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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
American State Papers --INDEX TO FINANCE. VOLUME I.
Estimated statement of debts due by the States, ... 28
Statements of moneys paid to, and received from, the States in the Revolutionary war, ... 52
Report, committee, States indebted to United States to be called upon for payment, ... 479
Reports, committee, on propriety of exonerating debtor States from payment of balances, ... 697, 698, 734, 735
[Note.--The report of the commissioners appointed to settle the accounts between the United States and the individual States was laid before Congress, December 5, 1793, and was, by mistake, placed in the class "Miscellaneous" of this compilation, for which see No. 37 of that class. It is also spread at large on the Senate Journal, Vol. 2, page 8.]
Report committee, manner of keeping the accounts of the several Executive Departments, and the accountability of disbursing agents, ... 590
Report committee, on the affairs of the Treasury, and as to the faithful administration thereof by Mr. Wolcott, late Secretary, ... 690
Report committee, respecting the manner of keeping the accounts of the several Executive Departments, and in relation to expenditures of money without authority of law, and on retrenchment of expenses, &c. ... 752
Report committee, further provision for adjusting accounts arising under the old Congress, ... 347
Amount paid for purchase of arms and stores, to end of year 1799, ... 661
Committee recommends additional duties on, ... 276
Committee recommends continuance of duties till 1801, and to apply proceeds to public debt, ... 317
Secretary Treasury recommends continuance till 1800; apply proceeds to loan, ... 328
Additional allowance proposed to be made to auctioneer, ... 349
Report committee, recommending abolition of duties on, ... 734
Amount of duties received in 1795, on, ... 392
Same in 1796, ... 563
Same in 1797, ... 593
Same in 1799, ... 684
Military establishment, from 1797 to 1801, ... 765, 782
Naval establishment, from 1790 to 1797, ... 546
Secretary Treasury recommends the establishment of a National; his plan, &c. ... 67
Inexpediency of selling stock of United States in the Bank of the United States, ... 158
Account of United States with Bank U. States, ... 186
Half-monthly statements of accounts between United States and Bank United States, ... 191
Observations of Secretary Treasury on charges of favoritism to Bank United States, ... 223
Report Secretary Treasury, respecting mode of deposites in bank, its responsibility, &c. ... 274
Report Secretary Treasury, on means of paying loan from Bank United States, ... 176
Amount and terms of loans from bank to U. States, ... 185
Report Secretary Treasury, respecting loan of $2,000,000 from Bank United States, ... 278
Secretary Treasury proposes to commute temporary debt due from United States to the bank into funded debt, ... 371
Committee recommends loan of $5,000,000 to discharge debt due to, ... 409, 410
Bank declines further to continue the loans to the United States, ... 412
Bank remonstrates against receiving U. States stock in payment of loans made to United States, ... 412
A portion of stock of United States in the bank, sold, and proceeds applied to the payment of debt due to the bank, ... 467
Statement of loans made by the bank to the U. States, up to January, 1796, ... 587
Same, to January, 1800, ... 630
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Report committee, against additional duties on, ... 694
Additional duties on, recommended, ... 730
Committee recommends duty on pleasure carriages, ... 276
Committee recommends continuance of duty till 1801, and to apply proceeds to public debt, ... 217
Secretary Treasury recommends continuance of duty till 1800; apply proceeds to a loan, ... 328
Secretary Treasury recommends certain alterations in act laying duties on, ... 348
Committee recommends increase of duty on, ... 410
Committee recommends abolition of duty on, ... 734
Amount of duty received in 1795, on, ... 395
Same, in 1796, ... 565
Same, in 1797, ... 595
Same, in 1798, ... 620
Same, in 1799, ... 685
Report Secretary Treasury, on the importance of the, ... 107
Report Secretary Treasury, on the mode of computing duties on the, ... 612
Reduce duty on cocoa, to encourage manufacture of, ... 494
Report respecting penalty for not returning in due time licenses for the, ... 480
Reduction of duties recommended, (to encourage manufacture chocolate, ... 494
Amount of duties and drawbacks on, from 1793 to 1798, ... 656
Report Secretary Treasury, (Hamilton) on the value, and on the coinage of gold and silver, ... 91
Report of assay of foreign, ... 184
Letter, Director of the Mint, respecting obstruction in assays of foreign, ... 697
Report, Director of Mint, respecting expense of copper coinage, ... 273
Report, Director of Mint, of amount of cents coined, and state of coinage of gold and silver, ... 317
Report committee, respecting amount of alloy in silver coins, and weight and distribution of copper coins, ... 354
Report, Director of Mint, respecting alloy of gold coins, ... 358
Foreign coins to continue to pass current for two years, &c. ... 503
Report of deficiency in value of Spanish doubloons, ... 688
Amount of coins made at the Mint, up to December, 1795, ... 357
Amount of coins made at the Mint, up to December, 1796, ... 473
Amount of coinage in 1797, ... 505
Whole amount of coins made at the Mint, to close of 1798, ... 602
Amount of coinage in 1799, ... 615
Same, in 1800, ... 688
Same, in 1801, ... 731
Whole amount of copper coinage, to close of 1801, ... 731
Total amount of coins struck at the Mint, to close of 1801, ... 743
Proposition of Robert Scot, to coin cents, ... 744
Proposition of --, to furnish the United States with a supply of gold, silver, and copper, ... 745
Same, Same, ... 348
Of officers of Internal Revenue--
Report of amount of, ... 171, 191
Secretary Treasury recommends alterations and additions, ... 348
Report committee, respecting, ... 355
Collectors to be allowed mileage, ... 385
Amount of, 1795, ... 396
Act of the President fixing, ... 400
Amount of, 1796, ... 568
Report Secretary Treasury, upon the subject of the, ... 576
Amount of, 1797, ... 598
Amount of, 1798, ... 617
Amount of, 1799, ... 682
Amount of, 1800, ... 719
Amount paid to, and received from, in the Revolution, ... 53
Abstract of the system of taxation in, ... 423
List of taxable property in, ... 454
Reports committees, respecting an allowance of drawback on, ... 351, 496
Report committee, on memorial for additional duty on foreign, ... 694
Report committee, encourage manufacture of, by additional duty on foreign, ... 730
Further increase recommended on white, ... 493
Further report, Secretary Treasury, of plan for support of, ... 64
Compensation of same, ... 348
Appointment of Deputy Naval officers recommended, ... 47
Secretary Treasury recommends repeal of act prohibiting officers of Customs trading in public funds, ... 350
