3201Statement I: [Appropriation for Reducing the Public Debt], 13 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Dollars. Cts. 1790. Dollars. Cts. To the surplus of the products of duties on imports and tonnage to the last day of December 1790, after reserving a sufficient sum from said products to satisfy the appropriations made during [the first] and second Sessions of Congress, as ascertained at the Treasury 1.374.656. 40 Dec: 15: By warrant No. 776, on the Treasurer, in his favor, to be applied in...
3202An American No. III, [18 August 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
For the Gazette of the United States . The charges which have been brought against “the EDITOR of the NATIONAL GAZETTE,” as he himself states them to be, are no otherwise personal charges, than as they designate the persons , against whom they are made. In their application to Mr. Freneau, they affect him solely in his capacity of Editor of a public paper (which may justly be considered as a...
3203Contract with James and Shoemaker, [5 November 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
On behalf of Messrs. Nicholas Low and Abijah Hammond of New York, I promise to pay to Messrs. James and Shoemaker or their order on demand such sums as may be advanced to John Campbell by them or their Agents for any machinery tools or utensils for a Stocking Manufactory which shall be shipped by the said John Campbell or by his order per the Ship Glasgow from any part of Great Britain to the...
3204Report on the Petition of Moses White, [31 January 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
[To the Speaker of the House of Representatives] The Secretary of the Treasury, to whom was referred by the House of Representatives, the memorial of Moses White, submits the following report thereon. That the items Constituting the Account of the memorialist, which he prays may be allowed, may be classed under the following heads, viz: Dollars cents 1st. Expenses incurred on Sundry journies...
3205Conversation with George Hammond, [January 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor of informing your Lordship, that Mr. Shoolbred communicated to me in a letter dated the 9th of January last, which I received towards the end of that or early in the beginning of the succeeding month, the circumstance of certain British seamen, who had been captured on board of the ship Friendship, by the French sloop of war the Lascasas, (and who with the vessel were brought...
3206Cabinet Meeting. Opinion on the Time, Place, and Manner of the President-Elect Taking the Oath of Office, [1 March 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
It is our opinion, 1. that the President ought to take the oath in public. 2. that the time be on Monday next at 12 o’clock in the forenoon. 3. that the place be the Senate-chamber. 4. that the Marshal of the district inform the Vice-President, that the Senate-chamber, being the usual place of the president’s public acts, is supposed to be the best place for taking the oath; and that it is...
3207Enclosure: [Report From the Minister Plenipotentiary of France], 8 June 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury to whom was referred a Communication from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France, on the subject of the Debt of the United States to France, respectfully makes thereupon the following Report. The object of this communication is to engage the United States to enter into an arrangement for discharging the residue of the Debt, which they owe to...
3208Report on the Petitions of Richard Blackledge, [28 April 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury, to whom were referred by the House of Representatives, two petitions of Richard Blackledge, one bearing date the 20th of December 1790, the other bearing date the 19th: of January 1791, respectfully submits the following report thereupon. The first of the said petitions seeks compensation for some Coffee and Sugar, which appear to have been supplied by the...
3209Report on the Memorial of the Officers of the South Carolina Regiments, 18 March 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[To the Speaker of the House of Representatives] The Secretary of the Treasury, on the Memorial of the late Officers of the South Carolina line on Continental Establishment, Respectfully reports: That it is true, as suggested in substance in the said Memorial, that Congress, in consideration of payments in specie which had been made to other parts of the Army, did recommend to the State of...
3210American Jacobins, [1795–1796] (Hamilton Papers)
For the Minerva It is remarkable how uniform our Jacobins have been in blaming and vilifying our own Government and in excusing and justifying the conduct of the French towards us. Before there was ever the pretence of any subject of complaint against this Country France violated that article of her Treaty with us which stipulates that free ships shall make free goods. —This breach of Treaty...
3211Design for a Seal for the United States, [May 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
A Globe with Europe and part of Africa on one side—America on the other—the Atlantic Ocean between. The portion occupied by America to be larger than that occupied by Europe. A Colossus to be placed on this Globe, with one foot on Europe, the other extending partly over the Atlantic towards America, having on his head a quintuple crown in his right hand an Iron -Sceptre projected but broken in...
3212Enclosure: Draft of Washington’s Farewell Address, [30 July 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
The period for a new election of a Citizen to administer the Executive Gov of the U States being not very distant and the time actually arrived when the your thoughts of my fellow Citizens must be employed in designating the Citizen who is to administer the Executive Government of the United States the person who is to be cloathed with that important trust for another term, it may conduce to...
