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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

American State Papers --TABLE OF CONTENTS. FINANCE VOL. I.

American State Papers [Finance: Volume 1] : Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS. FINANCE VOL. I.

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MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT.
• No.
• ... Page.
• 23 Communicating a remonstrance of Virginia against the assumption by the United States of debts of individual States, ... 90
• 29 Communicating the arrangement he had made in relation to the subdivision of districts into surveys of inspection, for the collection of duties on foreign and domestic spirits, and the appointment and compensation of officers, ... 110
• 39 On the same subject, ... 171
• 45 On the same subject, ... 191
• 71 Communicating a report of the Director of the Mint, ... 317
• 78 Communicating a report from the Secretary of State in relation to a loan of a million of dollars for foreign intercourse, ... 350
• 140 Communicating a report of the Director of the Mint, of the operations of that institution in the year 1798, ... 602
• 144 Same, for the year 1799, ... 615
• 156 Same, for the year 1800, ... 688
• 161 Communicating a letter from the Director of the Mint, respecting difficulties in the assays of foreign coins, and respecting the removal of the mint to Washington, ... 697
• 172 Communicating a report of the Director of the Mint, of the operations of that institution in the year 1801, ... 731

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
• 10 In relation to a copper coinage, ... 44
• 42 Respecting the assay of certain foreign coins, ... 184
• 56 Respecting an impediment in the coinage, arising from inability of certain officers to give official bonds, ... 270
• 78 In relation to a loan of a million of dollars for purposes of foreign intercourse, ... 350
• 84 Communicating reports of Directors of the Mint, exhibiting the condition of the establishment, and suggesting alterations in the acts for its establishment and regulation, ... 356
• 103 Communicating a report of the Director of the Mint, suggesting further alterations, and containing an account of coinage, &c. ... 473

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
• 6 Plan for the support of public credit, (funding system,) ... 15
• 17 Further plan for support of public credit, (additional duties,) ... 64
• 18 Same, same, (national bank,) ... 67
• 74 Same, same, (redemption of the debt,) ... 320
• 7 Report on petition of Christopher Sadler for remission of forfeiture, ... 37
• 8 Additional estimates of appropriations for 1790, ... 38
• 9 Plan for obtaining funds to pay the interest on the debts of the individual States, ... 39
• 11 In relation to the operation of the act laying duties on imports, and suggesting a plan for the collection of duties, ... 45
• 12 An abstract of duties on tonnage from September 1 to December 31, 1789, ... 52
• 13 Statements of the amount of money paid to and received from the several States, ... 52
• 15 Explanations of certain estimates of appropriation in 1790, ... 63
• 16 Respecting the renewal of lost loan office certificates, ... 64
• 21 Estimates of appropriations for 1791, ... 82
• 22 Abstracts of duties received from August 1st, 1789, to 30th September, 1790, ... 89
• 24 On the establishment of a mint, and the value and coinage of money, ... 91
• 25 On the subject of the trade in teas, ... 107
• 28 Respecting the terms of the loan of three millions of florins obtained in Holland, ... 109
• 31 On the encouragement and protection of manufactures, ... 123
• 32 On the receipts and expenditures of the years 1791 and 1792, ... 144
• 33 Of the amount subscribed to the debt under the funding system of 1790, and with respect to further provisions necessary on the subject, ... 146
• 35 Respecting difficulties in the execution of the act laying duties on spirits, and on measures proper to be adopted in favor of domestic spirits, ... 151
• 36 On the mode of raising additional revenues for the service of the year 1793, ... 158
• 37 On the subject of duties on shipwrecked merchandise, ... 162
• 40 Plan for the redemption of so much of the public debt as the United States have reserved the right to redeem; and a plan for the reimbursement of the loan from the Bank of the United States, under the 11th section of the act incorporating the bank, ... 176
• 41 An account of the several loans negotiated by the United States, with all the particulars thereof, ... 180
• 43 Same subject, ... 185
• 44 The accounts between the United States and the Bank of the United States to January 5, 1793, and showing the disposition made of the surplus revenue, ... 186
• 46 Containing all the particulars in relation to loans negotiated under the acts of 4th and 12th August, 1790; in relation to the payment of the debts due to France and Spain; the transactions between the treasury and the Bank of the United States; the payments into the sinking fund; the surplus revenues at the end of the year 1792, and where deposited; and unapplied parts of loans, and where deposited, ... 191
• 47 On the same subject, ... 200
• 49 On the same subject, ... 202
• 50 On the same subject, ... 218
• 52 On the same subject, ... 223
• 69 On the same subject, ... 301