Report Secretary Treasury, (Hamilton) of plan for support of public credit, and making provision for public debt, (Funding System) ... 15
Further report Secretary of Treasury, of measures for public debt, ... 64
Secretary Treasury recommends the purchase of the debt with surplus revenue, ... 63
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Remonstrance of Virginia against Funding System, and against assumption of State debts, ... 91
Public fund debt, constitutes a portion of the active capital of the country, ... 131
Report Secretary Treasury, further plan for redemption of, (1792) ... 176
Report Secretary Treasury, plan making further provision for redemption--increase Sinking Fund--convert foreign into domestic debt, (1795) ... 320
Report committee, of plan for redemption of, (continuance of certain internal duties) ... 317
Statement showing the periods and amount at which the debt will be redeemed according to law, ... 383
Report committee, as to amount to be redeemed annually, and period of final redemption, ... 384
Report Secretary Treasury, with calculations as to sums necessary to discharge a certificate of $100, and as to the true meaning of the contract with creditors in relation to interest, ... 404
Report Secretary Treasury, on the state and amount of the debt in July, 1796, ... 414
Report Secretary Treasury, containing full view of the debt, from the commencement of the Government, to 1796, ... 481
Report Secretary Treasury, on the state of the debt, January, 1800, ... 627
Report committee, on necessity of providing permanent revenues for payment of principle and interest, ... 642
Report Secretary Treasury, on the state of the debt, December, 1801, ... 704
Report Secretary Treasury, (Gallatin) new plan for redemption of, specific sum set apart annually for, ... 746
Statement of the foreign debt on 1st January, 1790, ... 26
Report committee, on bill for final extinguishment of foreign debt, ... 109
Report Secretary Treasury, of terms of loan of 3,000,000 florins, obtained in Holland, and how amount was applied, ... 109
Observations of Secretary Treasury on the character of the debt due foreign officers, ... 148
Reports Secretary Treasury, of all foreign loans made by the United States, the terms, the application of the money, &c. (1793, 1794,) ... 180, 186, 191, 200, 202, 215, 223, 301
Report committee, as to proceedings of the Treasury, relative to foreign loans, ... 289
Report Secretary Treasury, to whom foreign debt was paid, and mode of payment, ... 210, 248
Secretary Treasury proposes to appoint an agent to negotiate respecting loans in Holland, ... 382
Report committee, as to whether debt due to France has been finally paid, and how paid, ... 289, 296
Statements relative to debt due to France, ... 340
Due to France extinguished, ... 360
Statement showing final liquidation of debt due to France, ... 380
Statement of French debt in 1789, and its ultimate extinguishment, ... 671
Statement of interest due in 1794, on loans in Amsterdam and Antwerp, ... 342
Statement of amount due 1st January, 1795, on loans in Amsterdam and Antwerp, ... 342
Amount of foreign debt payable from 1796 to 1801, ... 410
Statement of foreign debt due January 1, 1790, ... 482
Statement of foreign debt due January 1, 1791, ... 483
Statement of foreign debt due January 1, 1796, ... 490
Statement of Spanish debt in 1789, and its ultimate extinguishment, ... 672
Statement of sums annually payable in Holland from 1801 to 1809, ... 716
Statement of domestic liquidated debt on 3d March, 1789, ... 27
Interest due on domestic debt to January 1, 1791, ... 27
Statement of estimated amount of debt due by individual States, (see States) ... 28
Amount subscribed and unsubscribed, under acts making provision for funding the debt, ... 146
Report Secretary Treasury, of domestic loans, terms, application, &c. ... 185
Whole amount of debt purchased up to January, 1793, ... 190
Statements of the reduction of the debt, ... 210, 248
Total amount redeemed to 1st August, 1793, ... 253
Report committee, of whole amount of debt January 1, 1794, with rates of interest, &c. ... 299
Amount and description of the debt on 1st January, 1795, ... 325, 339
Statement of interest payable on domestic debt, according to plan of redemption of 1795, ... 344
View of the operation of the Sinking Fund, according to that plan, ... 344
Total amount redeemed to November, 1794, ... 302
Same to May, 1795, ... 367
Report Secretary Treasury, exhibiting the whole amount of the different descriptions in January, 1796, and manner and time of paying, and containing a proposition to commute temporary debt due to Bank United States into funded debt, ... 371
Bank United States asks for payment of debt due from United States, ... 412
Bank United States remonstrates against receiving stock on payment of debt from United States, ... 412
Committee recommends loan of $5,000,000 to discharge debt due to Bank United States, ... 409, 410
Report Secretary Treasury, in relation to mode of paying interest, ... 381
Secretary Treasury proposes to pay balances due creditor States, ... 382
Amount of loans payable from 1796 to 1801, ... 410
Statement of the debt on 1st January, 1790, ... 482
Same on 1st January, 1791, ... 483
Same on 1st January, 1796, ... 490
Statement of debts of account contracted by old Congress, and paid to January, 1796, ... 485
Report committee, as to amount incurred and extinguished from 1789 to 1800, &c. ... 657
Statements relative to the debt at sundry periods prior to, and on 1st January, 1800, ... 674
Amount contracted and discharged in 1798 and 1799, ... 678
Statement of the debt on 1st January, 1802, ... 716
Statement of amount which may be discharged from 1802 to 1809, by the payment of $7,300,000 annually, ... 717
Observations of Secretary Treasury, respecting impropriety of taxing or confiscating United States' stock held by individuals, ... 334
Report of commissioners of Sinking Fund of redemption of in 1790, ... 81
Same in 1791, ... 111
Same in 1792, ... 162
Same in 1794, ... 302
Same in 1795, ... 366
Same in 1796, ... 465
Same in 1797, ... 497
Same in 1798, ... 599
Same in 1799, ... 613
Same in 1800, ... 678
Same in 1801, ... 699
Amount paid into Treasury to 31st Dec. 1795, ... 486
Same in 1796, ... 502
Same in 1797, ... 601
Same in 1798, ... 615
Same in 1799, ... 681
Same in 1800, ... 701
Same from 1797 to 1801, ... 765, 782
(Naval establishment) list of, to 1797, ... 546
An account of the system of taxation of the State of, ... 429
Amount of revolutionary debt owing by, ... 697
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Secretary Treasury directed to report plan for raising $2,000,000, ... 409
Report Secretary Treasury of plan for laying and collecting, ... 414
Report committee, in favor of laying, ... 492
Report committee, for raising $2,000,000, ... 579
Plan of Secretary Treasury, for raising, ... 588
Report committee, additional pay to assessors, enumeration of windows, &c. to be dispensed with, ... 601
Report committee on the act laying, ... 688
Amount received in 1800, on account of, ... 727
See Coins--Mint.
