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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 II.

American State Papers [Finance: Volume 2] : Index
INDEX TO FINANCE VOLUME II.

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• A
• Abatement of duties--On damaged merchandise; report unfavorable, ... 64
• Accounts, unsettled--Of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments; report of committee, ... 415

  Of the War Department; report of the Secretary of War, ... 813

• Accounts settled--Three per cent. to be allowed on certified balances of, ... 868
• Accounts between the United States and the States--Report of Secretary of the Treasury respecting, ... 163
• Accountability of disbursing officers--War and Navy, ... 335

  In the Navy Department, ... 348

  In the War Department, ... 813

• Additional duties--Report of Secretary of the Treasury, showing what articles may be taxed on quantity instead of value, ... 78

  On hats; memorial asking, ... 257

  On twine and lines; memorial asking, ... 306

  Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on, ... 412

  Recommended by a committee, February 5, 1811, for the encouragement of manufactures, ... 481

  Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the effect on the revenue to be produced by, ... 483

• Agriculture--Benefactions of the arts and manufactures to, ... 666
• Ale, beer, and porter--Duty proposed on, ... 854, 869
• Alexander, John--Prays remission of forfeiture incurred by engaging in a foreign trade with a coasting vessel; report unfavorable, ... 833
• Allowances to fishing vessels--Above admitted rate, ... 334

  Of drawback, on merchandise too long within the United States; report favorable, ... 406

• Amory, Francis, (of Boston)--Prays remission of foreign tonnage duties on an American cargo; report adverse, ... 171
• Armroyd, George, & Co--Pray drawback on goods supposed to be too long within the United States; report favorable, ... 406
• Arms--Exemption from import duties of foreign, ... 22
• Armstrong, John, (Minister to France)--Suspension of payment of bills drawn by, and accounts of, ... 554
• Army--Extra allowances to the commander-in-chief of the; inquiry into, ... 337

  New organization of the pay department of the, proposed by the Secretary of War, ... 813

  Articles, domestic and foreign, consumed in clothing the, in 1813, and estimate for 1814, ... 815

  (See Military Establishment.)

• Articles, foreign and domestic--Consumed in clothing the army and navy of the United States, in 1813, and estimate for 1814, ... 815
• Arts and manufactures--Of the United States; report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with statement, prepared by Tench Coxe, of the, ... 666

  Benefactions to agriculture, commerce, navigation, and the fisheries, and subserviency to the public defence of, ... 666

  Practical foundations, actual progress, condition, and establishment of the, ... 677

• Assays--Of foreign coins at the mint, 1807, ... 265

  Same, 1809, ... 385

  Same, 1810, ... 455

  Same, 1811, ... 509

  Same, 1812, ... 597

  Same, 1813, ... 648

• Associate reformed church--Petition for remission of duties on theological books, ... 58
• Attorney--Warrants of, stamp duty proposed on, ... 887
• Attorneys at law--Tax proposed on income of, ... 869

  Report against tax on, ... 873

• Auction--Duties on sales at, 1801, ... 12, 15, 17

  Duties on sales at, proposed, 1812, ... 539

  Duties on sales at, 1813, ... 627

  Increase of 100 per cent. on duty on sales at, 1814, ... 854

  Amount proposed to be raised annually, during the war, on sales at, ... 867

• B.
• Bailey, Benjamin, Bogart James, Jun and others--Ask remission of duties on goods destroyed by fire; refused, ... 114
• Balances--Due from States; answer to a resolution, H. R. ... 163

  Due from individuals to United States, ... 356

  And unsettled accounts; report of committee, ... 415

• Baltimore Banks--Suggest the expediency of making foreign gold coins a legal tender, and prohibiting the exportation of specie, ... 837
• Bank--Citizens of New York pray for the establishment of a national; report adverse, ... 663

  Secretary of the Treasury proposes the establishment of a national, ... 867

• Banks--Public deposites in, ... 216

  Report of Secretary of the Treasury, with details of arrangements made with the State banks relating to, ... 516

  Duties proposed on notes of, 1813, ... 627

  Report on receiving in payment of taxes the notes of all and any, paid by Government for military services, ... 874

  Incorporated, in the District of Columbia, state of, ... 830

• Bank stock--Recommended for remittances, ... 6

  Receipts from dividends, bonus, and sales of, 1792 to 1803, inclusive, ... 919

  BANK OF THE UNITED STATES--Sale of stock in the, ... 6, 9

  Memorial of the, April 20, 1808, soliciting renewal of the charter, ... 301

  Report of Secretary of the Treasury on the renewal of the charter, ... 351

  Report of committee in favor of renewal, ... 406

  Report of Secretary of the Treasury, with statements of dividends, capital of branches, and expenses and losses of the, April, 1810, ... 417

  Memorial of the, soliciting renewal of the charter, December 10, 1810, ... 451

  Memorial of Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia, praying renewal of charter of the, ... 453

  Bank of New York solicits renewal of charter of the, ... 460

  Report of Secretary of the Treasury, with statements of debts due to, notes of, in circulation, and treasury deposites in, &c. ... 460

  Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania against renewal of the charter of the, ... 467

  Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, January 24, 1811, with statements showing debts due to and from the, treasury deposites, and general state of the, ... 468

  Resolutions of the General Assembly of Virginia against the renewal of the charter of the, ... 470

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• BANK OF THE UNITED STATES--Memorial of 868 citizens of Philadelphia, praying,renewal of the charter of the, ... 470

  Memorial of inhabitants of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, against renewal of the charter of the, ... 479

  Report of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Senate, of January 30, 1811, on the facilities in the collection of the revenue by, and the public benefit of the, ... 480

