51To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 11 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, August 11, 1791. “A Sailor belonging to the Ship Providence, Entered here on the 5th Instant from Cape Francois, started out of a Barrel (which was included in the Manifest of her Cargo) about Eighty pounds of brown Sugar, and while she was unloading, attempted to carry it off in a Box before it was weighed; but the Surveyor meeting him some distance from the Wharf, seized and...
52To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 13 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, August 13, 1791. Asks that Jeremiah Greenman be appointed “Second Mate of the Cutter fitting in Connecticut.” LS , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence. See Olney to H, February 17, 1791 .
53To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 25 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I shall pay particular attention to the directions in your circular Letter of the 5th. instant, relative to the Certificates of registry, &c. of the Sloop Lurana and Schooner Fortitude. From your not noticing the loss of the Certificate of registry No. 56, granted by me the 13th. of December 1790, for the Schooner Nicholas, Wm. Cory first Master, I am led to suppose, that the Note at the...
54To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 6 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, September 6, 1791. “The missing Certificate of Registry for Schooner Nicholas, mentioned in my Letter of the 25th Ulto. proves to have been all the Time in the Collector’s Office at Newport: Capt. Potter, who is now here, says he took it from thence to bring up with him, but left it at Home through forgetfulness. He promises to send it hither on his return, which will be in a few...
55To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 15 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
On the Thirteenth instant Entered here, from Bordeaux, the Brigantine Betsey, John Arnold Master, the Property of Mr. Stephen Dexter of this Place: In her were imported Ten Kegs of Brandy, consigned to James Johnson of New-York; which, together with the Vessel, being forfeited by the 33 Section of the Excise Act, I have requested the District Attorney to proceed against them as the law...
56To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 17 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your Letter of the 7th Instant, relative to the Brigantine Trinidada; and agreeable to your request I enclose a copy of the Surveyor’s Certificate of her Measurement and Description, together with the Register granted under this State. By an additional Certificate upon the former, you will perceive that the disagreement between the Vessel, and the Register granted by me, in the...
57To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 4 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, October 4, 1791. “I have recd. your Letter of the 24th of September. A Libel had been previously filed agt. the Brigt. Betsey and the Ten Kegs of Brandy; and the Owners are pursuing the Steps of the Law for relief, which I hope will be attended with no great Expence.…” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; copy, RG 56, Letters from the Collector at Providence,...
58To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 8 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
There has lately been instituted in this Town a Bank which will Commence discounting on Tuesday Next, the plan or Constitution of which I have the Honor to enclose you. The President and others, are very desirous that the public monies Received in my office should be Deposited therein, and that Bank notes should be received by me in discharge of Bonds taken for duties. Tho I am Fully sensible...
59To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 11 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
In directing the District Attorney to file a Libel against the Brigt. Betsey, John Arnold Master, from Bordeaux, and then acquainting you with the Case and the favorable circumstances attending the breach of the Law, I acted, in my Idea, so perfectly consonant to a plain and positive Law, and your Instructions, that I thought Malice itself could not blame me; but some Interested Men...
60To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 15 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, October 15, 1791. “Enclosed is my Return of Exports from July to September inclusive, amounting to 55,805 Dollars & 33 Cents.…” Copy, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; copy, RG 56, Letters from the Collector at Providence, National Archives.
61To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 20 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, October 20, 1791. “Enclosed is my weekly Return of Cash No. 63, the Balance of which is 4,322 Dolls. & 56¼ Cents. Two small Errors in my last Quarter’s Accot., discovered since their transmission, make the Balance due to the United States on the 30th of Septr., stand in my Books, thus— In Bonds uncancelled 58,922..81 In Cash on hand 5,519..78 64,442..59 I enclose a Draft of the...
62To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 25 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, October 25, 1791. Acknowledges Hamilton’s “Letter of the 14th instant, covering part of the Margin of the Certificate of Registry … granted for Sloop Susannah.…” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; copy, RG 56, Letters from the Collector at Providence, National Archives. As this letter deals with routine Treasury Department matters, it has not been printed ( LS ,...