Statement of amounts for the years 1793, 1794, 1795, ... 471
Contrasted with duties for three years, statements to be reported to Congress annually, ... 497
Statement of amount for years 1794, 1795, 1796, ... 551
Same for years 1795, 1796, 1797, ... 623
Same for years 1796, 1797, 1798, ... 625
Same for years 1797, 1798, 1799, ... 695
Same for years 1798, 1799, 1800, ... 727
On wines, sugar, coffee, &c. from 1793 to 1798, amount of, ... 655, 656
Amount of, annually, from 1790 to 1799, ... 712
Report committee, respecting propriety of laying tax on, ... 642
An additional per cent. on amount to be returned, ... 646
New rates proposed by Secretary Treasury, April, 1800, ... 651
List of articles upon which Secretary proposes to allow no drawback, ... 655
Number of certificates of debenture issued at New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, in 1796, ... 566, 557
Report committee, respecting allowance of drawback on exportations to New Orleans between June, 1799, and April, 1800, ... 733
On hemp, on the exportation of cordage--report committee, recommending allowance of, ... 202
On hemp, on the exportation of cordage--reports committee against allowance of, ... 351, 496
On soap and candles and printed calico--report committee against allowance of, ... 496
In the case of Israel Loring; oath not taken in time, ... 384
In the case of Samuel Brown; fishing voyage, ... 410
In the case of Flamend and Le Guen; unavoidable delay, ... 495
In the case of John Brown; proof of delivery not produced in time, ... 496
In the case of Peter Aupoix; oath omitted, ... 505
In the case of Sylvanus Crowell; fishing voyage, ... 553
In the case of Gazzam & Co.; re-shipment on voyage, ... 576
Withheld by reason of informalities.--Reports against allowance of, viz:
In the case of David Pearce and others; fishing voyage, ... 410
In the case of Philip Finney; fishing voyage, ... 410
In the cases of David Scudder and E. Scudder; fishing voyages, ... 480
Memorial from Boston, same object, ... 10
Memorial of captains of American ships, for additional duty on foreign tonnage, ... 108
Report committee, recommending additional, ... 276
Ambiguity of act laying, ... 46
Abstract of, from September, 1789 to December 31, 1789, ... 52
Remitted on two small vessels that took refuge within United States, ... 497
On wines, spirits, teas, and coffee, increase recommended, ... 22, 23
On sugar, molasses, pepper, and other spices, and salt; increase recommended, ... 43
On spirits; increase again recommended, ... 64
On Bohea tea, imported from Europe; further duties recommended, ... 107
On wines and teas, additional credit for, recommended, ... 66, 107
On spirits; arrangement of districts for collection of, ... 110, 191
On spirits; report Secretary Treasury on difficulties in executing acts laying, ... 151
On saddles and shoes, increase recommended, (to encourage manufactures of leather) ... 151
On lines; increase recommended, ... 202
On types; report against increase of, ... 355
On rags; repeal recommended, (to encourage manufacture of paper) ... 223, 730
On brown sugar, Bohea tea, and white cottons; further increase recommended; ... 493
On cocoa; reduction recommended, (to encourage manufacture of chocolate) ... 494
On spirits; report against further increase, (to protect home manufacture) ... 576
On coal; reports against increase of, (to protect home supply) ... 553, 729
On wine, brown sugar, and coffee; further increase recommended by committee, ... 642
On wine, brown sugar, and coffee, amount of, from 1793 to 1798, ... 655, 656
On hemp and sail cloth; report committee, adverse to additional, ... 732
On paper, umbrellas, hair powder, and starch; additional recommended, (to protect manufactures) ... 734
On bar iron, occasional exemption from, recommended, (to encourage manufactures) ... 275
Recommendation not to increase, in making further provision for public debt, ... 66
New tariff of, recommended by Secretary Treasury, ... 158
Recommendation of committee to increase duties, generally, to supply deficiency in revenue of 1794, ... 276
Modification of tariff recommended by Secretary Treasury; convert ad valorem into specific; alter terms of credit, &c. ... 348
Recommendation of committee to increase those at 10 per cent. ad val. to 12½ per cent. ad val. ... 642
New tariff of, proposed by Secretary Treasury, April, 1800, ... 651
Proposition to abolish discount of 10 per cent. on importations in American, and add 10 per cent. on importations in foreign vessels, ... 43
Report committee, against increase for purpose of encouraging manufactures, ... 492, 694
Report committee, recommending increase on various articles, and to exempt others, for purpose of protecting home manufactures, ... 730
Abstract of articles charged with specific, ... 647
Abstract of articles charged with ad valorem, ... 648
Secretary Treasury recommends that they be changed from ad valorem to specific, ... 702
Table of duties on imports, (Dec. 1801,) ... 705
Observations of Secretary Treasury, on kinds of funds receivable in payment of, ... 49
Report Secretary Treasury, on operation of the act laying, ... 45
Report Secretary Treasury, of new plan for collection of duties on imports, ... 506
Report Secretary Treasury, on manner of computing in the India trade, ... 612
Estimated amount in 1789, ... 13
Net amount from August to December, 1789, ... 44
Amount received up to September, 1790, ... 89
Amount on stills and spirits for the year ending 30th June, 1793, ... 279
On salt, amount of, from 1793 to 1797, with allowance for bounties, &c. ... 633
Statement of the amount of, annually, from 1790 to 1799; the amount of drawbacks, and the expense of collection, ... 712
On shipwrecked goods; report Secretary Treasury, respecting exaction of, ... 162
Drawbacks of duties for three years, to be annually reported to Congress, ... 479
Domestic articles carried abroad and returned, ... 46
Sea stores, furniture, baggage, &c. of passengers, ... 46
Rags, for manufacture of paper, ... 223, 730
Shipwrecked goods, ... 162
Complete list of articles which are exempt, by law, ... 650
Additional articles recommended to be exempted from, viz:
Unwrought burr-stones, bristles, regulus of antimony, saltpetre, sulphur, rags, ... 730
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On spirits and distilleries, recommended by Secretary Treasury, ... 23
On snuff and manufactured tobacco, carriages, sales at auction, stamps, licenses to retailers, and licenses to attorneys at law, recommended by Secretary Treasury, ... 43
On spirits and distilleries; increase recommended by Secretary Treasury, ... 64
On spirits; arrangement of districts for collection of, ... 110, 171, 191
Report Secretary Treasury, on difficulties in executing acts laying on spirits, ... 151
On spirits; further increase of duty recommended by Secretary Treasury, ... 160
On spirits and distilleries; general state of, for the years 1791 and 1792, ... 249, 271
On spirits and distilleries, amount of, for year ending June, 1793, ... 279
On sales at auction, refined sugar, carriages, licenses to retailers, stamps, snuff, and manufactured tobacco, additional, recommended by committee, ... 276
Report committee, recommending continuance of internal duties till 1801, and apply proceeds to the debt, ... 317
Secretary Treasury recommends continuance of, till 1800, and apply proceeds to a loan, ... 328
Observations of the Secretary respecting propriety of this continuance, ... 333
Secretary Treasury recommends sundry modifications in acts laying and collecting, ... 348
On spirits; report committee, respecting amount of; also, compensation of officers, ... 355
Committee recommends sundry alterations in acts laying and collecting, ... 385
Amount of, for years 1794--5, ... 386
List of officers employed in collecting, ... 396
Act of the President fixing compensation of officers of, ... 400
On testamentary dispositions, descents and successions to estates, recommended by Secretary Treasury, ... 409
On stamps, recommended, ... 409