  Report of the committee of the Senate, United States, March 2, 1811, against the renewal of the charter of the, ... 486

  Report of the committee of the House of Representatives of the United States, March 2, 1811, against the renewal of the charter of the, ... 487

  Establishment of a, proposed, ... 867

  Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the practicability of getting 44,000,000 of treasury notes into circulation, without depreciation, as part of the capital of the, ... 872

  Memorial of the banks of the city of New York, against the incorporation of a, Dec. 1814, ... 876

  Act incorporating the subscribers to the, returned by President Madison, with reasons for disapproval, ... 891

• Bankers--Composition for the stamp duty on notes of corporations, companies, and private, ... 869
• Barbary Powers--Expenses attending relations with the, ... 6, 48, 108, 142

  Same, from April 1, 1801, to March 31, 1805, ... 157

  " for 1807, ... 204

  " for 1808, ... 247

• Barretto, Francis, (of New York)--Prays relief as surety on a custom-house bond; report to free his person from arrest or confinement, ... 203
• Beckford, Ebenezer, and others--Pray protection for iron manufactures, New Hampshire, ... 528
• Beer, ale, and porter--Duty of one cent per gallon proposed on, 1814, ... 854

  Duty of two cents, ... 869

• Benezet, Anthony, et als.--Pray release as sureties on collector's bond, on account of delay in bringing suit by the Government; report favorable, ... 135
• Bequests, legacies, and statutory distribution--Tax proposed on, ... 887
• Bills--Drawn by John Armstrong, under convention with France; suspension of payment of, ... 554

  Of exchange; duties on foreign, proposed, 1813, ... 628

  "Stamp tax proposed on protests of, 1815, ... 887

  Penal, stamp duty proposed on, ... 887

  Of sale, ... 887

• Boardman and Pope--Pray for permission to secure duties on, and sell goods imported from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, ... 596
• Bonds for duties--Extension of, to sufferers by fire at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ... 21

  On importations from South America, asked, ... 115

• Bonds (revenue)--Outstanding, January 1, 1809, nine millions, ... 422

  Penal bills, warrants of attorney, notarial instruments, policies of insurance, negotiable notes, protests of bills of exchange, promissory notes, bills of sale, and hypothecation of vessels, bottomry and respondentia bonds; stamp tax proposed on, January, 1815, ... 887

• Bonus--Sales of bank stock, and dividends; receipts from, 1792 to 1802, inclusive, ... 919
• Books--Protecting duties on, asked; report adverse, ... 118
• Boots and shoes--Duties proposed on, 1814, ... 855
• Bounties on fishing voyages--See Fishing bounty.
• Bounties and allowances--and expenses in collection of of duties, 1800, 1801, 1802, ... 49, 149

  Same, for 1802, 1803, ... 109

  " for 1803, 1804, ... 144

  " for 1804, 1805, ... 207

  " for 1805, 1806, ... 249

  " for 1806, 1807, ... 310

  " for 1808, ... 366

  " for 1807, 1808, ... 375

  " for 1808, 1809, ... 442

  " for 1809, 1810, ... 498

  " for 1810, 1811, ... 582

  " for 1811, 1812, ... 653

  " for 1812, 1813, ... 848

• Brana, Robert Peter, (of Philadelphia--Prays drawback on shipment of merchandise; report adverse, ... 336
• Brewers of malt liquor--Protection prayed for by, ... 528
• British manufactures--Report of Committee of Ways and Means on petitions of sundry merchants who had incurred forfeitures and penalties by importations of, November, 1812, ... 570
• Brown, William, (collector of New Orleans)--Defalcation of, ... 393
• Brush makers--Pray for protecting duties, ... 29
• Buck, Anthony G. (of Fredericksburg)--Prays remission of penalty for violation of embargo laws; report favorable, ... 420
• C.
• Caldwell, William A. of South Carolina--Prays remission of penalty for violation of embargo laws; report adverse, ... 419
• Calico printers--Pray for protecting duties, ... 29
• Candles--Duty of two cents per pound on tallow, and ten cents per pound on spermaceti and white wax, proposed on, 1814, ... 854
• Canton--Sales of lands in the district of-- From 1807 to 1808, ... 313

  1808 to 1809, ... 379

  1809 to 1810, ... 445

  1810 to 1811, ... 502

  1811 to 1812, ... 585

  1812 to 1813, ... 657

  1813 to 1814, ... 852

• Cape of Good Hope--Importations from beyond the, owners pray for permission to secure duties and sell goods, &c. ... 596

  Memorial praying for prohibition of the importations of cotton goods manufactured beyond the, ... 834

• Cards--Drawback asked on playing; report adverse, ... 164

  Duty proposed of twenty-five cents per pack on playing, 1814, ... 855, 869

• Carriages--Duties on, 1801, ... 12, 16, 17

  Duties on, proposed, 1812, ... 539

  Duties on, 1813, ... 627

  Amount proposed to be raised annually during the war, on, ... 867

  Difficulties in collection of duty on, ... 870

• Cayla, du, Joseph--Prays protecting duty on paints; report unfavorable, ... 257
• Channing, Walter, of Gibbs and Channing, Newport, Rhode Island--Prays remission of duties on saltpetre, on the ground that it is not chargeable with duty, ... 258
• Chapman, Daniel, and others--Ask for fishing bounty; refused, ... 101
• Chilicothe district--Sales of lands in the, 1801 to 1802, ... 7 Same, 1802 to 1803, ... 52, 53