63To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 31 October 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
The Schooner Alice, Jabez Andrus Master, entered here the 29th. instant, from Bonavista, loaded with Salt only, a Manifest, as usual, being exhibited to the Inspector who first went onboard within this District. This Morning I recd. a Letter from Jona. Maltbie, Master of the Argus Cutter, informing me, that One of his Mates went onboard the said Schooner and found no Manifest: This...
64To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 3 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Edward Peterson, Master of the Sloop Friendship, burthen Sixty-three Tons, arrived here Yesterday from New-York; from whence, he says, he brought a Certified Manifest and Permit to proceed, stopped at Newport, entered his Vessel, left the Manifest and Permit at the Custom House, landed part of his Freight, and proceeded with the remainder (consisting of the Articles contained in the enclosed...
65To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 10 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, November 10, 1791. “On the arrival of the Sloop Clementina from Newport, the Third instant, the Master informed me that there were Six Chests of Tea onboard; but there proved to be only Five: my Letter was written before the Inspector, who had orders to Store it, made his Return; which will account for the mistake. The Apples, being of a perishable nature, were delivered to the...
66To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 21 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Agreeable to the directions in your Letter of the 10th Instant, I shall on Thursday next, pay into the Bank of Providence, the Balance of my weekly Return of Cash, and continue to do the same, on that Day in every Week, deducting only my Commissions, the Drafts you mention being all paid, and Office Expences are always included in the Return. I wish to be informed Sir, whether the Money thus...
67To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 24 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, November 24, 1791. “Though I have no doubt but that the Schooner Alice was within Four leagues of Land when the Officer from on board the Argus Cutter demanded a Manifest of Captain Andrus; yet I have thought it prudent, before I commence a Prosecution, to put the question to Capt. Maltbie, in a letter which I have written to go by this Post. The Vessel is the property of Messrs....
68To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 28 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, November 28, 1791. “Your circular Letter of the 11th Instant, to which I shall pay due attention, induces me to ask whether any allowance (which has been demanded here) is to be made in ascertaining the Duties on broken and unshelled Coffee and Cocoa of an inferior quality generally purchased in the West Indies at about half the price of Merchantable? You will oblige me Sir, by...
69To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 8 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, December 8, 1791. “… Having recd. a Letter from the Master of the Cutter Argus, informing me, that the Schooner Alice was at Anchor about Four Miles from Rhode-Island LightHouse when his Mate boarded her, I have this day requested the District Attorney to commence a Prosecution against Captain Andrus.” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence. For background to this...
70To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 19 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, December 19, 1791. “I have received your Letter of the 8th. Instant. I shall charge in my present quarter’s and future Accounts, all Monies paid by me into the Providence Bank, as accounted for by the duplicate Receipts forwarded agreeable to your directions.…” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.
71To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 22 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, December 22, 1791. “I yesterday received your favor of the 23rd. of Novemr. Your approbation of my Conduct in the Case of the Brigt. Betsey, affords me the sincerest Satisfaction; and in future, should similar breaches of the Law occur within this District, I shall proceed in the way you have now suggested, as a less expensive and more speedy Mode of Determination; and, in...
72To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 26 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, December 26, 1791. “I have received your Letter of the 14th. Instant: The contents shall be attended to; and the result of the first Instance that occurs, respecting unshelled Coffee, shall be communicated to you.…” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.
73To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 29 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
The Brigantine Polly James Munro Jur. Master, the Property of Messrs. Clark & Nightingale Entered here the 27th Inst. from Charleston South Carolina. This Vessel Cleared at my office on the 24th August last for Port au Prince, but it appears from the Master that she arrived at the Cape, having on Board, when she cleared, Three hundred & Fourteen Barrels of salted Provisions One hundred &...
74To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 19 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, January 19, 1792. “I have recd. your circular Letter of the 2nd. instant; and will attend to the several Matters therein contained. The Cashier of the Bank of the United States has transmitted to me a description of the Notes, with his and the President’s Signatures. My quarterly Accts. have been already forwarded.…” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence. John Kean.
75To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 19 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Your Letter of the 8th instant, containing your Opinion on the case of the Brig. Polly, being accompanied by one from Mr. Bourn to Messrs Clark & Nightingale to the same purport; and those Gentlemen being impatient to unload the Vessel, I have given them permission to reland the Provisions and Fish, and have cancelled their exportation Bond. By your taking no notice of the 62nd. section of the...
