1. GW enclosed Thomas Jefferson’s letter to him of 7 Feb. 1792 with the account of expenses claimed by John Brown Cutting for his assistance to American seamen impressed into British service. In the absence of complete supporting documentation, Congress made no provision to compensate fully Cutting’s claims. On 7 May 1792 the House of Representatives did pass a bill by a vote of 23–22 authorizing a payment of $2,000. The Senate concurred, and GW signed “An Act concerning the Claim of John Brown Cutting against the United States” on 8 May (Annals of Congress description begins Joseph Gales, Sr., comp. The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States; with an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature. 42 vols. Washington, D.C., 1834–56. description ends , 2d Cong., 1st sess., 83–84, 137–38, 396–97, 598; 6 Stat. description begins Richard Peters, ed. The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845 . . .. 8 vols. Boston, 1845-67. description ends 10). Jefferson instructed Thomas Pinckney on 11 June 1792 to assist Cutting in compiling documentation for the balance of his claim (Jefferson Papers description begins Julian P. Boyd et al., eds. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. 41 vols. to date. Princeton, N.J., 1950–. description ends , 24:59–64). Cutting later unsuccessfully pressed his claim with Secretary of State Timothy Pickering (see Cutting, Facts and Observations, Justifying the Claims of John Browne Cutting, Citizen of the United States, against the United States; in a Letter Addressed to the Secretary of State [Philadelphia, 1795]).