3213Agreement with Titus Salter, 18 November 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Portsmouth, New Hampshire ] November 18, 1790 . Joseph Whipple, signing for Hamilton on behalf of the United States Government, agrees to pay Salter $555.99 to maintain “the Light House Situate on the Island of New Castle in … New Hampshire at the entrance of the River Piscataqua” and to serve as keeper of the lighthouse. DS , RG 26, “Segregated Lighthouse Records, National Archives; copy,...
3214[Report on a Return of Imports and Tonnage Duties], 28 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
In pursuance of the order of the House of Representatives of the 10th. day of November last, I have the honor to transmit returns of duties arising on Imports and Tonnage within the United States, for the year ending the 30th. day of September last: also a return of Exports within the same year, excepting two quarters of the district of Charleston in South Carolina, and a few quarters of some...
3215Conversation with George Hammond, [1–2 July 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
In one of my recent conversations with Mr Hamilton, I took occasion from the accidental mention of some circumstances relative to the Mississippi, to enquire of him the actual state of the negociation with the Court of Spain on the subject of the navigation of that river. Mr. Hamilton informed me that the negociation was indeed pretty far advanced, but that the conditions, by which the object...
3216Conversation with George Hammond, [1–8 January 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
Since my conversation with the Secretary of the Treasury, of which I had the honor of giving your Lordship an account in my dispatch No 13, I have lately had another interview with that Gentleman, in the course of which we entered into a loose and general discussion of some of the questions that are likely to become subjects of negociation between our two countries. After some comments upon...
3217The Defence No. VII, [12 August 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
The Second Article of the Treaty stipulates that his Britannic Majesty will withdraw all his troops and garrisons from all posts and places within the boundary lines assigned by the Treaty of Peace to the U States; and that this evacuation shall take place on or before the first day of June 1796—the United States in the mean time at their discretion extending their settlements to any part...
3218Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs, 25 May 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, May 25, 1791. On June 7, 1791, Jeremiah Olney wrote to Hamilton : “I have received your two circular letters of the 25th. and 26th of May.” Circular of May 25 not found. ] On May 25, 1791, H wrote a letter to Olney marked “circular,” but as the information in this letter was clearly not intended for the other collectors of the customs it has not been printed as a Treasury...
3219An American No. II, [11 August 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
For the Gazette of the United States Facts, Mr. Fenno, speak louder than words, and, under certain circumstances, louder even than oaths. The Editor of the National Gazette must not think to swear away their efficacy. If he be, truly, as they announce, the pensioned tool of the public character, who has been named, no violation of truth, in any shape, ought to astonish. Equivocations and...
3220Report on Imports for the Year Ending September 30, 1790, 23 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to transmit to the Senate, in further obedience to their order, an estimate exhibiting the value, at the several places of shipment , of all foreign goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States, during the year ending on the 30th. day of September 1790. The principal objects of this document are to exhibit the portion of our consumption which is supplied by...
3221Report on Sundry Petitions, [18 April 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury, to whom were referred by the House of Representatives, the several petitions specified in the list herewith, praying the renewal of certain Certificates, which are alleged to have been destroyed or lost, respectfully makes the following Report thereupon. The said Secretary, in a report heretofore made to the House of Representatives on a petition of Jacob Rash (a...
3222Meeting of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, [21 February 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
At a meeting of the trustees of the sinking fund, in the committee room of the Senate, February 21st, 1793, Present: The Vice President, Chief Justice, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and Attorney General. The Vice President laid before the Board, a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, directing the Board to lay before them a statement of all their...
3223Cabinet Meeting Opinion on a Request for a Passport, 2 April 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
We are of opinion, that a passport ought to be granted for a vessel under the above restrictions. Edm: Randolph. Alex Hamilton I am inclined to think the vessel ought [to] sail not only by the permission , but in consequence of the directions of the President. D , in the handwriting of Edmund Randolph, William Bradford, and Henry Knox, and signed by Randolph, Bradford, H, and Knox, RG 59,...
3224Enclosure: List of Persons in Confinement at the Town of Washington, [November 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
Col John Hamilton John Flannigin Col William Crauford John Crawford (son of Col Crawford) Major John Powers John Gaston The Reverend John Corbly John Husy Thomas Sedgwick John McGill James Kerr Robert Martin John Laughery Nathaniel Martin David Lock David McComb John Munn James Robinson William Porter William Johnson
3225Catullus No. I, [15 September 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
To Aristides Though there would be no great hazard of mistake, in inferring the Writer of the Paper under the signature of Aristides, from “the appropriate and prominent features” which characterise the stile of that paper; yet I forbear to imitate the example which has been set with too little decorum, by naming or describing the supposed author. The similitude of stile or any other...