  Same, 1803 to 1804, ... 112, 151

  Same, 1804 to 1805, ... 147

  Same, 1805 to 1806, ... 210

  Same, 1806 to 1807, ... 252

  Same, 1807 to 1808, ... 313

  Same, 1808 to 1809, ... 379

  Same, 1809 to 1810, ... 445

  Same, 1810 to 1811, ... 502

  Same, 1811 to 1812, ... 585

  Same, 1812 to 1813, ... 657

  Same, 1813 to 1814, ... 852

• Cincinnati district--Sales of lands in the, 1801 to 1802, ... 7

  Same, 1802 to 1803, ... 52

  Same, 1803 to 1804, ... 112, 151

  Same, 1804 to 1805, ... 147

  Same, 1805 to 1806, ... 210

  Same, 1806 to 1807, ... 252

  Same, 1807 to 1808, ... 313

  Same, 1808 to 1809, ... 379

  Same, 1809 to 1810, ... 445

  Same, 1810 to 1811, ... 502

  Same, 1811 to 1812, ... 585

  Same, 1812 to 1813, ... 657

  Same, 1813 to 1814, ... 852

• Civil list, and diplomatic and miscellaneous expenses-- Estimate for, 1803, $680,000, ... 6

  1804, 791,000, ... 48

  1805, 952,000, ... 108

  1806, 1,150,000, ... 142

  Expenditure of, for four years from April 1, 1801, to March 31, 1805, ... 156

  Estimate for, 1807, $1,150,000, ... 204

  1808, 1,100,000, ... 247

  1809, 900,000, ... 308

  ' 1,342,000, ... 365

  1810; 1,500,000, ... 374

  1811, 1,240,000, ... 440

  1812, 1,260,000, ... 495

  ' 1,560,000, ... 569

  1813, 1,500,000, ... 580

  Nine months of 1813, $900,000, ... 623

  First quarter 1814, $400,000, ... 644

  Payments made in 1813, for the, ... 651

  Estimate for 1814, $1,700,000, ... 651

  Authorized for 1814, $2,445,355, ... 840

  Payments in 1814, ... 840, 868

  Estimate for 1815, $1,979,289, ... 886, 912

  Expenditure for civil list, from March 4, 1789, to December 31, 1815, ... 920

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• Claims--Re-payment on account of advances made in England for the prosecution of, $150,000, ... 48

  To be paid under the convention with France, ... 202

  Propriety of legalizing the payment of, in Government stock or treasury notes, considered, ... 883

• Clason, Isaac--Prays for drawback on goods shipped, for which debentures were not claimed, until the expiration of ten days after clearance; report favorable, ... 161
• Clothing--Additional duties proposed on ready made, ... 482

  Articles of, foreign and domestic, used in the army and navy of the United States in 1813 and 1814, ... 815

• Coinage--At the mint in 1802, ... 19, 33, 35, 36

  Comparative statement of, from 1798 to 1802, ... 20

  Statement of gain on copper, ... 21

  At the mint, 1803, ... 75, 103, 105, 106

  1804, ... 119, 136

  1805, ... 166, 199

  At the mint from commencement to December 31, 1805, ... 168, 201

  At the mint, 1806, ... 225, 243

  1807, ... 263, 303

  1808, ... 317, 354

  1809, ... 391, 410

  1810, ... 458, 488

  At the mint from its institution to December 31, 1809, ... 464

  At the mint, 1811, ... 515, 562

  1812, ... 599, 620

  1813, ... 649, 835

  1814, ... 883, 907

• Coins, foreign--Report on, proposed repeal of second section of act of February 9, 1793, relating to, ... 197

  Assays at the mint of, 1807, ... 265

  1809, ... 385

  1810, ... 455

  Currency of; report of committee, ... 456

  Assays at the mint of, 1811, ... 509

  1812, ... 597

  1813, ... 648

  Expediency of making a legal tender of, ... 837

• Collection district--Application for a, to be formed of towns in Connecticut and Rhode Island; report adverse, ... 226
• Collector of New Orleans--William Brown, defalcation of, ... 393
• Collector's bond--Surety released, from delay in officers of Government bringing suit, ... 135

  Sureties released, because the principal was released improperly by the Secretary of the Treasury, and a discharge of principal operates a discharge of sureties, ... 570

• Collectors--Indemnity to, from damages arising from seizures; report of Secretary of the Treasury, ... 226

  Of Philadelphia, Norfolk Plymouth, (Mass.) and Baltimore, ask increase of compensation, ... 512, 514

• Combmakers--Pray for protecting duties, ... 29
• Commander-in-chief of the army--Inquiry into extra allowances made to the, ... 337
• Commmerse--Benefactions of the arts and manufactures to, ... 666
• Commissioner of loans--Discontinuation of office of, considered and reported on, ... 61
• Commisioner of the revenue--Reports of the, ... 12, 30, 66

  Establishment proposed of the office of, 1813, ... 628

• Commissioners of the sinking fund--Powers of the, ... 369

  (For reports, &c. see Sinking fund.)