Allow discount to retailers, for debentures, &c. ... 554
Report Secretary Treasury, on compensation of officers of, ... 576
Amount of, in 1796, with compensation of officers, ... 557
Same in 1797, ... 592
Same in 1798, ... 616
Same from 1792 to 1799, and expense of collection, ... 668
Same in 1799, with compensation of officers, ... 681
Report committee, recommending abolition of, ... 734
On goods destroyed by fire, (case of Taylor and Harvey) ... 319
Same, cases of McNeils and Somes, ... 320
Same, case of McNeils, ... 383
Same, case of Somes, ... 384
Same, prize to French privateer, ... 495
Same, case of teas in Providence, R. I. ... 698
Same, case of Holland, ... 736
On the propriety of remitting duties on spirits and stills, destroyed by fire or flood, &c. ... 746
On goods destroyed by flood and by shipwreck; cases of White and Devereaux, ... 383
On goods destroyed by shipwreck; case of Strange, ... 384
On goods not equal to quality stated; case of Meyers, ... 383
On wines of inferior quality, invoice not produced in time; case of Silva, ... 384
On wines, inferior to quality stated; case of William White, ... 505
On sundry vessels and cargoes on which foreign duties were charged, by reason of informality in registers, ... 384
On goods upon which duties had been twice charged; case of Messonier, ... 385
On a vessel of United States becoming the property of a foreigner, and then re-sold to a citizen of the United States; propriety of refunding foreign duty, ... 410
On whaling ships of United States absent when act for registering passed; on propriety of refunding foreign duty, ... 410
On goods injured before landing; case of Meyers, ... 410
On two small foreign vessels that took refuge within United States, ... 497
On merchandise imported the second time into United States, ... 505
On rifles and carbines, the exportation of which was prohibited; case of Lehman, ... 729
See Coins--Mint.
Report Secretary Treasury, on the importance of the, ... 107
Report Secretary Treasury, on the mode of computing duties on the, ... 612
Same, for 1790, ... 30
Additional estimates for 1790, ... 38
Explanation of certain estimates for 1790, ... 63
Of appropriations for 1791, ... 82
Of appropriations for 1792, ... 145
Estimated charges on the revenue, for 1794 and 1795, ... 318, 319
Of expenditures in 1796, ... 413
Of expenditures in 1798, ... 582
Of expenditures in 1800, ... 627
Of expenditures in 1801, ... 701
Report committee, on the manner of keeping the accounts of the Treasury Department, ... 281
Report committee, respecting the manner of keeping the accounts of the several Executive Departments, and the accountability of disbursing agents, ... 590
Report committee, on same subject, and in relation to the expenditure of money without authority of law, and on retrenchment and economy, ... 752
Report committee, on the affairs of the Treasury Department, and on the faithful administration thereof by Mr. Wolcott, ... 690
In 1791 and 1792, statements of, ... 144
To the end of 1792, statements of, ... 191, 218
Statement of annual expenditures, January 1795, ... 326
Comparative view of revenue and expenditures, ... 346
For the year 1796, estimate of, ... 413
For portions of the years 1797 and 1798, statements of, ... 582
For the year 1800, estimate of, ... 626
From the commencement of the Government to end of 1799, showing the objects of, ... 661
Report committee, on the faithful expenditure of public money, ... 752
Report Secretary Treasury, on the state of the finances, and the means of supporting the public credit, January, 1790, ... 15
Secretary Treasury recommends increase of duties on certain foreign goods, and certain internal duties, in aid of the, March, 1790, ... 43
Further report Secretary Treasury, on the means of supporting public credit, and improving the finances, December, 1790, ... 64
Report Secretary Treasury, on the subject of loans, and the state of the finances, February, 1792, ... 146
Report Secretary Treasury, on mode of raising additional revenues for 1792, ... 158
Report Secretary Treasury, on the state of the finances, December, 1792, ... 176
Reports Secretary Treasury, on the state of the finances, January, 1793, ... 180, 186
Reports Secretary Treasury, on the state of the finances, February, 1793, ... 191, 200, 202, 215, 218, 223
Report Secretary Treasury, on the state of the finances, in February, 1794, ... 272
Report committee, on the state of, in 1794, ... 276
Report committee, respecting receipts and expenditures, from 1789 to 1794, and respecting the execution of acts authorizing foreign loans, ... 287, 289
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Report Secretary Treasury, on the state of the finances, in January, 1795, ... 320
Report Secretary Treasury, for improving the finances, February, 1795, ... 348
Report Secretary Treasury, on the state of the finances, with estimates for 1796, December, 1795, ... 359
Report Secretary Treasury, on the state of the finances, January and February, 1796, ... 371
Report committee, on the state of the finances, March, 1796, ... 409
Report Secretary Treasury, on the state of the finances, May, 1796, ... 413
Report Secretary Treasury, plan for direct taxes, and on the state of the finances, December, 1796, ... 414
Reports committee, and Secretary Treasury, on the state of the finances, May, 1798, ... 579
Report committee, and Secretary Treasury, on the state of, February, 1800, ... 626
Report committee, on necessity of providing additional permanent revenues, April, 1800, ... 642
Report committee, and Secretary Treasury, on the state of the, May, 1800, ... 657
Report Secretary Treasury, on the state of, in December, 1801, ... 701
Report against remitting duties on goods destroyed by, ... 383, 746
Report committee, recommending duties on pickled and dried, ... 730
Amount of bounties paid from 1793 to 1798, on account of the, ... 634
Amount of bounties paid from 1790 to 1799, ... 712
Same in case of Philip Finney, ... 410
Report in favor of allowance of bounty to Samuel Brown, ... 410
Report against allowance of bounty to D. Scudder, and E. Scudder, ... 480
Report in favor of allowance of bounty to Sylvanus Crowell, ... 553
Report respecting remission of penalty for loss of ship--s register, ... 410
Report respecting remission of forfeiture for smuggling, White's case, ... 480
Report respecting remission of forfeiture for smuggling; case of Legarre, and others, ... 480
Report respecting remission of penalty for not returning ship--s register after sale, ... 480
Report respecting remission of penalty for not returning coasting licences in due time, ... 480
Report respecting remission of forfeiture; ship employed in unlawful trade; Stevens's case, ... 730
Report respecting forfeiture of vessel run away with by commander, and part of cargo smuggled into United States, ... 751
Report committee, respecting application of money appropriated for, ... 752
Same, up to end of 1799, ... 661
Statements relative to debt due to France, ... 340
Debt due to France extinguished, ... 360
Statement, showing final liquidation of debt due to France, ... 380
Statement of debt due to France in 1789, and its ultimate extinguishment, ... 671
Fruits--Additional duties recommended on foreign, ... 276
Report Secretary Treasury, (Hamilton) of a, ... 15
Remonstrance of public creditors against the, ... 76
Remonstrance of Virginia against the 90
Further report Secretary Treasury, (Hamilton) on the subject of the ... 320
Account of the system of taxation existing in, ... 435
Reports respecting duties on, as connected with the manufacture of, ... 492, 730
Additional duties recommended on all species of glass ware, ... 160, 730
Report committee, respecting unauthorized expenditures in removal of seat of, ... 752
Detailed account of those expenditures, ... 811
Report committee, in relation to his administration of the affairs of the Treasury Department, ... 281
Report respecting duties on, as connected with manufactures, ... 492
Allow drawback of duty on hemp, on exportation of cordage, ... 202
