1To John Adams from Richard Harrison, 16 December 1795 (Adams Papers)
According to an Opinion of the Attorney General, taken some time since, your Salary, as Vice-President of the United States, is to commence from the day on which you left home for the Seat of Government, after your first Election— Being now about to state your Accot. to the 30th. Sept: last I take the liberty of requesting information, from you when that day was, no record of it appearing in...
2Enclosure: Richard Harrison to Henry Williams Dwight, 10 April 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
In answer to your letter of the 8 th Ins t , I have the honor to inform you that the Accounts of Thomas Jefferson Esq re , as Minister to France , were finally settled and closed at the Treasury in the Month of October 1804; but they, with all the original papers & documents appertaining thereto, were destroyed in the Registers Office by the Conflagration of the public buildings in the Summer...
3To Benjamin Franklin from Richard Harrison, 10 August 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society When the inclosed was put under my care I promised myself the Honor of conveying it to you long before this. But an accident which obliged me to take a circuitous Voyage by the West-Indies, prevented, & will, I trust, be a sufficient Excuse for the length of time it has been on it’s way. I have the Honor to be most respectfully Sir Yr Excellency’s obt. &...
4To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe and Richard Harrison, 2 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
In addition to the Circumstances relative to the Case of the Secretary at War, transmitted from the Comptrollers office for our determination we have the honor to state to you the following facts for the purpose of obtaining the Attorney generals opinion after a knowledge of them. We find that the first appearance of the claim in question, in any form, is in an account current dated at the...
5To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe and Richard Harrison, 3 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
We have the Honor to in-close to you, a contract made and executed on the 11th. day of January 1776, between the late Silas Deane, and Barnabas Deane with the following statement for the purpose of obtaining an opinion of the Attorney General on this Question. To whom is the balance due from the United States, on the account arising out of the agency, under that Contract due and payable....
6Enclosure II: Treasury Report on Jefferson’s Account as Secretary of State, 31 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have Examined and adjusted an Account between the United States and Thomas Jefferson Secretary of State for monies placed in his hands, by direction of the President of the United States, in pursuance of the Several Acts of Congress “providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign Nations” and find that he is chargeable on Said Account To Amount of Sundry Warrants...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Richard Harrison, 28 September 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
Having lately received and examined the Accounts of Mr. Grand, Banker at Paris, I have extracted from them such Charges as appear proper against you; a Statement of which I now do myself the honor to transmit for your Inspection; and on which I should be glad to receive any observations you may find necessary. Besides the Amount of this statement Mr. Grand charges the United States with Livrs....
8To Thomas Jefferson from Richard Harrison, 23 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I shall with pleasure attend to the subject of your Accounts to morrow at any hour between 10 and 3 oClock, that may be most convenient to yourself, and am with perfect respect & esteem Dr Sir Yr. Obed hble Servt I took the liberty of mentioning to you on a former occasion that some items in your Accounts seemed to require special Certificates , in order to their being admitted as final...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Richard Harrison, 28 November 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had the honor to receive your Letter of the 13th Inst. in answer to mine of the 28th. September. On looking over the papers in my hands, I do not find among them what Mr. Grand calls your private account, nor do I recollect ever to have seen it. If you would be good enough to furnish a Copy of this, it might, with the other papers you propose to forward, enable me to remove all...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Richard Harrison, 24 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have at length the pleasure to inform you that your Accounts as Minister to France have been adjusted, closed, and reported by me to the Comptroller This pleasure has been delayed to a much later period than I had anticipated or wished; but the truth is that, although I was early satisfied of the accuracy of these Accounts, they could never, untill since the return of Mr. Short, be arranged...