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• 54 Information as to the general state of the revenue on stills and on domestic spirits, ... 249
• 58 Same subject, ... 271
• 59 Showing the balance in the treasury April 1, 1794, and containing information respecting domestic loans, ... 272
• 61 Respecting statements which had been called for of the exports, imports, and tonnage of the United States, ... 274
• 62 Respecting the amount of money necessary to be borrowed for the service of the year 1794, ... 275
• 66 Information respecting the loan of two millions of dollars from the Bank of the United States to the United States, ... 278
• 76 Recommending a change from ad valorem to specific duties, where it can be done; together with other alterations in the revenue laws, ... 348
• 85 Estimates of appropriations for 1796, ... 359
• 87 A statement ot the debts of the United States, with a view of the means, and the sums which will be annually requisite for their discharge, ... 371
• 93 Detailed statements respecting internal duties, compensations of officers, &c. for years 1794 and 1795, ... 386
• 94 Submitting propositions and calculations in relation to sums necessary to redeem the public debt in a given period, ... 404
• 99 Showing the necessity of increasing the revenue by additional duties, or resorting to loans, to meet the appropriations for the year 1796, ... 413
• 100 Report containing a plan for laying and collecting direct taxes, ... 414
• 102 Statement of drawbacks paid in 1793, '4, '5, compared with duties, &c. ... 471
• 106 Report of the amount of the public debt at various periods; the amount paid at different times; and various other information in relation to the public debt, ... 481
• 109 Recommending additional duties on salt, brown sugar, teas, and white cottons, ... 493
• 121 Respecting the supply of the mint with uncurrent foreign coins for re-coinage, ... 506
• 122 A plan for combining into one act the various acts providing for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage, ... 506
• 123 Statements exhibiting general views of the appropriations for the military and naval establishments prior to January, 1797, and of the expenditures on account of these establishments, ... 507
• 124 Statements of drawbacks paid in 1794, '5, '6, compared with duties, &c. ... 551
• 129 A report upon the subject of internal duties, and statements of their amount and expense of collection, with a list of officers and their compensation, ... 557
• 132 On the subject of increasing the compensations of officers of internal revenues, ... 576
• 133 Statements of the receipts and expenditures of the years 1797 and 1798, ... 580
• 135 On the mode of apportioning direct tax among the States, as also upon individuals, ... 588
• 137 Statements of internal duties in 1797, and expense of collection, &c. ... 592
• 139 In relation to alterations and amendments necessary in the act to provide for the valuation of lands, houses, and slaves, (direct tax law,) ... 602
• 141 Statements relative to the cost and operations of the mint establishment, ... 603
• 142 On memorials respecting inequalities in the duties levied at different ports on the India trade, ... 612
• 145 Statements of internal duties in the year 1798, with the expense of collection, &c. ... 616
• 146 Statements of drawbacks paid in 1795, '6, '7, compared with duties, &c. ... 623
• 147 Statements of the revenues of the year 1800, and of the appropriations necessary for the same year; also, of the receipts and expenditures of the last quarter of 1799; an account of loans from the Bank of the United States, with the balance due; and information respecting the appropriations for the military and naval establishments, ... 626
• 149 Statements of the duty on salt from 1793 to 1798, with the allowances to fishing vessels, and bounties on salted fish and provisions exported, ... 633
• 150 Statements furnished by the comptroller of the expenses and profits of the mint establishment, ... 635
• 151 In relation to the best mode of raising a revenue sufficient to pay the interest and redeem the principal of a loan of three millions of dollars, ... 646
• 152 Statements showing the amount of public debt incurred and extinguished since the establishment of the present form of Government, ... 660
• 154 Statements of internal revenues in the year 1799, with the expense of collection, ... 681
• 159 Statements of drawbacks paid in 1797, '8, '9, compared with duties, &c. ... 695
• 165 On the state of the finances 1801 and 1802, ... 701
• 166 Statements of internal revenues for the year 1800, with the expense of collection, ... 718
• 167 Statements of drawbacks paid in 1798, 1799, and 1800, compared with duties, &c. ... 727
• 180 Statements furnished by the Comptroller of the Treasury of the expenses and profits of the mint establishment, ... 736
• 182 Communicating letters from the Director of the Mint in relation to a proposition to abolish the mint establishment, ... 744
• 184 On the state and amount of the public debt, and the provisions requisite for effecting its ultimate extinguishment, ... 746
• 185 On a memorial for remission of a forfeiture, ... 751
• 186 Respecting the faithful application of public money to objects for which appropriated, and as to further measures necessary to promote economy, enforce adherence to legislative restrictions, and to secure the accountability of public agents, ... 755