Report committee, respecting drawback of duty on hemp, on exportation of cordage, ... 351
Paying duties, ad valorem, from 1795 to 1800, value of, ... 709
Report Secretary Treasury, on the importance of the, ... 107
Report Secretary Treasury, on mode of computing duties on the, ... 612
On snuff and manufactured tobacco, carriages, sales at auction, licenses to retailers, licenses to attorneys, and stamps, recommended by Secretary Treasury, ... 43
On spirits and distilleries, increase recommended by Secretary Treasury, ... 64
Arrangement of districts for collection of, ... 110, 171, 191
Difficulties in executing acts laying, ... 151
Increase, again recommended by Secretary Treasury, ... 160
General state of the, for years 1791 and 1792, ... 249, 271
Amount of, for year ending June, 1793, ... 279
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Report committee, recommending continuance of internal duties till 1801, and that proceeds be applied to public debt, ... 317
Report Secretary Treasury, recommending continuance till 1800, and that proceeds be applied to a loan, ... 328
Observations of Secretary Treasury, respecting propriety of this continuance, ... 333
Secretary Treasury recommends sundry modifications in acts laying and collecting, ... 348
Report committee, respecting amount of, on spirits; also, compensation of officers, ... 355
Committee recommends sundry alterations in the acts laying and collecting, ... 385
To be collected by distress and sale, and collector allowed mileage, ... 385
Amount of, for year 1794-5, ... 386
List of officers employed in collecting, ... 396
Act of the President, fixing the compensation of officers, ... 400
On testamentary dispositions, descents, and succession to estates recommended, ... 276, 409
On stamps again recommended, allow discount to retailers for debentures, &c. ... 554
Report Secretary Treasury, on compensation of officers, ... 576
Amount of, in 1796, with compensation of officers, ... 557
Amount of, in 1797, with same, ... 592
in 1798, with same, ... 616
from 1792 to 1799, with same, ... 668
in 1799, with same, ... 681
in 1800, with same, ... 714, 718
Report committee, recommending abolition of, ... 734
Report committee, on the manner of keeping the accounts of the several Executive Departments, and the accountability of disbursing agents, ... 590
Report committee, on the affairs of the Treasury, and as to the faithful administration thereof by Mr. Wolcott, ... 690
Report committee, respecting the manner of keeping the accounts of the several Executive Departments, and in relation to expenditures of money without authority of law, and on retrenchment of expenses, &c. ... 752
Additional duties recommended on cut, slit, or rolled, (protect manufacture,); ... 730
Memorial from New Jersey, for encouragement of manufacture of, ... 743
Account and value of property subject to taxation in, ... 461
Committee recommends that provision be made for the sale of the, ... 317
Observations of the Secretary of the Treasury, as to the value of the, ... 322
[NOTE.--The Report of the Secretary of State, referred to in this Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, will be found No. 9, under the head "Public Land," of this compilation.]
Amount received in 1798, for the sale of, 105 † ... 601
Amount received in United States' stock, in payment for, ... 680
Amount received in 1800, for sale of, ... 700
Report Secretary Treasury, of the amount sold, (December, 1801,) and an estimate of the probable sales for the next eight years, ... 703
Estimate of the quantity unsold and sold, northwest of the Ohio, November 1, 1800, ... 714
Statement of the amount sold in 1800 and 1801; the amount received, and the amount due, ... 715
Additional duties on leather and manufactures of leather, recommended, ... 160
Committee recommends additional duties on, ... 276
Committee recommends continuance of duties till 1801, and proceeds to be applied to public debt, ... 317
Secretary Treasury recommends continuance of duties till 1800, and proceeds to be applied to a loan, ... 328, 333
Improvements recommended by Secretary Treasury in acts granting, ... 349
Recommendation to class retailers of spirits, and to charge for license according to amount of sales, ... 385
Amount received in 1795, for, ... 396
Same in 1796, ... 566
Amount received in 1797, for, ... 596
Same in 1798, ... 619
Same in 1799, ... 684
Report committee, recommending abolition of duties on, ... 734
Amount subscribed and unsubscribed, of Revolutionary debt, under acts authorizing, ... 146
Report Secretary Treasury, of the terms of a loan obtained in Holland, ... 109
Report Secretary Treasury, of all loans made to the United States in foreign countries; the terms; the application of the money, &c. ... 180, 186
Report Secretary of the Treasury, of domestic loans; the terms; the application of the money, &c. ... 185
Report Secretary Treasury, of all particulars relative to the execution of the several acts authorizing loans, ... 191, 200, 202, 215, 301
Report committee, as to proceedings of the Treasury relative to foreign loans, ... 289
Report committee, recommending a loan of $1,000,000, ... 274
Report Secretary State, on difficulties in obtaining loan of $1,000,000, ... 350
Report committee, as to means of effecting and securing loan of $1,000,000, ... 352
Report Secretary Treasury, respecting means to redeem certain portions of loans falling due in 1796, ... 359
Report committee, recommending a loan of $3,500,000, ... 626
Statement of the whole amount of foreign loans from 1790 to 1799, ... 669
Report Secretary Treasury, on means of paying loan from Bank United States, ... 176
Report Secretary Treasury, respecting loan of $2,000,000 from Bank United States, ... 278
Secretary Treasury proposes to commute loan from Bank United States into funded debt, ... 371
Report committee, recommending loan of $5,000,000, to discharge debt due to Bank United States, ... 409, 410
Bank United States declines further to continue the loans made to United States, ... 412
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Portion of loan from Bank United States paid, ... 467
Statement of loans from Bank United States to United States to January, 1796, ... 587
Same, to January, 1800, ... 630
Report committee, of the manner of obtaining loans; the amount obtained; where obtained; and for what purposes; up to close of year 1800, ... 691
Memorial from Baltimore, for encouragement of, ... 4
Memorial from New York, for encouragement of, ... 9
Memorial from Boston, for encouragement of, ... 10
Report committee, recommending encouragement of manufacture of glass, ... 62
Report Secretary Treasury, (Hamilton) recommending encouragement of, ... 123
Incidental observations of Secretary Treasury, on advantages of encouraging, ... 159
Reports committee, recommending encouragement of manufactures of leather, ... 151
Report committee, recommending encouragement of manufactures of cordage, lines, twine, &c. ... 202
Report committee, as to encouragement of manufacture of paper, ... 223, 734
Report committee, recommending occasional suspension of duty on bar iron, to encourage manufactures from that article, ... 275
Report committee, inexpedient to grant further protection, (March, 1794) ... 276
Reports committees, on memorial of manufacturers of cordage, for allowance of drawback of duty on hemp, ... 351, 496
Reports committees, respecting manufacture of printing type, ... 355, 730
Report committee, adverse to further encouragement of certain, ... 492
Report committee, encourage manufacture of chocolate, by reducing duty on cocoa, ... 494
Reports committees, respecting manufacture of soap and candles, ... 496, 730
Reports committees, on memorials for protection of home supply of coal, ... 553, 729
Report committee, adverse to protection of manufacture of spirits, ... 576
Report committee, on propriety of granting further protection to, ... 694
Report committee, on propriety of protecting manufacture of cordage, ... 694
