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Enclosure I: Statement of the Domestic Salaries, Fees, and Disbursements of the Department of State, 22 October 1792

Enclosure
I
Statement of the Domestic Salaries, Fees, and Disbursements of the Department of State

Statement of the Salaries, Fees, and Emoluments, together with the actual disbursements and expenses, for One Year, ending 1 Octr. 1792, of the Department of State, in it’s Domestic branch.

Names. 1791.
1 Octr.
to 31
Decr.
1792.
1 January
to 31
March
1 April
to 30.
June
1. July
to 1
Octr.
Salary ⅌ Annum Amount received, and disbursed.
Thomas Jefferson Secy. of State 875 875 875 875 3,500 3,500
Henry Remsen Jr. Chief Clerk 200 200   800   400
George Taylor Junr. Clerk 125 125   500   250
George Taylor Junr. Chief Clerk 200 200   800   400
Jacob Blackwell Clerk 125 125 125 125   500   500
William Lambert do: 125 125 125 125   500   500
George Pfeiffer do. 122.25 125   500   247.25
Philip Freneau Clerk for foreign Languages  62.50  62.50  62.50  62.50   250   250
Sampson Crosby, Office keeper &c.  50   200    50
Sampson Crosby do.  62.50  62.50  62.50   250   187.50
Office rent  46.67  46.67  46.67  46.67   186.67   186.67
Disbursements & Expenses 543. 7 177.41 232.20 411.94 1 364.62
7,836. 4
Fees, received from individuals, agreeably to an act entitled “An Act to provide for the safekeeping of the Acts,” &c. approved 15. Sep. 1789, and from time to time accounted for in the contingent account of the Department of State. }   3.65   4.17
  Balance recd. from the Treasury
    7.82
7,828.22
Fees, received from individuals agreeably to an Act entitled “An Act to promote the progress of useful Arts,” approved 10. April 1790, which have been granted by the Board to the Chief Clerk of the Department of State, in consideration of the extra duty his attendance on them necessarily imposed on him. Averaged at 4½ dollars each patent   4.50  22.50   9.   4.50    40.50

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