• Compensation--To Inspectors of the customs, increase asked; report adverse, ... 255

  To G. W. Erving; report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 484 of revenue officers of Philadelphia, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Baltimore, asked to be increased, ... 512, 514

• Composition--For the stamp duty on notes of private bankers, corporations, and companies, ... 869
• Connecticut and Rhode Island--inhabitants ask that a new collection district may be formed of towns in both States; report adverse, ... 226

  Wire manufacturers, play for protection, ... 553

  Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 736

  Distillers complain of the unequal operation of the duty on stills; report adverse, ... 890

• Convention with France of April ... 30,

  1803--Payments made to American citizens under the, ... 186

  Claims to be paid under the, ... 202

  Conflicting claims under the, ... 283

  Suspension of the payment of bills drawn by Mr. Armstrong under the, ... 554

• Conveyances, mortgages, and leaves--Tax proposed on, ... 869, 887
• Copper--Memorial against laying duties on, in sheets ... 257

  Same, asking seventeen and a half per cent. duty on, in sheets, ... 268

  Communications on laying duty on, manufactured in bolts and sheets, ... 602, 603

• Cordwainers--Pray for protecting duties, ... 29
• Cork cutters--Pray for protecting duties, ... 29
• Corp, Samuel--Pettions for remission of duties on merchandise landed at New Orleans, after touching at New York; report favorable, ... 77
• Cotton goods--Manufacturers of, pray for protections ... 834

  Manufactures from beyond Cape of Good Hope, additional duties proposed on, ... 482

  Yarn, duty proposed of twenty-five cents per spindle on manufacture of, October, 1814, ... 854

• Counsellor and attorneys at law--Taxes proposed on incomes of, ... 869

  Report against tax on incomes of, ... 873

• Courts of the United States--Taxes proposed on legal proceedings in the, ... 869

  Report agaist tax on, same, ... 872

  Tax proposed on, January, 1815, same, ... 887

• Coxe, Trench--Digest of manufactures prepared by, ... 666
• Credit--Report of Secretary of the Treasury on public October 14, 1814, ... 866
• Creighton, James, of New York--Prays drawback on shipment of merchandise; report adverse, ... 336
• Currency of foreign coins--Report of committee on, ... 456
• Customs--Parents made by collectors of the, from April 1, 1801, to 31, 1805, ... 154

  Inspectors of the, ask additional compensation; refused, ... 255

  Amount of, with charges thereon from the commencement of the Government to December 31, 1807, ... 820

  Amount of, with charges thereon from the commencement of the Government to December 31, 1810; ... 542

  Amount receivable in 1815 from, ... 913

  Receipts from March 4, 1789, to December 31, 1815 from the, ... 919

  (See Duties.)

• Custom-house bond--Relief to a surety in a, report to free person from arrest or confinement, ... 203
• D.
• Debentures--Issued in two years ending Sept. 1802, ... 5

  Issued on exportation of foreign merchandise during the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, ... 49, 149

  Same, for 1802 and 1803, ... 109

  ?? for 1803 and 1804, ... 144 ?? for 1804 and 1805, ... 207

  ?? for 1805 and 1806, ... 249

  ?? for 1806 and 1807, ... 310

  ?? for 1808, ... 366

  ?? for 1807 and 1808, ... 375

  ?? for 1808 and 1809, ... 442

  ?? for 1809 and 1810, ... 498

  ?? for 1810 and 1811, ... 582

  ?? for 1811 and 1812, ... 653

  ?? for 1812 and 1813, ... 848

  DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES--Appropriation of $7,300,000 for payment of the, ... 5, 48

  Payment of $8,334,757 ... 89, and $1,287,000 on account of, ... 6

  Annual appropriation of $7,300,000 for the, ... 7

  Payments on account of, per report of Feb. 3,1803, ... 23

  Inquiry into the application of $7,300,000 to the, ... 37

  Payments on account of, per report of Oct. 25, 1803, ... 48, 53, 54

  New, for Louisiana purchase, how to be paid, ... 48, 49

  Statements of redemption of principal of, 1801, 1803, ... 54

  Annual appropriation for the payment of the, $8,000,000, ... 108, 142, 204, 247, 308, 365, 374, 440, 495, 569

  Statements of payments, &c. of the, 1804, ... 109, 113

  Redemption of principal of the April 1, 1801, to Sept. 30, 1804, ... 113

  Statements of payaments, &c. of the, 1805, ... 143, 148

  Redemption of principal of the, April 1, 1801, to Sept. 30, 1805, ... 148

  Expenditures on account of interest and charges on the, for four years, April 1, 1801, to March 31, 1805, ... 159

  Payments on account of the principal of the, for four years, from April 1, 1801, to March 31, 1805, ... 160

  Repeal of act authorizing payment for lands in evidences of, recommended, ... 162

  Statements of payments, &c. of the, 1806, ... 205, 211

  Redemption of principal of the, April 1, 1801, to Sept. 30, 1806, ... 211

  Statement of the, Jan. 1, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, ... 287

  Payments on account of the, Jan. 1801 to Dec. 1806, ... 239

  Statements of payments, &c. of the, 247, 1801, ... 247, 254

  Redemption of principal of the, April 1, 1801, to Sept. 30, 1807, ... 254

  Statements of the, Jan. 1, 1791, to Jan. 1, 1807, ... 287

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• DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES.-- Statement of payments, &c. of the, ... 180, 307, 316

  Redemption of principal of the, April 1, 1801, to Sept. 30, 1808, ... 316, 383

  Statements of payments, &c. of the, 1809, ... 365, 373, 382

  Redemption of principal of the, from April 1, 1801, to Sept. 30, 1809, ... 382

  Redemption of ditto, April 1, 1801, to Sept. 30, 1808, corrected, ... 383

  Amount of, incurred and reimbursed from Jan. 1, 1791, to Dec. 31, 1809, ... 423, 425

  Statements of payments, &c. of the, 1810, ... 440, 447

  Redemption of principal of the, from April 1, ... 447

  1801, to Sept. 30, 1810, Statements of payments, &c. of the, 1811, ... 495, 504

  Redemption of principal of the, from April 1, 1801, to Sept. 30, 1811, ... 504

  Amount of the, April 1, 1801, and Jan. 1, 1812, ... 505

  1812, ... 569, 580,

  Statements of payments, &c. of the, 1812, ... 569, 580, 587

  Redemption of principal of the, from April 1, 1801, to Sept. 30, 1812, ... 587

  Statements of payments, &c. of the, 1813, ... 623, 651

  Provision for the, first quarter 1814, ... 644

  Estimates of amount necessary for 1814, for the, ... 651

  Redemption of principal of the from April 1, 1801, to Sept. 1813, ... 659

  Revised statement of the, April, 1814, ... 838

  Estimate of payments to be made during the year 1814 on principal and interest of the, $12,509,000, ... 840

