Form for Warrants, [on or before 1 May 1805]
Form for Warrants
Washington [on or before 1 May 1805]
Sir,
Be pleased to advance to Dollars out of the fund appropriated by the Act of Congress of last session entitled “An Act to provide for the accommodation of the President of the United States”;1 of which fund he is appointed Agent and is to render his accounts to the Treasury.
Dft (DLC); undated; in a clerk’s hand, with revision by TJ (see note 1 below); at foot of text: “To the Secretary of the Treasury”; endorsed by TJ: “Claxton Thos. warrts. issued to him 1805. May 1. 4000. D.”
For the Act of Congress approved 3 Mch. 1805, see , 2:346, and Thomas Claxton to TJ, 1 Mch.
1. Remainder of sentence interlined by TJ in place of “for which sum he is to be charged and held accountable.”