Report committee, recommending further protection to manufactures generally, ... 730
Report committee, respecting additional duties on hemp and sail cloth, ... 732
Report committee, respecting further encouragement on umbrellas, hair powder, and starch, ... 734
Memorial from New Jersey, for encouragement of iron and nails, ... 743
Amount of Revolutionary debt owing by, ... 697
Account of the system of taxation existing in, ... 429
Account and value of property subject to taxation in, ... 458
Money received from, and paid to, in the Revolution, ... 53
Account of the system of taxation existing in, ... 420
Statement of the value of property, and assessment of taxes in, ... 443
Of tradesmen, mechanics, &c. of Baltimore, to encourage manufactures, ... 5
Of mechanics, manufacturers, &c. of N. York, to encourage manufactures, ... 9
Of ship builders of Philadelphia, for encouragement, ... 9
Of manufacturers and tradesmen of Boston, to encourage manufactures and ship building, ... 10
Of John H. Mitchell; report Secretary State, on his proposition to supply copper coin, ... 44
Of public creditors against the Funding System, ... 76
Of the General Assembly of Virginia, against the Funding System, and against the assumption of the State debts, ... 91
Of ship captains, in Charleston, S. C. for additional duties on foreign tonnage, ... 108
Of citizens of Virginia, for additional duty on foreign coal, ... 553
Of mechanics and manufacturers of New York, for encouragement of manufactures, ... 694
Of citizens of Kentucky, for protecting duties on hemp, cordage, and sail duck, ... 732
Of citizens of New Jersey, for encouragement of manufacture of iron and nails, ... 743
Report committee, as to the causes of increase of expenditures for the, ... 271
Report Secretary Treasury, of expenses, in detail, of the establishment, up to January, 1797, ... 507
Expense of the establishment, annually, to the end of the year 1799, ... 661
List of unsettled balances, arising out of advances for the, from 1790 to 1797, ... 531
List of unsettled balances, arising out of advances for the, from 1797 to 1801, ... 765, 782
Estimate of appropriations for, in 1797, ... 548
Documents relative to expenses of, in 1800, ... 631
Report committee, respecting misapplication of moneys appropriated for the, ... 752
Observations of committee, and documents respecting the use of secret--service money in the, ... 753, 764, 816, 817
Statement of all moneys drawn from the Treasury, from 1797 to 1801, on account of the, ... 758, 762, 763, 774
Report Secretary Treasury, (Hamilton) on the propriety of establishing a, ... 91
Report of assays of foreign coins at the, ... 184
Report Secretary Treasury, respecting bonds, and responsibilities of officers of the, ... 270
Report Director, respecting the expense of copper coinage, ... 273
Report Director, respecting the operations of the, ... 317
Report committee, respecting the duties of the officers; the state and progress of the works; the expenses of the institution;, the improvements necessary; stock on hand; the quantity of coin that might be produced; and manner of accounting, ... 352
The appointment of a melter and refiner recommended, and to charge for melting and refining, ... 354, 355
Report Director, of past operations and present state of the Mint, and suggesting improvements, ... 356
Report Director, suggesting alterations, and giving an account of wastage, &c. ... 473
Amount of bullion deposited for coinage, up to November, 1796, ... 476
Report committee, respecting inconvenience to depositors; the appropriation of money to pay for deposites, and to make good wastage, ... 494
Report Director, of amount of bullion deposited in 1797, ... 503
Report Secretary Treasury, respecting difficulties in obtaining a supply of foreign coins for recoinage, ... 506
Report committee, on memorial of J. Vaughan, for indemnity for loss by making his coins finer than legal standard, ... 588
Report Secretary Treasury, showing the whole amount of appropriations for the Mint to the close of 1797, with various statements showing the whole of the operations of the Mint, ... 603
Robbery of, attempted, ... 603
Director recommends that the Mint be not removed to Washington, ... 616
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Documents relative to the proposition to abolish the, ... 744
Propositions of individuals to furnish the United States with coins, ... 744, 745
Inventory of property attached to the Mint, ... 745
Statement of the expense of the establishment, to the close of 1799, ... 633, 661
Annual report of the Treasury of the affairs of the Mint, for the years 1798 and 1799, ... 635
Letter from Director, respecting obstructions in assays of foreign coins, and as to a removal of the Mint to Washington, ... 697
Annual report of the Treasury of the affairs of the Mint, for the years 1800 and 1801, ... 736
Whole amount of money coined up to December, 1795, ... 357
Same, to December, 1796, ... 473
Same, in 1797, ... 503
Same, in 1798, ... 602
Same, in 1799, ... 615
Same, in 1800, ... 688
Same, in 1801, ... 731
Statement of the quantity imported, annually, from 1790 to 1800, and of molasses, and spirits made from molasses, exported in same time, ... 708
Remarks of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the coinage and value of, ... 91
Report on his memorial for remission of duty on goods injured before landing, ... 410
Memorial from New Jersey, for additional duty on, ... 743
Memorial from tradesmen in Boston, to encourage American, ... 10
Memorial from ship captains in Charleston, South Carolina, to encourage American, ... 108
Report on memorials of merchants of Philadelphia and New York, whose vessels had been charged with foreign duties, by reason of informalities in obtaining registers, ... 384
Expenditures on account of the navy, from 1791 to 1799, ... 662
List of defaulters in the establishment to 1797, ... 546
Estimate of appropriations for, in 1797, ... 548
Report committee, respecting the manner of keeping the accounts of the Department, and recommending the appointment of an accountant, ... 590
Document relative to suspension in building the seventy--fours, ... 631
Account of the proceeds of the sale of public vessels, (December, 1801) ... 703
Report committee; four navy yards purchased and established without authority of law, and money misapplied, ... 753
Statements of amount of all moneys drawn from the Treasury, from 1797 to 1801, on account of the, ... 759, 762, 763, 778
Account of the system of taxation existing in, ... 419
Return of taxable property in, ... 442
Amount of money paid to, and received from, in the Revolution, ... 53
Account of the system of taxation existing in, ... 426
Statement of taxable property, and apportionment of taxes in, ... 456
Pays a portion of debt by construction of fortifications, ... 697
Amount of money paid to, and received from, in the Revolution, ... 53
Account of the system of taxation existing in, ... 426
Account of the system of taxation existing in, ... 433
Amount of Revolutionary debt owing by, ... 697
Not expedient to reduce duty on, ... 223, 734
Encourage manufacture of, by repeal of duty on rags, ... 223, 730
Account of the system of taxation existing in, ... 427
Amount of Revolutionary debt owing by, ... 697
Expense attending suppression of insurrection in, ... 661
Same, from 1789 to 1799, ... 662
Additional duties on, recommended by committee, ... 276
(Late Secretary State)--Report committee, respecting balances against, ... 752, 757, 762
To the end of year 1792, statements of, ... 191, 218
Report committee, upon the subject of, ... 287
For the year 1796, estimate of, ... 413
For portions of the years 1797 and 1798, statements of, ... 582
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For the year 1800, estimate of, ... 626
From the commencement of the Government to end of 1799, showing the sources and places of receipt, and the objects of expenditure annually, ... 661
(See Revenue for further information on this subject.)