  Payments in 1814 for the, ... 840, 868

  Inquiry into provision for last quarter of 1814, for the payment of the, ... 877

  Amount necessary in 1815 for payment of the, ... 886

  Amount payable in 1815 of the, $14,723,808, ... 912

  Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, Feb. 24, 1815: 1. On amount of, before the war, $39,905,183 ... 916

  2. On amount created since the war, independent of temporary loans and treasury notes, $49,780,322 ... 917

  3. On payment of interest and reduction of principal of the war debt, ... 917

  Payments made on account of the, from March 4, 1789, to Dec. 31, 1815, ... 920

  [For minute statements relative to the debt of the United States, see Sinking Fund.]

• Defalcation--Of the collector of New Orleans, William Brown, ... 393
• Defence--Subserviency of arts and manufactures to the public, ... 666
• Delaware--Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 764
• Denton, Christophr under French convention, ... 284
• Deposites--In banks of public moneys, ... 216

  Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with details of arrangements with the State banks relating to, ... 516

• Digest of manufactures--Prepared by Tench Coxe, ... 666

  (See Manufactures.)

• Diplomatic expenses--See Civil list, &c.
• Direct tax--Arrears of 1802, $400,000, ... 6

  Receipts into treasury from the, 1800, ... 12, 18

  Arrears, 1802, $367,600, ... 30

  Arrears, 1803, $250,000, ... 48

  Statements of the, Dec. 20, 1801, balances due by collectors, &c. ... 65

  Same, Dec. 31, 1806, ... 219

  Same, Dec. 27, 1809, ... 387

  $3,000,000 proposed to be raised by, 1812, ... 539

  ?? ?? 1813, ... 627

  Mode of ascertaining the quotas of the counties in the several States, of the, ... 628

  Estimated receipts from, for 1814, ... 652, 840, 841

  Receipts from, 1814, ... 841

  Estimated receipts from, 1815, ... 843

  Continuation and increase gf, Oct. 1814, ... 854, 866, 869

  Report of the acting Secretary of the Treasury on, showing amount received on Oct. 10, 1814, ... 855, 860

  Amount proposedto be raised annually during the war by, $2,500,000, ... 867

  Report on thc constitutionality and expediency of imposing on the District of Columbia and territories of the United States a, ... 889

  Unequal operation, in Tennessee, of the act imposing a, ... 890

  Amount receivable during the year 1815, from, ... 911

  Insufficiency of revenue laws, and want of jurisdiction in the State courts for the collection of the, ... 914

  Amount of the, 1800, and from, Statements of payment &c. of the, Amount of receipts from 1800 to 1815, from, ... 919

• District of Columbia--Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 812

  State of incorporated banks and insurance companies in the, ... 830

  Report on the constitutionality and expediency of imposing a direct tax on the, ... 889

• Dividends, sales of bank stock, and bonus--Receipts from, 1792 to 1802, inclusive, ... 919
• Dividends, and sale and transfer of stocks of banks, insurance companies, &c.--Tax proposed to be levied on, Jan. 1815, ... 887
• Dorr, John--Prays for drawback on playing cards; report adverse, ... 164
• Drawbacks--Revenues derived from, ... 47, 50

  Claim on an unregistered vessel for ... 58, 115

  On goods shipped coastwise and lost; refused, ... 65

  On refined sugar; reported against, 74, ... 116

  On goods shipped out of the district whence entered outwards; report favorable, ... 133

  On goods shipped, application for debentures not being made until expiration of ten days, ... 161

  On playing cards; report adverse, ... 164

  On sugar damaged and relanded; report adverse, ... 224

  On refined sugar, memorial soliciting, ... 268

  Claimed, when the requlations of the law were omitted to be complied with, report adverse, ... 336

  On merchandise supposed to be too long in the United States; report favorable, ... 406

  On goods on which the dilties were not paid report unfavorable, ... 538

  Retention of 25 per cent: proposed on all, ... 539

  Amount of, from commencement of the Government to Dec. 31, 1810, ... 542

  On goods not exported within twelve months; report adverse, 554 n re-exportations, 1812 and 1813, ... 648

  On exports to New Orleans, asked by Joshua Sands, late collector at New York; report favorable, ... 815

  On exportations in two years ending Sept. 1802, ... 5

  On exportations in years 1800, 1801, and 1802, ... 49, 149

  Issued in two years ending Sept. 1802, ... 5

  Issued on exportation of foreign merchandise during the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, ... 49, 149

  Same, for 1802 and 1803, ... 109

  ?? for 1803 and 1804, ... 144

  ?? for 1804 and 1805, ... 207

  ?? for 1805 and 1806, ... 249

  ?? for 1806 and 1807, ... 310

  ?? for 1808, ... 366

  ?? for 1807 and 1808, ... 375

  ?? for 1808 and 1809, ... 442

  ?? for 1809 and 1810, ... 498

  ?? for 1810 and 1811, ... 582

  ?? for 1811 and 1812, ... 653

  ?? for 1812 and 1813, ... 848

• De Cayla, Joseph--Prays protecting duty on paints; report unfavorable, ... 257
• Duties and drawbacks--Comparative statements of, for-- 1799, 1800, and 1801, ... 10