3226Report on the Estimate of the Expenditure for the Civil List and the War Department to the End of the Present Year, [19 … (Hamilton Papers)
[To the Speaker of the House of Representatives] The Secretary of the Treasury , in obedience to the Order of the House of Representatives of the 17th instant, Respectfully reports, That the schedule No. 1, contains an estimate of the total expenditure of the civil list, for the present year, amounting to two hundred and forty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars, and 78...
3227Proposed Presidential Message to Congress Concerning Revocation of Edmond Charles Genet’s Diplomatic Status, [6–13 … (Hamilton Papers)
Since the application, which was made to the Government of France, for the Recall of its present Minister, that Minister has furnished new and material causes of dissatisfaction with his Conduct. But these occasions of offence have hitherto passed without particular notice; in the hope that it would not be long before the arrival of an order of Recall would terminate the embarrassment—and in...
3228Enclosure: [Notes Respecting the Holland Loan], [2–6 December 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
“In pursuance of the authority granted for negociating a loan not exceeding application was made in Holland, and I have the pleasure to inform you, that a sum equal to dollars has been subscribed. This loan, which shews by its success the confidence placed in the U. States, cannot fail by its intended application to give additional support to the public credit. The terms of it, with the...
3229Statement III: [Application of the Fund Constituted Congress for Reducing the Public Debt], 13 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Statement of the Application of the Fund Constituted by the Act of Congress, Passed on the 8th. of May 1792, for Reducing the Public Debt, Arising from the Interest on the Sums of Said Debt Purchased, Redeemed, and Paid into the Treasury of the United States. 1791. Dollars. Cts. 1791. Dollars. Cts. April 1st. To interest due this day on the Stock purchased 4.230. 63. July 1st. By balance to...
3230Report on Vacant Lands, 20 July 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[To the Speaker of the House of Representatives] In obedience to the order of the House of Representatives of the 20th. of January last, The Secretary of the Treasury, Respectfully reports; That in the formation of a plan for the disposition of the vacant lands of the United States, there appear to be two leading objects of consideration; one, the facility of advantageous sales according to...
3231Conversation with Thomas Jefferson, [13 August 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
Aug. 13. 1791. Notes of a conversn between A. Hamilton & Th: J. Th. J. mentioned to him a lre recd. from J. A. disavowing Publicola, & denying that he ever entertd. a wish to bring this country under a hereditary executive, or introduce an hereditary branch of legislature &c. See his lre. A. H. condemning mr A’s writings & most particularly Davila, as having a tendency to weaken the present...
3232Report on Sundry Petitions, [16 April 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[To the Speaker of the House of Representatives] The Secretary of the Treasury, to whom the House of Representatives were pleased to refer the several petitions enumerated in the lists herewith transmitted, marked, A, B, and C, respectfully submits the following Report: The petitions in the list A. prefer claims for various supplies to the United States, during the late war: Those in the list...
3233Receipt from William Pearce, [24 July 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
Received July 24. 1792 of Alexander Hamilton seventy five Dollars on account of the Manufacturing Society. D , in the handwriting of H and signed by Pearce, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. The Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures.
3234Pacificus No. III, [6 July 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
France at the time of issuing the proclamation was engaged & likely to be engaged in war, with all or almost all Europe; without a single ally in that quarter of the Globe. In such a state of things, it is evident, that however she may be able to defend herself at home (a thing probably still practicable if her factions can be appeased, and system and order introduced) she cannot make any...
3235Report on the Petition of Christopher Saddler, 19 January 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[To the Speaker of the House of Representatives] In obedience to the order of the House of Representatives of the eleventh Instant. referring to the Secretary of the Treasury, the petition of Christopher Sadler, The said Secretary Most respectfully reports: That except the letter from the Collector of the District of Boston and Charlestown accompanying the petition, there is no evidence...
3236Agreement with the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of the United States, [25 May 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
Agreement between Alexander Hamilton Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the President of the United States of the one part and The President Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States of the other part— Whereas in and by the Act intitled “An Act for raising a further sum of money for the Protection of the Frontiers and for other purposes therein mentioned” it is among other...
3237View of the Commercial Regulations of France and Great Britain in Reference to the United States, [1792–1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Preliminary remarks I The Table which is annexed takes the year 1790 as the proper period to shew the commercial policy of France previous to the Revolution just terminated. The Notes accompanying that table explain the alterations which have since taken place. There is however no mention of the expiration of the time limited for the Premium on French Fish imported into the French Colonies...
3238Conversation with George Hammond, [2–9 January 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
I have received a letter from Lieutenant Governor Clarke, in which he intimates to me his apprehensions that much inconvenience might arise, if any attempt should be made to enforce an act of the last sessions of Congress for “giving effect to the laws of the United States within the State of Vermont.” By this act the residence of a Collector of the customs is established at Alburgh, within...
