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Enclosure: Statement of Monies Drawn from the Appropriation Made by the Act of August 12th, 1790, [26 December 1794]

Statement of Monies Drawn from the Appropriation
Made by the Act of August 12th, 1790,3 of the Surplus of
Duties to the End of the Year 1790, for the Reduction
of the Public Debt.

Monies Drawn.
From the said surplus being 1,374,656 dollars and 40 cents, the following sums have been drawn by warrants on the Treasurer, viz. Dolls. Cts.
1790, December 15, No. 776, in favour of Samuel Meredith, 200,000.  
1791, January 26, 856, ditto, 50,000.  
February 5, 869, Benjamin Lincoln, 50,000.  
870, William Heth, 50,000.  
September 30, 1265, Samuel Meredith, 149,984.23
1266, William Seton, 200,000.  
1792, March 31, 1605, Samuel Meredith, 28,915.52
June 30, 1864, ditto, 62,673.90
1867, William Seton, 151,098.89
December 29 2328, Samuel Meredith,  15,098.11
957,770.65
Expenditure in Purchases.
Auditor’s report.
By whom purchased. Date. No. When purchased or redeemed. Six per cent. stock. Three per cent. stock. Deferred stock. Amount of
the several
species of
 Amount
of monies
1790. Original.
Dolls. Cts.		 Assumed.
Dolls. Cts.		 Original.
Dolls. Cts.		 Assumed.
Dolls. Cts.		 Original.
Dolls. Cts.		 Assumed.
Dolls. Cts.		 stocks.
Dolls. Cts.		 expended.
Dolls. Cts.
Samuel Meredith, Dec. 20. 810. to Dec. 6, 1790, 156,308.50 61,306.33 61,072.47 278,687.30 150,239.24
1791.
Ditto, Jan. 31, 961. from Dec. 7, 1790, to Jan. 11, 1791, 37,781.68 15,402.51 26,477.13 79,661.32 51,449.32
Ditto, Feb. 12, 989. Jan. 12, 1791, to Feb. 1, 42,198.91 14,798.63 11,779.18 68,776.72 48,550.68
William Heth, Sept. 20, 1,575. Feb. 24, to Ap. 2, 32,192.07 27,466.46 14.714.77 74,373.30 49.934.09
for expenses attending his purchases, 4.15
Samuel Meredith, Oct. 12, 1,659. from Aug. 17, 1791, to Sep. 19, 1791 5,627.94 94,487.67 138,605.87 238,721.48 148,984.72
for interest on stock purchased. 760.28
1792.
Benj. Lincoln, Feb. 10, 1,991. part of purchases from Feb. 22, 1791,
to March 3,1791,		 37,010.27 28,716.84 2,712,36 68,439.47 50,000.  
William Seton, 11, 1,993. from Aug 19, 1791, to Sep. 12, 1791 67,439.96 255,257.68 322,697.64 200,000.  
Samuel Meredith, June 18, 2,575. Mar. 21, 1792, to Ap. 25, 1792 6,500.   19,466.07 24,597.69 10,165.28 42,064.03 30,634.02 133,427.09 91,589.42
William Seton, 30, 2,617. April 2, to Ap. 17, 86,790.65 14,282.31 42,409.22 36,108.05 12,361.30 191,951.53 151,098.89
1793.
Samuel Meredith, Jan. 25, 3,558. Dec. 15, to Dec. 22, 8,812.14 6,259.27 15,071.41 15,063.84
for interest on stock purchased,                                                                          34.27
326,431.51 112,515.99 348,498.40 52,574.50 588,791.54 42,995.32 1,471,807.26 957,708.89
Balance on Dec. 31, 1793, being money remaining in the hands of William Heth,
of the sum advanced to him for making purchases, accounted for
in the year 1794,		     61.76
957,770.65

3. “An Act making Provision for the Reduction of the Public Debt” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 186–87).

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    “Enclosure: Statement of Monies Drawn from the Appropriation Made by the Act of August 12th, 1790, [26 December 1794],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-17-02-0471-0002. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 17, August 1794 – December 1794, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, pp. 488–489.]