  1800, 1801, and 1802, ... 82

  1801, 1802, and 1803, ... 133,

  1802, 1803, and 1804, ... 169

  1803, 1804, and 1805, ... 222

  1804, 1805, and 1806, ... 266

  1805, 1806, and 1807, ... 321

  1806, 1807, and 1808, ... 386

  1807, 1808, and 1809, ... 450

  1808, 1809, and 1810, ... 508

  1809, 1810, and 1811, ... 594

  1810, 1811, and 1812, ... 664

  1811, 1812, and 1813, ... 396

• DUTIES--On merchandise, tonnage, and postage, principal sources of revenue, ... 5

  On importations Oct. 1, 1800, to Sept. 30, 1802, ... 8

  Remission of, on property destroyed by fire, ... 9

  On goods, &c. allowed drawbacks, 1799, 1800, and 1801, ... 10, 11

  Extension of bonds for, on goods destroyed by fire, ... 21

  On merchandise, tonnage, drawbacks, &c. 1802, ... 47, 50

  Bountiesm, allowances, and expenses of collection of, 1800, 1801, and 1802, ... 49

  Remission of, on theological books; refused, ... 58

  Abatement of, on damaged merchandise; refused, ... 64

  Remission of, on goods shipped to New Orleans, ... 77

  Additional, proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury, 1804, ... 78

  Articles capable of bearing new specific, ... 79

  Protecting, on slate; considered, and reported against, ... 107

  On merchandise, tonnage, passports, &c. 1802 and 1803, ... 109

  Remission of, on books for library and college; refused, ... 114

  Same, on goods destroyed by fire; refused, ... 114

  Extension of bonds for, on imports from South America, ... 115

  Protecting, on books; reported against, ... 118

  On merchandise, tonnage, passports, &c. 1803 and 1804, ... 144

  Remission of, on rum shipped coastwise and lost; reported against, ... 170

  Protecting, on iron hollow ware, reported against, ... 171

  Remission of foreign tonnage duties on an American cargo in a foreign bottom; reported against, ... 171

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• DUTIES--Remission of, on American oil shipped in an American vessel; granted, ... 184

  Protecting, on slate; reported against, ... 185

  Remission of, on cargo of ship Blaireau, abandoned at sea; reported against, ... 186

  On merchandise, tonnage, passports, &c. 1804 and 1805, ... 207

  On salt abolition of, considered, ... 221

  Constituting the Mediterranean fund, continuation of, ... 221, 263

  On merchandise, tonnage, passports, &c. 1805 and 1806, ... 249

  Protecting, on paints; reported against, ... 257

  Additional, on hats; memorial, ... 257

  On copper sheets and plates, counter memorial, ... 257

  Remission of, on saltpetre, supposed duty free, ... 258

  On copper in sheets of 17½ per cent.; reported against, ... 268

  On old copper, repeal of; reported favorably, ... 268

  Remission of, on salt, overcharged, ... 283

  Increase of, on twine and lines, asked, ... 306

  On merchandise, tonnage, passports, &c. 1806 and 1807, ... 310

  Remission of, on merchandise not imported; reported unfavorably, ... 337

  On merchandise, tonnage, passports, &c. 1807 and 1808, ... 375

  On merchandise imported and re-exported, 1807 and 1808, ... 378

  On merchandise imported from the Mediterranean in 1805, 1806, 1807, and 1808, ... 406

  Report of Secretary of the Treasury on increase of, 1810, ... 412

  Bonds for, outstanding, January 1, 1810, ... 422

  On merchandise, tonnage, passports, &c. 1808, 1809, ... 442

  Additional, recommended for the encouragement of manufactures, 1811, ... 481

  Report of Secretary of the Treasury on the effect upon the revenue by laying additional, ... 483

  On merchandise, tonnage, passports, &c. 1809, 1810, ... 498

  Remission of, on merchandise imported during the non-intercourse law report adverse, ... 511

  Remission of foreign, on an American vessel; report favorable, ... 514

  Report of Secretary of the Treasury, proposing an increase of revenue by additional, 1812, ... 523

  Report of Committee of Ways and Means, February 17, 1812, with plan of an increase of revenue by additional, ... 539

  Gross and nett amount of, from the commencement of the present Government to December 31, 1810, ... 582

  On merchandise, tonnage, passports, &c. 1810, ... 542 1811, ... 582

  Reduction of, on prize goods; report adverse, ... 591

  Report of Committee of Ways and Means, June 10, 1813, proposing direct, tax and internal, ... 627

  On prize goods, report of Secretary of the Treasury on ascertainment of amount of, ... 645

  On imports and tonnage, 1812 and 1813, ... 648

  On merchandise, tonnage, passports, &c. 1811, 1812, ... 653

  Remission of, on ship Mohtesquie's cargo, ransomed by Stephen Girard; report adverse, ... 832

  Remission of, on merchandise brought back into the United States, duties alleged to have been before paid; report adverse, ... 833

  On merchandise, &c. 1814, ... 841

  On merchandise, tonnage, passports, &c. 1812, 1813, ... 848

  Report of Committee of Ways and Means, October 10, 1814, proposing increase of, and additional taxes and internal duties, and report of the Secretary of the Treasury on same, ... 854, 866, 869

  Composition of stamp, on notes of private bankers, corporations, and companies, ... 869

  Increase of internal, proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury, January, 1815, ... 885

