Enclosure: To Robert Morris, [13 August 1782]
[Enclosure]33
Expences of our internal Government
| To the Governor | for salary | £ 1600 |
| To the Chancellor | do | 400 |
| To the Secretary of State & Clerks about | 300 | |
| To the Attorney General | by estimation | 100 |
| To the Chief Justice | salary | 400 |
| Puisne Justices each 350£ do | 700 | |
| for travelling expences by estimation 40 days | 100 | |
| in the year at 12/ per day each | ||
| Auditor | 300 | |
| Aide De Camp to the Governor Lt. Col Pay & rations | 360 | |
| Occasional do. at the same rate | ||
| Delegates to Congress 34/ pr day while attending and 6 days going and coming abt | 1500 | |
| Treasurer | Salary | 300 |
| Members of Legislature 8/ per day, upon an average [– –] members for 88 days ⟨including coming &c.⟩; |
1936 | |
| two Clerks of do. each 20/ a day for 72 days | 144 | |
| time actually together | ||
| two Door Keepers each 10/ pr day | do | 72 |
| Printer for printing laws &c. about | 300 | |
| Incidental expences | ||
| 8412 | ||
| To the poor annually about | 500 | |
| 6588 | ||
| To the Indians do | 600 | |
| ⟨charges⟩; of Militia expresses occasional officers & other occasional demands allowd |
6088 | 3500 |
| 15884 | ||
| Regtr | say | £ 12000 |
| £ 1500034 | ||
Transmitted a copy of the above to Mr. Morris
Aug. 1782
33. AD, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
34. There is an error in this column for the figures in it do not total £15,000.