Plan of Secretary Treasury for raising, ... 15
Plan of Secretary Treasury for raising addiditional, ... 43
Revenues and expenditures for 1791 and 1792, statements of, ... 144
Plan of Secretary Treasury, for raising additional revenues for 1792, ... 158
Report of probable surplus of revenue in 1792, ... 186
Report Secretary Treasury, of all unapplied revenues to end of 1792, ... 191
Revenues and expenditures, from 1789 to end of 1792, ... 191, 218
Mode of paying the revenue into the Treasury, ... 274
Manner of receiving, disbursing, and accounting for the revenues, ... 281
Estimated charges on the revenue for 1794 and 1795, and estimated amount of revenue in 1795, ... 318, 319
Report Secretary Treasury, on the state of the revenues in January, 1795, ... 320
Particulars, and amount of annual current revenues and expenditures, as existing in January, 1795, ... 326
Comparative view of revenues and expenditures, January, 1795, ... 344
Secretary Treasury recommends alterations and amendments in the acts for raising, ... 348
Report committee, on the means of raising additional, ... 409
Report Secretary Treasury, on the necessity of raising additional, ... 413
Report Secretary Treasury, on the means of raising additional, ... 414
Report committee, raise $2,000,000 by direct tax, with Treasury plan of doing it, ... 579
Report committee, on necessity of providing additional, ... 626
Report committee, on necessity of providing permanent revenues for the payment of the interest, and the redemption of the principal of the debt, ... 642
Report Secretary Treasury, on the state of the revenue, (December, 1801) ... 701
Amount received to 1st January, 1796, on account of debts due old Congress, ... 486
Same, to 21st November, 1796, ... 502
Same, in 1797, ... 601
Same, in 1798, ... 615
Same, in 1799, ... 681
Same, in 1800, ... 701
Account of the system of taxation existing in, ... 422
Ratable estates, and rule for apportioning taxes in, ... 453
Report committee, adverse to additional duties on, ... 732
Inequality in weight in the bushel of, ... 160
Amount of duty on, from 1793 to 1798, with statement of allowances to fishing vessels, bounties, &c. ... 633
Quantity upon which duty was paid, from 1790 to 1800, ... 709
Letter of Secretary of War, and other papers, relative to secret--service money in the Department of War, ... 816, 817
Report committee, on his management of the affairs of the Treasury, ... 281
(Wolcott)--Report committee, on his management of the affairs of the Treasury, ... 690
(Pickering)--Report committee, respecting certain balances against him, ... 752, 757, 762
Memorial from Boston, for encouragement of, ... 10
Same, by Secretary Treasury, ... 160
Plan of Secretary Treasury, for a, ... 24
Additional plan for creating a, ... 148
Report of the operation of the fund in 1790, ... 81
Same, in 1791, ... 111
Same, in 1792, ... 162
Report of all moneys paid into the fund, to January, 1793, ... 191
Journal of the commissioners, from commencement to February, 1793, ... 234
Report of the operations of the fund in 1793, ... 252
Report committee, as to what constituted the fund at time of its creation, ... 289
Report committee, as to the operation of the fund, to the end of 1793, ... 299
Report Commissioners, of the operation of the fund in 1794, ... 301
Report Secretary Treasury, of the operation of the fund, and containing a plan for augmenting the, ... 320, 344
Report Commissioners, of the operations of the fund in 1795, ... 366
Secretary Treasury proposes to appoint a Secretary of the fund, ... 382
Committee recommends the appointment of a Secretary, ... 384
Report Commissioners, of the operations of the fund in 1796, ... 465
Same, in 1797, ... 497
Same, in 1798, ... 599
Same, in 1799, ... 613
Same, in 1800, ... 678
Same, in 1801, ... 699
Report committee, with report Secretary Treasury, (Gallatin) recommending new organization of the fund, ... 746
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Committee recommends same, ... 276
Committee recommends continuance of dutie till 1801, ... 317
Secretary Treasury recommends same till 1800, ... 328
Secretary Treasury recommends alteration in acts laying duties on, ... 349
Amount of duty collected in one year (1794--5) on, ... 393, 394
Same, in one year (1795--6) on, ... 564
Additional duties recommended on, ... 730
Amount of money paid to, and received from, in the Revolution, ... 53
Account of the system of taxation existing in, ... 434
Abstract of taxes of the State of, ... 462
Committee recommends additional duties on, ... 276
Increase of duties on spirits and distilleries recommended by Secretary Treasury, ... 23
Increase of duties again recommended, ... 64
Arrangement of districts for collection of duties on foreign and domestic, ... 110, 191
Further arrangement of districts, and compensation of officers, ... 171, 191
Report Secretary Treasury, on difficulties and obstructions in the execution of the acts laying duties on foreign and domestic, ... 151
Further increase of duties recommended, ... 160
General view of the revenue on stills and spirits for 1791 and 1792, ... 249, 271
Report committee, of amount of duties on spirits and stills for year ending 30th June, 1793, ... 279
Improvements recommended by Secretary Treasury in acts laying duties on stills and domestic, ... 349
Report committee, respecting the amount derived from duties on domestic spirits and stills; the number of officers employed, and their compensation, ... 355
Report committee, recommending various alterations in acts laying duties on, ... 385
Recommendation respecting allowance of drawback on domestic spirits, ... 385
Amount of duties received in 1795 on stills and domestic, ... 390
Duties on spirits distilled in country situations abolished, and the duty laid on capacity of still, ... 492
Report committee, inconvenience of annual entry of stills, ... 554
Amount of duties in 1796 on spirits and stills, ... 562
Report committee, on propriety of protecting production of domestic, ... 576
Amount of duties in 1797, on spirits and stills, ... 592
Same, in 1798, ... 618
Same, in 1799, ... 683
Same, in 1800, ... 714, 720, 721
Secretary Treasury recommends further alterations in acts laying duties on stills and, ... 702
Statement of the quantity of the several species of spirits imported from 1792 to 1799, ... 710
Report committee, recommending abolition of the duties on stills and spirits, ... 734
Report committee, on propriety of remitting duties on spirits and stills destroyed by fire, ... 746
Report committee, respecting certain balances against Timothy Pickering, late, ... 752, 757, 762
Estimate of the amount of the debts due by States to the United States, ... 28
[NOTE.--The report of the commissioners to settle the accounts between the United States and the States, was laid before Congress on the 5th December, 1793, and was, by mistake, arranged to the class "MISCELLANEOUS," of this compilation, where it will be found, No. 37. It is also spread at large on the Senate Journal, vol. 2, page 8.]
