Alexander Hamilton Papers

Statement A: [Revenue of the United States and Appropriations Charged Thereon], 14 February 1793

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Statement of the Revenue of the United States and Appropriations Charged Thereon to the End of the Year 1792.

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Revenue   Dollars Cts.
To Amount of Duties on Imports and Tonnage and of Fines
Penalties and Forfeitures from the commencement of
the present Government to the 31st Decr. 1791.		 } 6,534,263 84
“ Product of Duties on Spirits distilld within the United
States for a half year ending the 31st of December 1791.
as estimated		 } 150,000.  
“ Product of Duties on Imports and Tonnage &ca. for the
year 1792 heretofore estimated at		 } 3,900,000  
“ Ditto on Spirits distilled within the United States for the
same period as estimated		 } 400,000  
“ Cash received into the Treasury from Fines Forfeitures &
for Balances to the end of the year 1791		 } 11.355 93
“ Ditto recd for Arms & Accoutrements sold, Fines & Penalties,
Balances of Accounts settled in the year 1792 and
on accot. of the first dividend declared by the Bank of
the United States		 } 21.860 87
Dollars 11,017.460. 64
Cr.
Date of Acts Appropriations   Dollars Cts.
1789
Augst. 20 By. Appropriation for Indian Treaties7 20.000  
Septr. 29 “ do. for sundry objects8 639.000  
1790
Mar: 26 “ do. for support of Government9 754,658 99
July  1st. “ do. Intercourse with Forn. Nations 90 & 91. 80,000.  
“  “ “ do. do. for 179210 40,000  
“  “ “ do. for the claim of John McCord11 1.309 71
“ 22nd. “ do. for Indian Treaties12 20.000  
Augst.  4th “ do. Intert. on the Debt Forn. & Domst: for 91. 2.060 861 40
“  “ “ do. do. for 179213 2.849 194 73
“  “ “ do. for the Cutter Establishment14 10,000  
“ 10 “ do. for Portland Lighthouse15 1.500  
“  “ “ do. for disabled Seamen16 548 57
“ 12 “ do. for sundry objects17 233 219 97
“  “ “
do. for reduction of the public debt being
surplus of revenue for 179018		 }
1.374 656. 40
1791
Feb: 11 “ do. for sundry objects19 740.232 60
Mar:  3rd. “ do. Recognition of the Treaty with Morocco20 20,000  
“  “ “ do. the protection of the Frontiers21 312,686 20
“  “ “ do. Officers of the Judicial Courts22 4055 33
Decr: 23rd: “ do. the support of Governmt. for 179223 1,059 222 81
1792.
April  2nd: “ do. for a Lighthouse on Baldhead24 4,000  
“  “ “ do. Mint Establishment25 7 000  
“ 13th. “ do. Wilmington Grammar-School26 2 553 64
May  2nd: “ do. for Protection of the Frontiers27 673,500  
“  8th. “ do. for sundry objects28 84,497 90
“  “ “ do. for compensation to Colo. Gibson29 1 000  
“  “ “ do. the claim of John Brown Cutting30      2 000  
10 995.698 25
Surplus of Revenue above the appropriations to
the end of the year 1792		 }
   21,762 39
Dollars  11.017.460. 64
Treasury Department Febr. 14. 1793

Alexander Hamilton

7. “An Act providing for the Expenses which may attend Negotiations or Treaties with the Indian Tribes, and the appointment of Commissioners for managing the same” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 54).

8. “An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the present year” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 95).

9. 1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 104–06.

10. 1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 128–29. This act was to “continue and be in force for the space of two years.”

11. “An Act to satisfy the claims of John McCord against the United States” (6 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America [Private Statutes] (Boston, 1856). description ends 2–3).

12. “An Act providing for holding a Treaty or Treaties to establish Peace with certain Indian tribes” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 136).

13. “An Act making provision for the (payment of the) Debt of the United States” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 138–44).

14. Provision for the revenue cutters had been made in Section 62 of “An Act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 175).

15. “An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to finish the Lighthouse on Portland Head, in the District of Maine” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 184).

16. “An Act for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen lately in the service of the United States, and of certain other persons” (6 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America [Private Statutes] (Boston, 1856). description ends 3–4 [August 11, 1790]).

17. “An Act making certain Appropriations therein mentioned” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 185–86).

18. 1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 186–87.

19. “An Act making appropriations for the support of Government during the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 190).

20. “An Act making an appropriation for the purpose therein mentioned” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 214).

21. “An Act for raising and adding another Regiment to the Military Establishment of the United States, and for making farther provision for the protection of the frontiers” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 222–24).

22. “An Act providing compensations for the officers of the Judicial Courts of the United States, and for Jurors and Witnesses, and for other purposes” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 216–17).

23. 1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 226–29.

24. “An Act for finishing the Lighthouse on Baldhead at the mouth of Cape Fear river in the State of North Carolina” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 246).

25. “An Act establishing a Mint, and regulating the Coins of the United States” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 246–51).

26. “An Act to compensate the corporation of trustees of the public grammar school and academy of Wilmington, in the state of Delaware, for the occupation of, and damages done to, the said school, during the late war” (6 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America [Private Statutes] (Boston, 1856). description ends 8).

27. “An Act for raising a farther sum of money for the protection of the frontiers, and for other purposes therein mentioned” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 259–63).

28. “An Act making certain appropriations therein specified” (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 284–85).

29. 6 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America [Private Statutes] (Boston, 1856). description ends 10.

30. 6 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America [Private Statutes] (Boston, 1856). description ends 10.

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    Statement A: [Revenue of the United States and Appropriations Charged Thereon], 14 February 1793
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    14 February 1793

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    “Statement A: [Revenue of the United States and Appropriations Charged Thereon], 14 February 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-14-02-0015-0002. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 14, February 1793 – June 1793, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969, pp. 72–73.]