last report: Smith had prepared weekly abstracts for TJ of warrants drawn for navy purposes throughout January and February 1803. For the week ending 1 Jan. 1803, the secretary drew two warrants totaling $1,700, leaving a balance on hand of $1,741.78. For the week ending 8 Jan. 1803, the secretary drew one warrant for $79.68, leaving a balance on hand of $1,662.10. For the week ending 15 Jan. 1803, the secretary received a deposit of $90,000 and drew 23 warrants totaling $56,575.42, leaving a balance on hand of $35,086.68. For the week ending 22 Jan. 1803, the secretary drew eight warrants totaling $11,710.61, leaving a balance on hand of $23,376.07. For the week ending 29 Jan. 1803, the secretary drew eight warrants totaling $14,130.46, leaving a balance on hand of $9,245.61. For the week ending 5 Feb. 1803, the secretary received a deposit of $10,000 and drew six warrants totaling $12,917.38, leaving a balance on hand of $6,328.23. For the week ending 12 Feb. 1803, the secretary drew eight warrants totaling $4,375.66, leaving a balance on hand of $1,952.57. For the week ending 19 Feb. 1803, the secretary drew three warrants totaling $195.10, leaving a balance on hand of $1,758.47 (all in DNA: RG 59, Records of the Bureau of Rolls and Library; all in a clerk’s hand; all signed by Smith except abstract for week ending 29 Jan. 1803; abstract for week ending 5 Feb. 1803 addressed: “The President”; all endorsed by TJ).

daniel murray and george merrill were midshipmen in the navy (NDBW description begins Dudley W. Knox, ed., Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers, Washington, D.C., 1939-44, 6 vols., and Register of Officer Personnel and Ships’ Data, 1801-1807, Washington, D.C., 1945 description ends , Register, 37, 39).