76To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 23 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, January 23, 1792. “… I … enclose a short Statemt. of the Monies which will become payable into, and of such as will probably be demandable out of, this Office, between this Time and the 14th of May next; by which it will appear that I shall have as much to pay as I have to receive: I shall therefore omit my weekly deposits in the Providence Bank until I am favored with your...
77To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 23 February 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, February 23, 1792. “… I have deposited in the Providence Bank, agreeable to your directions of the 7th Instant, 4,097 Dollars & 18½ Cents,… having retained 40 Dollars for my present private Expences, not doubting it would meet with your approbation, as the Emoluments of my Office afford me little or no Support.” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.
78To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 9 April 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, April 9, 1792. “Agreeable to your request of the 29th of March, I have, on receiving an Order and the enclosed Assignment, paid to the Marshall of Rhode-Island District, 2105 Dollars and 12 Cents; which sum, as you direct, shall be noted in my Weekly Returns until it is replaced. I beg leave to observe, on this Occasion, that in my last Quarter’s Accots., transmitted the 5th...
79To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 3 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, May 3, 1792. “… I beg leave Sir to recall your attention to my Letter of the 9th of April; and to express my anxiety for the replacing the Sum therein mentioned by the 12th instant; otherwise, should the 9,253 Dollars, due that Day, for Drawbacks on Teas exported, be then demanded, it will not be in my power to observe that punctuality, which, as Collector, the Law obliges me to...
80To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 5 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, May 5, 1792. “I have received your favor of the 25th of April 1792. I shall apply to the Supervisor for the Sum you mention, in a few Days; and repay it as soon as I have the Money to spare.…” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence. See also Olney to H, April 9 , May 3, 1792 .
81To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 10 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, May 10, 1792. “The Second Section of the Coasting Act requires all Vessels of the United States to be registered by the Collector of the District to which they respectively belong; the Seventh Section provides for registering them at other Districts: different constructions having occasioned different practices, I beg the favor Sir, of your Opinion, whether it is expedient that...
82To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 19 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, May 19, 1792. “Having been under the disagreeable necessity of putting in suit another of Welcome Arnold Esquire’s Bonds, … I wish to be informed, whether the directions, contained in your Letter of the 6th of July 1791, to notify other Collectors of his delinquency, was intended as Instructions for my conduct thereafter on similar occasions; or whether I am to omit giving the...
83To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 31 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, May 31, 1792. “Permit me to introduce to your Friendly Notice and Acquaintance the Bearrer Colo. Ephrm. Bowen a Gentleman of Fair character and veracity, Connected in a Ginn & Rum distillery with Messrs Clark & Nightingale of this Town, Merchants, He is bound to Baltimore and proposes on his arrival at Philadelphia to have an Interview with you on the Subject of a Seizure lately...
84To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 5 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, June 5, 1792. “I have received, under cover with several Acts of Congress, your circular Letters of the 21st. of February and the 10th of May. Due attention shall be paid to their contents. I have never had occasion to take any Bond of the kind mentioned in the latter.…” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.
85To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 19 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your circular Letter of the 4th Instant. I will endeavor to comply with your Instructions in estimating the value of ad Valorem Goods which may be imported into this District from France; but I foresee difficulties in practicing the Third criterion, preferred by you, which appears to me essentially to involve the Fourth; for to ascertain the Prices of similar Articles prior to...
86To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 5 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, July 5, 1792. “On Monday Morning, the 2nd. Instant, the Master of the Ship Hope from Surinam, the Cargo of which was discharged the preceding Saturday afternoon, informed me that from a hint given by one of his Sailors, he had discovered a bag and one keg of brown Sugar, weighing 109 lb, concealed within the Sealing of the Cabin, but by whom he could not learn: a design to defraud...
87To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 6 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your several Letters of the 26, 27th. & 28th of June. The circular Letter, dated the 6th of February last, to which you refer has never come to hand; I am therefore under the necessity of postponing the notification of Mr. Arnold’s delinquincy until I do receive it. I have the honor to be &c. ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence. For background to this letter, see...