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
• 5 An estimate of the expenses of Government for the year 1789, and of the revenue to meet the same, ... 11
• 14 On petition of J. F. Amelung, for encouragement of manufacture of glass, ... 62
• 27 Respecting the payment of the debt due foreign officers, ... 109
• 34 On petitions to encourage the manufacture of leather, ... 151
• 48 On memorials of manufacturers of cordage, lines, twine, &c. for protection and encouragement, ... 202
• 51 On memorials to reduce duty on printing paper, ... 223
• 57 Respecting the excess of the estimates of the year 1794, over the appropriations of preceding years, ... 271
• 62 Respecting the amount of money necessary to be borrowed for the service of the year 1794, ... 274
• 63 On the propriety of remitting the duty on imported bar iron, to encourage manufactures, ... 275
• 64 On the propriety of increasing tariff of duties to encourage manufactures, ... 276
• 65 On what further revenues are necessary for the public service, and the means of obtaining the same, ... 276
• 67 On the amount of revenue derived from stills and domestic spirits, and the expense of collecting the same, ... 279
• 68 On the state of the Treasury Department generally; the manner of collecting the revenue; of disbursing the same; the duties of the respective officers; the manner of keeping the accounts, whether the domestic receipts have fallen short or exceeded the domestic expenditures; whether the sinking fund, when established, consisted of cash or bonds; and what proceedings have been had under the laws of 4th and 12th August, 1790, authorizing loans, including all the minutia of such proceedings, ... 281
• 72 A plan for the redemption of the public debt, ... 317
• 73 On a memorial for remission of duty on goods destroyed by fire, ... 319
• 74 On memorials for remission of duties on goods destroyed by fire, ... 320
• 76 On the progress made in the settlement of the accounts of the old Congress, and what measures are necessary to effect the settlement of these accounts, ... 347
• 79 On memorials for drawback of duties on imported hemp, when exported in the form of cordage, ... 351

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• 80 On the subject of a loan of a million of dollars for foreign intercourse, ... 352
• 81 On the state of the mint, and what further measures are necessary to render it more beneficial, ... 352
• 82 On a memorial for a repeal of duty on printing types, ... 355
• 83 In relation to the number of officers employed in collecting duties on stills and domestic spirits; and the amount of revenue from stills and spirits, ... 355
• 88 On memorials for remission of duties on goods destroyed by fire and other casualties, ... 383
• 89 Relative to the times of redemption of the public debt, and the amount to be redeemed at each, ... 384
• 90 On memorials for remission of duties on goods destroyed or injured by casualties, &c. ... 384
• 91 On the subject of the internal duties, and what further provisions are necessary for more effectually collecting in the same, ... 385
• 92 On memorial for refunding of duty twice paid, ... 385
• 95 Upon the subject of the receipts and expenditures of the Government, the existing and approaching exigencies, and the means of providing for the same, ... 409
• 96 On memorials for remission of duties on account of casualties or misfortunes, as also for the remission of penalties, ... 410
• 97 On the subject of the postponement of the redemption of the debt due to the Bank of the United States, ... 412
• 104 Respecting balances due from certain States to the United States, ... 479
• 105 On memorials for remission of forfeitures; payment of bounty on fishing voyages, &c. ... 480
• 107 Recommending the laying a direct tax, and modifying the act laying duties on stills and domestic spirits, ... 492
• 108 In relation to further encouragement and protection of manufactures, ... 492
• 109 Recommending additional duties on brown sugar, Bohea tea, and white cotton goods, ... 493
• 110 Recommending reduction of duty on cocoa, to encourage manufacture of chocolate, ... 494
• 111 In relation to the concerns of the mint, and recommending the purchase of bullion or foreign coins, and that the coinage be placed in the treasury, ... 494
• 112 On memorials for allowance of drawback, remission of duties, and protection to manufacturers of soap, candles, cordage and calico, ... 495
• 113 On memorial for allowance of drawback, ... 496
• 114 Recommending that statements of drawbacks be reported to Congress annually, ... 497
• 115 On memorial for remission of duty to persons who took refuge in the United States, ... 497
• 117 Recommending that foreign coins continue current for an additional period of two years, ... 503
• 119 On memorials for allowance of drawback, and remission of duties, ... 505
• 120 On memorial for remission of duty on goods imported the second time, ... 506
• 125 On memorial for increase of duty on foreign coal, ... 553
• 126 On memorial for allowing a bounty on fishing voyage, ... 553
• 127 Respecting the propriety of dispensing with the annual entry of stills, ... 554
• 128 Respecting certain alterations in the act laying duties on stamps, ... 554
• 130 On memorial for allowance of drawback, ... 576
• 131 On memorial of distillers for additional duty on foreign spirits, ... 576
• 133 Recommending the laying an annual direct tax of two millions, and containing views of the receipts and expenditures of the Government, ... 579
• 134 On a memorial for loss sustained in converting bullion into coin, ... 588
• 136 Whether any alterations are necessary in the acts establishing the executive departments, so far as relates to the manner of disbursing moneys and settling accounts. ... 590
• 139 On alterations and amendments necessary to the complete execution of the act to provide for laying a direct tax, ... 601
• 147 On the revenues and appropriations for the year 1800, and recommending a loan of three millions of dollars ... 626
• 148 Recommending the abolition of the mint establishment, and the procuring of coins by contract, ... 632
• 151 On the measures proper to be adopted to raise funds sufficient to pay the interest and redeem the principal of the loan of three millions of dollars, recommended in report No. 147, ... 642
• 152 In relation to the public debt, and to the amount incurred and extinguished, and, generally, such facts as relate to the increase or diminution of the debt since the establishment of the present form of Government, ... 657
• 155 On the expediency of repealing the act for the valuation of lands, houses and slaves, ... 688
• 157 Into the state of the Treasury Department; into the mode of conducting the business thereof; into the expenditure of public money, and containing such facts and statements as conduce to a full understanding of the transactions of the treasury during the administration thereof by Mr. Wolcott, ... 690
• 158 On memorials for encouragement of manufactures, ... 694
• 160 Upon the subject of releasing the debtor States from the balances reported against them by the commissioners appointed to settle the accounts between the United States and the several States, ... 697
• 163 On the same subject, ... 698
• 162 On memorials for remission of duty on teas destroyed by fire, ... 698
• 168 On a memorial to refund duties, ... 729
• 169 On a memorial for additional duties on foreign coal, ... 729
• 170 On memorials for additional duties to protect manufactures, ... 730
• 171 On a memorial for a remission of a forfeiture, ... 730
• 173 On a memorial for protecting duties on hemp, cordage, and sail duck, ... 732
• 174 On the subject of the allowance of drawback on exportations to New Orleans, ... 733
• 175 On the extinguishment of the balances due from certain States to the United States, ... 734
• 178 On the same subject, ... 735
• 176 On memorials from umbrella makers and paper makers, ... 734
• 177 On the propriety of repealing the laws laying internal duties, ... 734
• 179 On memorial for remission of duty on goods injured by fire, ... 736
• 183 On the propriety of remitting duties on stills destroyed by fire or rendered useless by casualty, ... 746
• 184 On the state and amount of the public debt, and the provisions requisite for effecting its ultimate redemption, ... 746
• 186 On the faithful application of moneys to the objects for which they were appropriated, and whether moneys have been regularly accounted for, and whether any further arrangements are necessary to promote economy, enforce adherence to legislative restrictions, and secure the accountability of persons entrusted with public money, ... 752