  Amount receivable in 1815, ... 913

• Dwelling houses--Valuation of, in the several collection districts of the United States, ... 855, 856
• D'Wolfe, Charles--Prays remission of forfeiture on bonds for exportation of domestic distilled spirits; report adverse, ... 59
• E.
• Earle, John, Jun. of Newport, R. I.--Asks fishing bounty on a vessel with a coasting license; refused, ... 184
• Eccleston, Mary--Release of surety in collector's bond; committee report favorably, on the ground that the principal was improperly released, and that a release of principal operates a discharge of sureties, ... 570
• Embargo laws--Remission of penalties for violation of, ... 419

  Fines, forfeitures, and penalties incurred, and expenses of prosecutions, under the, ... 490

• Embargo laws--Report of committee against release of all or any claims of the United States to penalties or forfeitures incurred under the, ... 915
• Enemy--Illicit trade and intercourse carried on with the, insufficiency of the revenue laws to prevent it, ... 881
• Erving, G. W.--Compensation to, for attending the Board of Commissioners, under the 7th article of the treaty with Great Britain of November 19, 1794, ... 484
• Evidences of debt U. S.--Receivable in payment of lands, report on repeal of act authorizing, ... 162
• Expenditure--Report of committee on examination of accounts of public, ... 915

  From March 4, 1789, to December 31, 1815, ... 920

• Expenses of collection of duties, ... 49, 109, 144, 149, 207, 249, 310, 366, 375, 442, 498, 582, 653, 848
• Expenses of the Government--(See Civil List.)
• Extension of duty bonds--To sufferers by fire at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ... 21

  On imports from South America, ... 115

• Extra allowances to the commander-in-chief of the army-- Inquiry into, ... 337
• F.
• Fees--A component part of the revenue, ... 5
• Ferguson, John--Prays reduction of duties on prize goods, ... 591

  FINANCES--Report on the state of the, 1802, ... 5

  Same, 1803, ... 47

  Same, 1804, ... 107

  Same, 1805, ... 142

  Same, 1806, ... 204

  Same, 1807, ... 246

  Same, 1808, ... 307

  Same, 1809, ... 365

  Same, 1809, ... 373

  Same, 1810, ... 439

  Same, 1811, ... 495

  Same, June 4, 1812, ... 569

  Same, 1812, ... 580

  Same, June 3, 1813, ... 622

  Same, July 19, 1813, ... 644

  Same, January, 1814, ... 651

  Same, September, 1814, ... 840

  Same, February, 1815, ... 848

  Same, October, 1814, ... 867

  Same, January, 1815, ... 885

  Same, February, 1815, ... 910

  Report of the Committee of Ways and Means on the state of the, October, 1814, ... 854

• Fines--Component part of the revenue, ... 5

  Under the embargo and non-intercourse laws, ... 490

  Principles and practice of the Treasury Department in mitigating or remitting, ... 615

  Statement of, 1794 to 1811, ... 617

• Fire--Remmision of duties on property destroyed by, ... 9

  Extension of duty bonds to sufferers at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, by, ... 21

• Fisheries--Benefactions of the arts and manufactures to the, ... 666
• Fishing bounty--Prayad for by inhabitants of New Shoreham, R. I. on boats under five tons; refused, ... 60

  Prayed for by Daniel Chapman and others of Connecticut, who had cleared for a foreign port; refused, ... 101

  Prayed for by John Earle, Jun. and Thomas M. Hazard, of Newport, R. I. who sailed with a coasting license; refused, ... 184

  Prayed for by Jonathan Very, of Salem, on a vessel abandoned by the crew and lost; refused, ... 198

• Fishing vessels--Allowances above admitted rates to, ... 334
• Florida--Exports and imports of United States to and from, 1799 to 1802, ... 49, 56, 57
• Flour--Tax of one dollar per barrel on wheat, proposed January, 1815, ... 887
• Foreign coins--Report on proposed repeal of second section of act of 9th February, 1793, relating to, ... 197

  Assays at the mint of, 1807, ... 265

  Same, 1809, ... 385

  Same, 1810, ... 455

  Currency of, report of committee, ... 456

  Assays at the mint of, 1811, ... 509

  Same, 1812, ... 597

  Same, 1813, ... 648

  Expediency of making foreign gold coins a legal tender, ... 837

• Foreign intercourse--Estimates for 1803, $250,000, ... 6

  Same, for 1804, 184,000, ... 48

  Same, for 1805, 294,000, ... 108

  Same, for 1806, 200,000, ... 142

  Expenditure on account of, from April 1, 1801, to March 31, 1805, ... 157

  Estimates for 1807, $200,000, ... 204

  Same, for 1808, 200,000, ... 247

  Same, for 1809, 200,000, ... 308

  Expenditure for, from March 4, 1789, to December 31, 1815, ... 920

  (See Civil List.)

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• Foreign vessels--Extra duty on importations in, ... 47, 50
• Forfeitures--Under embargo and non-intercourse laws, ... 490

  Principles and practice of the Treasury Department in mitigating or remitting, ... 615

  Statement of, 1794 to 1811, ... 617

  Report of committee against the release of all or any claims of the United States to, ... 915

• Forfeitures, remission of--Prayed for by Charles D'Wolfe, on bonds for exporting domestic distilled spirits; report adverse, ... 59

  Prayed for by Andrew Foster and Jacob P. Geraud, on vessel taking two slaves to N. Orleans; report favorable, ... 368

  Prayed for by Levin Jones, incurred by bringing slaves of French passengers into Norfolk; report favorable, ... 392

  Prayed for by Jeremiah Reynolds, incurred by bringing slaves of French passengers into New Orleans; report favorable, ... 393

  Prayed for by Wm. W. Weymouth, incurred by attempting to take a runaway slave from New York to Richmond; report favorable, ... 409

  Prayed for by importers, incurred by importations of British manufactures; report of Committee of Ways and Means of November 25, 1812, ... 570

