To James Madison from John Barber, 30 January 1807 (Abstract)
From John Barber, 30 January 1807 (Abstract)
§ From John Barber. 30 January 1807, Albany. “Please to pay Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Esq. or order, the amount due me for publishing all the laws passed at the last session of congress,1 and this order shall be a voucher for the payment.”
RC (DNA: RG 217, First Auditor’s Accounts, No. 19,042). 1 p.
1. Filed with this letter is Barber’s account, written and certified by Pleasonton on 10 February 1807 (1 p.): “To publishing in his Gazette at Albany the laws of the First Session of the Ninth Congress, being 163 pages @ 50 cents. Dollars 81.50.” Appended to Barber’s account is a note in Pleasonton’s hand: “Mr Vanransalear will call in a few days at the Treasury for the money.”