REPORTS OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND.
• 20 Of their proceedings in the year 1790, ... 81
• 30 Same, in the year 1791, ... 111
• 38 Same, in the year 1792, ... 162
• 53 Journal of proceedings from August 20, 1790, to February 5, 1793, ... 234
• 55 Of their proceedings in the year 1793, ... 252
• 70 Same, in the year 1794, ... 302
• 86 Same, in the year 1795, ... 366
• 101 Same, in the year 1796, ... 465
• 116 Same, in the year 1797, ... 497
• 138 Same, in the year 1798, ... 599
• 143 Same, in the year 1799, ... 613
• 153 Same, in the year 1800, ... 678
• 164 Same, in the year 1801, ... 699

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MEMORIALS.
• 1 Of mechanics, tradesmen, merchants, &c. of Baltimore, for encouragement to manufactures, ... 5
• 2 Of mechanics and manufacturers in New York, for encouragement of manufactures, ... 9
• 3 Of ship builders in Philadelphia, for encouragement, ... 9
• 4 Of tradesmen and manufacturers of Boston, for encouragement of ship building and manufactures, ... 10
• 19 Of public creditors, against the funding system, ... 76
• 26 Of captains of American ships lying at Charleston, South Carolina, for additional duties on foreign tonnage, ... 108
• 181 Of citizens of New Jersey for protection and encouragement in the manufacture of iron and nails, ... 743

MISCELLANEOUS.
• 23 Remonstrance of Virginia against assumption of debts of individual States, ... 90
• 60 Letter from Director of the Mint respecting the expense of copper coinage, ... 273
• 71 Letter from Director of the Mint, giving an account of its operations, ... 317
• 97 Communication from Bank of United States, respecting the payment of loans made to the Government, ... 412
• 98 Same subject, ... 412
• 118 Report of Director of the Mint respecting bullion and uncurrent coin received for coinage, ... 503
• 140 Report of Director of the Mint of the operations of the institution in the year 1798, ... 602
• 144 Same, for the year 1799, ... 615
• 156 Same, for the year 1800, ... 688
• 161 Letter from Director of the Mint respecting difficulties in the assay of foreign coins, and respecting the removal of the mint to Washington, ... 697
• 172 Report of the Director of the Mint of the operations of the institution in the year 1801, ... 731
• 182 Letters from the Director of the Mint in relation to a proposition to abolish the establishment, ... 744

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