Remonstrance of Virginia against the assumption of the debts of the, ... 90
Report of amount of the debts of the States subscribed to the debt of the United States, and recommendation by Secretary Treasury of a further assumption of the debts of the States, ... 147
Report Secretary Treasury, of the manner of imposing taxes in the several States, with an abstract of State tax laws, and objects and amount of State taxation, ... 418
States indebted to United States to be called upon for payment, ... 479
Reports committee, recommending that debtor States be released from payment of debt to United States, ... 697, 698, 734, 735
Committee recommends on certain writings, ... 276, 409
Report committee, recommending amendments in acts laying; discount to retailers of stamps, and for debentures, ... 554
Amount of stamp duties in 1799, ... 622, 686 Same, in 1800, ... 714, 725
Report committee, recommending abolition of, ... 734
Additional duties on, recommended, ... 160
Secretary Treasury recommends repeal of prohibition of revenue officers trading in, ... 350
Committee recommends additional duty on, ... 493
Committee recommends further increase of duty on, ... 642
Amount of duties and drawbacks on, from 1793 to 1798, ... 656
Committee recommends additional duties on domestic, ... 276
Committee recommends continuance of duty on domestic till 1801, ... 317
Secretary Treasury recommends continuance till 1800, ... 328
Secretary Treasury recommends alterations in acts laying duties on domestic, ... 349
Refiner to verify books and returns by oath, ... 385
Amount of duty received in 1795, on domestic, ... 395
Same, in 1796, ... 565
Same, in 1797, ... 594
Same, in 1798, ... 618
Same, in 1799, ... 683
Report committee, recommending abolition of duties on domestic, ... 734
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Operation of the act laying duties on, ... 46
Secretary Treasury recommends further increase on Bohea when imported from Europe, ... 107
Committee recommends increase on Bohea, ... 493
Extension of credit for duties on teas, recommended, ... 66, 107
Statement of quantities of teas imported annually, from 1790 to 1800, ... 711
Memorial from Boston, for same object, ... 10
Memorial from American ship captains for further duties on foreign tonnage, ... 108
Ambiguity of the act laying, ... 46
Abstract of, from September 1, 1789, to December 31, 1789, ... 52
Additional, recommended, ... 276
Remitted on two small vessels that took refuge within United States, ... 497
Statement of the amount of American and foreign tonnage engaged in foreign trade, ... 713
Committee recommends additional duties on, ... 276
Committee recommends continuance of duty till 1801, ... 317
Secretary Treasury recommends continuance of duty till 1800, ... 328
Secretary Treasury recommends alteration in acts laying duties on, ... 349
Amount of duty collected in one year (1794--5) on, ... 393, 394
Same, in one year (1795--6) on, ... 564
Report committee, on the state of the Treasury Department; the manner of keeping the accounts and doing the business of the Department; and in relation to the administration of its affairs by Secretary Hamilton, ... 281
Report committee, respecting the manner of keeping the public accounts, and the accountability of disbursing agents, ... 590
Report committee, on the state of the Department, and the manner of conducting its affairs by Mr. Wolcott, ... 690
Report committee, as to the faithful application of public money; unauthorized expenditures; the accountability of agents; and retrenchment in expenses of Government, &c. ... 752
Operation of the act respecting the registering, &c. of, ... 49
Report respecting informality in obtaining registers for, ... 384
Report respecting propriety of granting a register to a vessel which had become foreign property, and afterwards purchased by a citizen of United States, ... 410
Report respecting the granting a register in line of one alleged to be lost, ... 410
Report respecting remission of penalty for not returning register after sale of vessel, ... 480
Report respecting remission of penalty for not returning coasting licenses in due times, ... 480
Amount of money paid to, and received from, in the Revolution, ... 53
Remonstrance of the General Assembly against the Funding System, and the assumption of the debts of the States, ... 91
Account of the system of taxation existing in, ... 431
Statement of taxes laid by State of, ... 458
Revenue and expenditures of the State of, ... 460
Same, from 1797 to 1801, ... 765, 782
Report committee, as to causes of increase of the expenditures of the, ... 271
Report Secretary Treasury, of expenditures in detail of the Department up to January, 1797, ... 507
Statement of all moneys drawn from the Treasury from 1797 to 1801, on account of the, ... 758, 762, 763, 774
Report committee, respecting manner of keeping accounts of the, ... 590
Documents relative to expenditures in the, in 1800, ... 631
Report committee, respecting defalcations, unauthorized expenditures, and mismanagement of the affairs of the, ... 752
Observations of committee, and documents respecting the use of secret-service money in the, ... 753, 764, 816, 817
Report committee, disapproving certain conduct of James McHenry, late Secretary of the, ... 754, 820
Increase of duties again recommended, ... 159
Further increase of duty recommended, ... 642
Amount of duties and drawbacks on wines, from 1793 to 1797, ... 655
Statement of the quantity imported from 1795 to 1800, ... 708
Reports committee, respecting duties on goods wrecked coastwise, ... 383, 384, 410
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