3239Fact No. II, [16 October 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
For the National Gazette. Genuine Truth never deviates into misrepresentation. That an impostor has assumed its name in the National Gazette of the 10th inst. is sufficiently evinced by the following circumstance. The writer, who appears under that signature, after endeavouring to torture certain expressions of the Secretary of the Treasury, into a meaning which, construed with candour, and in...
3240Enclosure B: [List of Sundry Petitions], [18 April 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
Abstract of the subjects of sundry petitions praying the renewal of Certificates, and Observations thereon. No. 1. The petition of Josias Clapham referred 18th November, 1791, sets forth. That he was possessed of two Certificates issued from the Loan Office of Virginia, No. 12, dated 16th. October 1786, for 1632 ³⁸⁄₉₀ dollars, in his own name, 231, “ 1st. January 1778
3241Agreement with the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of the United States, [28 January 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
Agreement between Alexander Hamilton Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the United States of the one part; and the President, Directors & Company of the Bank of the United States of the other part; made January the Twenty eighth 1795. The said President Directors & Company shall forthwith transfer or cause to be transferred into the name of Messrs. Wilhem & Jan Willink & Nicholas & J. Van...
3242Cabinet Meeting. Opinion on Furnishing Three Million Livres Agreeably to the Request of the French Minister, [25 … (Hamilton Papers)
Feb. 25. 1793. The President desires the opinions of the heads of the three departments and of the Attorney General on the following question, to wit. Mr. Ternant having applied for money equivalent to three millions of livres to be furnished on account of our debt to France at the request of the Executive of that country, which sum is to be laid out in provisions within the US. to be sent to...
3243Schedule II: General Estimate of Money requisite for the War Department for the year 1789, 19 September 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
Pay of the Troops. Artillery. Dol. 90ths. Dol. 90ths. 1 Major, 12 mo. at 45 dol. pr. mo. 540 4 Captains, 35 1,680 8 Lieutenants, 30 2,880 1 Surgeon’s mate, 30
3244Report on Funds for the Payment of the Interest on the States’ Debts, 4 March 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[To the Speaker of the House of Representatives] In obedience to the Order of the House of Representatives, of the second Instant, The Secretary of the Treasury Respectfully Reports, That in his opinion, the funds, in the first instance requisite towards the payment of interest on the debits of the individual States, according to the modifications proposed by him in his report of the ninth of...
3245The Vindication No. IV, [May–August 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Debt proper or the original Debt of the UStates in its primary form may be classed under four general heads I the Old emissions of Continental money II The Loan office Debt contracted for monies lent to the Government III the army debt contracted for the pay and commutation of the army IV the debt of the five Great Departments as they are called in the resolution of Congress being for...
3246Meeting of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, [13 July 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
At a meeting of the trustees of the sinking fund, July 13, 1792. Present: The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney General. The Secretary of the Treasury having informed the Board, that there were, at the disposal of the Board, pursuant to the 7th section of the act, entitled “An act supplementary to the act making provision for the debt of the United States”...
3247Conversation with George Hammond, [10 June–6 July 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
For this purpose, I waited on a very influential member of the American administration, who informed me that the fact was much as it had been communicated to the public, and that Mr. Genêt’s conduct was a direct violation of a formal compact, originally entered into with Mr. Ternant and subsequently confirmed by himself both in conversation and in writing, and on the faith of which the last...
3248Report on the Petition of William Finnie, 10 April 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[To the Speaker of the House of Representatives] The Secretary of the Treasury on the petition of William Finnie, referred to him by an order of the House of Representatives of the 25th. of September last, Respectfully Reports: That the relief sought by the petitioner relates to the following objects: First: An allowance for expences incident to his attendance at the seat of Government, for...
3249Anti-Defamer, [19 August 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
For the Fœderal Gazette Russel under an affected moderation veils the most insidious and malignant designs & slily propagates the basest slanders. This is evident from the following passage of his second paper. After stating a visionary and impracticable scheme for avoiding a war with the Indians —he proceeds thus—“But then, how many offices had been wanting, how many lucrative contracts would...
3250Outline for George Washington’s Fifth Annual Address to Congress, [November 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Objects to be communicated in Speech & Messages I Proclamation II Embarrassments on carrying into Execution the principles of neutrality; necessity of some auxiliary provisions by law III Expectation of indemnification given in relation to illegal captures IV State of our affairs with regard to G Britain to Spain to France—claim of Guarantee —propositions respecting Trade V Indian affairs....