88To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 12 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, July 12, 1792. Transmits “Accounts and Returns for the last Quarter” and “a Receipt of the Cashier of the Providence Bank for 1,000 Dollars, which I have charged to the United States.” States: “your circular Letter of the 25th of June, I have recd., and will attend to the contents.…” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.
89To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 16 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Messrs Clarke and Nightingale are about Exporting a Quantity of Brandy to Cape Francois—imported into this district in the Ship Lark in May last from Bourdeaux—and have applyed to me for information. Wheather said Brandy may not on Return of the Vessel be relanded here, (in case it cannot be Sold to advantage in the Cape) Free of duty and the Exportation Bond Cancelled without a Breach of Law,...
90To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 24 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, July 24, 1792. “… Frequent Instances occur of the necessity of granting new Licences before the old ones expire, such as in transfers of Property; and alterations in the size of Vessels, the property remaining the same, and they continuing in the Coasting Business. There is another Instance which sometimes occurs: where a Coasting Vessel is out of employ sometime after the...
91To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 27 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, July 27, 1792. “I have recd. your Letter of the 19th Inst. and have charged to the United States the 2, 105.12 paid the Marshall of Rhode-Island District.…” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence. Letter not found. See, however, Olney to H, April 9, 1792 , in which William Peck’s account with Olney is stated.
92To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 3 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your favor of the 25th of July, relative to a quantity of Brandy exported by Messrs. Clark & Nightingale, the Drawback on which, you say, cannot be allowed unless the proof required, of its having been actually landed at a foreign Port, is produced: The Excise Act, generally so called, passed in March 1791, clearly, I think, authorizes the payment of Drawbacks on all Spirits,...
93To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 13 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, August 13, 1792. “The Collector of Barnstable acquainted me, at the Time, with the Transaction communicated in your Letter of the 31st of July, which came to hand yesterday.… I caused enquiries to be made, relative to Samuel Bourn and his Vessel, of one Benja: Bourn, who was here with a Sloop of the same Name, from Wareham, and who said, he was informed that the said Samuel Bourn...
94To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 14 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
The seventh Section of the Act, passed the last Session of Congress, “concerning the Duties on Spirits distilled within the United States,” allows “an abatement for leakage at the rate of Two ⅌ Cent, in every case in which the duty shall be payable by the gallon of the spirits distilled:” this abatement, it appears to me, was intended to be made, on securing the Duties at the end of the...
95To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 18 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, August 18, 1792. “The Sloop Bacon, Arnold Rhodes Master, Entered here from Washington in North Carolina, on the Eleventh Instant, having on board Seven Puncheons of foreign Spirits, unaccompanied with any other Certificates than a general One.… As in this Transaction, there is a deviation from Law, tho’ there appears no design to defraud the Revenue, yet I have thought proper to...
96To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 18 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Upon re-inspecting my Licence Bonds, I have this Day found that the Sloop Polly of Sandwich, Saml. Bourn Master, was Licenced at this Office on the 20th of June last, to commence, as therein expressed, the 24th of May preceding, when the old Licence, granted by the Collector at Newport, expired. The Licence Bond was filed Samuel Brown , which occasioned the oversight, on receipt of your Letter...
97To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 25 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, August 25, 1792. “I have requested the District Attorney to file a Libel against the Schooner Rising-Sun, burthen 23⁶¹⁄₉₅ Tons, Thomas Rhodes Haszard Master, from Halifax, together with her Cargo.…” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence. William Channing was United States attorney for the District of Rhode Island.
98To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 28 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, August 28, 1792. “I have received your circular Letter of the 6th. Instant. Attention shall be paid to your directions.…” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.
99To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 30 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
The importation into this District, made by Mr. Cutts of Ports-mouth, was on the 28th Day of May last, in the Ship Lark, Jno. Munro Master from Bordeaux. I do not recollect whether the Invoice specified the difference between Assignats and Specie; but the Duties (secured by Messrs. Clark & Nightingale, owners of the Lark) were calculated on the latter amount, being 1,487 Dollars and 35½ Cents,...
100To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 4 September 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, September 4, 1792. “I have received your Two Letters of the 24th and 25th of August.… My practice … shall correspond with your Opinion and construction of the Law.” ADfS , Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.