1To James Madison from Richard Harrison, 19 January 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 January 1804, Treasury Department. “In your letter to me of the 1st. July last on the subject of Mr. Eatons Accounts, you direct that the contingencies charged under the second head be ‘specified, explained and restated for consideration.’ The enclosed Abstract was accordingly made out by Mr. Eaton, and is again submitted. I also take the liberty to call your attention to the last article...
2To James Madison from Richard Harrison, 20 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Richard Harrison. 20 July 1806, Auditor’s Office. “I have the honor herewith to submit for your inspection a general statement of the Credits claimed by Mr. OBrien, late Consul at Algiers. The remarks subjoined to each of the items will shew how few of them are vouched, and, consequently, how few can be admitted unless previously & specially sanctioned by you. “If a more detailed view...
3To James Madison from Richard Harrison, 27 December 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 December 1803, Treasury Department. “I have the honor to enclose extracts from the Accounts of Mess. Jay, Short, Pinckney, and John Q Adams, which will shew the grounds on which they have respectively received Credit for Expenses of the kind allude⟨d⟩ to in your letter of yesterday. But as all these Gentlemen, except Mr. Jay, were in the rect. of regular and legal Salaries, it is presumed...
4To James Madison from Richard Harrison, 15 April 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
15 April 1803. Requests the dates of the commencement and termination of Moses Young’s services as secretary to the U.S. minister at Madrid and asks what, if any, allowances are to be made to him for contingent expenses, including compensation for a translator. “The inclosed Accot. [not found] exhibited by Mr. Beckley will shew, the Amot. claimed under each head by Mr. Young himself.” RC ( DNA...
5To James Madison from Richard Harrison, 17 April 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 April 1804, Treasury Department, Auditor’s Office. “The Accounts of William Savage, Agent at Jamaica, having been examined in this Office, I take the liberty to request, before I proceed to state them, your decision on the following points—viz— 1st. Whether the charges he makes for Office Rent & Stationery are, in their nature, admissible? I recollect no case of an Agent or Consul out of...
6To James Madison from Richard Harrison, 12 May 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Richard Harrison. 12 May 1806. “Since the presentation of Mr OBrien’s last claim, I have discovered (in his contingent or consular Accot.) a charge, for a payment made on the 18. Oct. 1798 of Dolls. 187 50/10[0]. for 7 ½ Months service of James Carr as his clerk or Secretary, at the rate of 25 Dolls. ⅌ Mo. A knowledge of this fact may be of some use to the Secretary in deciding on the...
7To James Madison from Richard Harrison, 7 January 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 January 1804. “These papers are respectfully submitted to the Secretary of State with a view of obtaining his decision whether the depositions of Dr. Stevens & his private Secretary may be received in lieu of the vouchers generally required, & which it is not usual to dispense with at the Treasury without authority from the head of the proper Department.” Tr and Tr of enclosures ( DLC :...
8To James Madison from Richard Harrison, 24 April 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
24 April 1804, Treasury Department, Auditor’s Office. “I have the honor herewith to lay before you a detailed view of the Charges exhibited against the United States by J. Leander Cathcart late Consul at Tripoli, classed under twelve different heads; and to request your instructions as to the principles on which his Accots. are to be stated. “The great or leading points which more particularly...
9To James Madison from Richard Harrison (Abstract), 10 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
10 June 1805, Auditor’s Office, Treasury Department . “In compliance with the request of Mr. Cathcart I now lay before you his answer to the remarks made by me on his Accounts. This he is desirous you should see before I proceed further with my statement, in the hope that you may, on reconsideration, be induced to admit some items which at present stand excluded by your instructions to me of...
10To James Madison from Richard Harrison, 3 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Richard Harrison. 3 January 1806, Auditor’s Office, Treasury Department. “I have the honor to enclose an Accot. [not found] presented at this Office by Fulwar Skipwith Esq as Agent to the Board of Commissioners established under the convention with France of the 30th. April 1803. It is submitted to you with a view of obtaining information respecting both the time he acted in this...