are to be forwarded to him by post at monte cello in Virginia, until the last of Septr., after which time, those that are received are to be kept for him ’till he returns. Mr. Jefferson will please to give H. R. junr. any directions he may chuse to leave with him, respecting the removal of his furniture to...
16To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 20 February 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Office for foreign affairs [ New York ], 20 Feb. 1788. Acknowledges, in Jay’s absence, TJ’s letters of 19 , 22 , and 24 Sep. , 8 and 27 Oct. , 3 and 7 Nov. 1787 , which “have been communicated to Congress, who have not until lately made a House.” Sends packets of newspapers, one from Charleston, which was sent to office for foreign affairs for transmittal. RC (
17To John Adams from Henry Remsen Jr., 14 December 1787 (Adams Papers)
M r. Jay having been, and still continuing too much indisposed to attend to Business, has directed me to acknowledge the Receipt of your Letters of 10 th. 22 d. & 23 d. September last, together with the Papers mentioned in them; which I have now the Honor of doing; and of transmitting to you herewith enclosed, the printed Journals of Congress from 26 th. September to 30 th. Oct r. 1787, and a...
18[To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 12 December 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
[ 12 Dec. 1787 . Recorded in SJL Index. Not found.]