21To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 15 October 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to enclose a letter this moment received from Mr Latimer on the subject of Mr Hancock’s application in relation to part of the cargo of the prize vessel “Harmony” brought in Philadelphia by a French letter of marque. By direction of the President, I had written to the Collector that without pretending to decide on the application of treaties to this specific case, he might...
22To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 24 October 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
24 October 1801, Treasury Department. Encloses copy of letter from George Latimer about prize ship Harmony . RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, ML ). RC 1 p.; docketed by Wagner as received 9 Nov. Enclosure (1 p.) is a copy of Latimer to Gallatin, 20 Oct. 1801, reporting that the Harmony had sailed before the arrival of Gallatin’s 15 Oct. instructions (see Gallatin to JM, 15 Oct. 1801 , and n....
23To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 27 October 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 October 1801, Treasury Department. Encloses letter from Oliver Ellsworth, which had been referred to Treasury Department accountants. Comptroller requests JM’s opinion on the principle on which the account is to be settled and the time period for which Ellsworth is entitled to a salary. Since case is not defined by law but covered by discretionary power which is vested in State Department,...
24To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 5 November 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 November 1801. Relays his and the comptroller’s opinion that if a lawsuit were instituted against Richard Cooper to recover moneys he received, no jury would give a verdict for the government. Recommends directing Cooper to sell the stores purchased before he received Lincoln’s letter and to “send his account then properly stated & supported by vouchers.” Asks JM to reexamine enclosed papers...
25To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 14 November 1801 (Madison Papers)
Mr Edmund Randolph late Secretary of State; against whom a suit has been instituted, by the United States, has applied to the Comptroller for copies of the “letters which were written from the department of State to that of the treasury containing requisitions of money, between the 1st day of January 1794 and the 19th day of August 1795.” As those letters are in this office mixed in the files...
26To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 14 November 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 November 1801, Treasury Department. Encloses papers [not found] pertaining to Colonel Cambray’s claim against the U.S. The principal is payable to him or his attorney only at the treasury, upon delivery of certificates, which Cambray may send to his attorney in this country. Encloses copy of forms that will eliminate Cambray’s fears of losing debt should certificates be lost at sea. States...
27To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 20 November 1801 (Madison Papers)
I enclose the Auditor’s remarks on Mr Fenwick’s account. The nature of the vouchers necessary to be produced by him in support of his charges is a question proper to be decided by the accounting officers; but the principles by which they should be guided in authorizing the several species of expenditure, must be settled, upon due consideration of the laws, by your Department. A circular...
28To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 3 December 1801 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury requests the Secretary of State to furnish him with a copy of the aggregate number of inhabitants in the United States as returned by the last census, noting what State may be wanting, and also of the same aggregate as returned by the former census. The⟨y⟩ are wanted as the basis of some calculations in statements now preparing. Will it be productive of any...
29To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 7 December 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 December 1801, Treasury Department. Transmits letters “relative to the property, purchased by Mr Cooper, in reference to the Copper Mine business.” It appeared proper to communicate them to JM, but they may be needed by the auditor and the comptroller when the accounts are settled. RC and enclosures ( DLC : Gallatin Papers). RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Gallatin; docketed by Wagner,...
30To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, ca. 15 December 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Ca. 15 December 1801. Encloses a letter from his friend DuPonceau about the U.S. consul at Rome. RC (owned by Charles M. Storey, Boston, Mass., 1961). 1 p. Undated. Date here assigned on the basis of the enclosed letter from Peter S. DuPonceau to Gallatin, 13 Dec. 1801 ( NHi ) (1 p.), asking Gallatin to seek JM’s sanction of John Baptiste Sartori’s transfer of his consular duties to his...