  Prayed for by Thomas Vincent, incurred by importation of British manufactures from Spanish dependencies; report adverse, ... 618

  Prayed for by Stephen Girard and others, incurred by importation of British merchandise, first into Amelia island and thence into the Delaware; report favorable, ... 637, 644

  Prayed for by George Walkington, incurred by bond on clearing ship Halcyon from N. York to N. Jersey, during the embargo; report favorable, ... 831

  Prayed for by James Washburn and John Alexander, incurred by carrying on a foreign trade in a coasting vessel; report unfavorable, ... 833

  Prayed for by Justin and Elias Lyman, incurred by an illegal importation of coffee, under false papers, &c.; report unfavorable, ... 871

  Prayed for by Noah Shaw, incurred by importation of goods from England and Canada, in violation of the non-importation act; report unfavorable, ... 875

  Prayed for by Robert Kid, incurred by the importation of goods, the property of the enemy, and in violation of the non-importation act; report unfavorable, ... 915

• Forrester, Simon--Prays permission to secure duties on, and sell goods imported from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, ... 596
• Foster, Andrew--Prays remission of forfeiture on vessel taking two slaves to N. Orleans report favorable, ... 368
• France--Extraordinary expenses of convention with, ... 48

  Payments made to American citizens, under the convention of April 30, 1803, with, ... 186

  Claims to be paid under the convention with, ... 202

  Conflicting claims under convention with, ... 283

  Suspension of the payment of certain bills drawn by John Armstrong, under the convention of 1803, with, ... 554

• Frazier, Solomon--Release of, as surety in a collector's bond; report of committee favorable, on the ground that the principal was improperly released; and that a discharge of the principal operates a discharge of sureties, ... 570
• Furniture--Duty proposed to be laid on, 1814, ... 855
• G.
• Gartes, Charles, and als.--Refiners of sugar, report on their petition, ... 29

  Refiners of sugar at Baltimore, pray for drawback of duty, ... 268

• Gaston, William, of Georgia--Prays remission of penalty for violation of embargo laws; report adverse, ... 419
• Georgia--Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 804
• Geraud, Jacob P.--Prays remission of forfeiture on vessel taking two slaves to New Orleans; report favorable, ... 368
• Girard, Stephen, and others--Owners of the ships Good Friends, the United States, and the Amazon, with their cargoes, pray remission of penalties and forfeitures incurred by the importation of British merchandise, first into Amelia island, and thence into the Delaware; report favorable, ... 637, 643
• Girard, Stephen--Prays remission of duties on cargo of the ransomed ship Montesquieu; report unfavorable, ... 832

  Prays that a composition for the stamp duties on notes of private bankers be authorized, ... 869

• Glass--Manufacturers of, pray for protecting duties, ... 29
• Goods, wares, and merchandise--Entitled to debenture-- Amount of duties and drawbacks on, 1799, 1800, 1801, ... 11

  (See Duties and Drawbacks.)

• Goods, wares, and merchandise--Additional duty of one hundred per cent. proposed on imports of, ... 539
• Goodwin, Nathaniel, and others--Manufacturers of iron hollow ware, pray for protecting duties; report unfavorable, ... 171
• Government--Current expenses of the--$2,700,000 applicable to the, 1802, ... 5

  Estimates for, 1803, ... 6

  1804, ... 48

  1805, ... 108

  1806, ... 142

  1807, ... 204

  1808, ... 247

  1809, ... 308, 365

  1810, ... 374

  1811, ... 440

  1812, ... 495, 569

  1813, ... 580, 623

  1814, ... 644, 651

  1815, ... 886, 912

  Expenditure from March 4, 1789, to December 31, 1815, on account of the, ... 920

• Government stock--Propriety of legalizing the payment of claims in treasury notes or, ... 883
• Great Britain--Payments due on account of convention with, ... 6

  Provision for paying demands under the conven with, ... 48

  Extraordinary expenses of convention with, ... 48

• Guestier, Peter A--Prays remission of duties on goods imported in a ship abandoned at sea; report unfavorable, ... 186
• Guns--Manufacturers of, ask protection, ... 22, 29
• Gunpowder--Manufacturers of, pray for protecting duties, ... 29
• H.
• Habersham, Joseph--Asks relief from improper construction of the revenue laws; granted, ... 81
• Hall, Edward--Claim under French convention, ... 284
• Harness--Duty proposed on plated, 1814, ... 855
• Hathaway, James, of North Carolina--remission of penalty for violation of embargo laws; report unfavorable, ... 419
• Hats--Manufacturers of, pray for protecting duties, ... 29

  Memorial asking that additional duty be laid on, ... 257

  Duty proposed of one dollar on beaver, seventy-five cents on castor, and fifty cents on rorum, October, 1814, ... 854

• Hazard, Thomas M. of Newport, Rhode Island--Prays for fishing bounty on a vessel with a coasting license; refused, ... 184
• Headly, Samuel, & Co. of Connecticut--Pray protection for iron wire manufactories, ... 553
• Hemp--Manufacturers of linen from, ask protection, ... 367

  Encouragement of the culture of, prayed for, ... 510

• Holland--Difficulty of procuring remittances to, and remittances made to meet payments due in, ... 6, 9
• Holland, John, Jun.--Prays remission of duties on property destroyed by fire; report favorable, ... 9
• Hollingsworth, Levi--Prays that a duty may be laid on copper manufactured in sheets or bolts, ... 602
• Horses--Duties proposed on saddle and carriage, 1814, ... 855
• Hubble, Ezekiel--Prays remission of duties paid above those chargeable to vessels of the United States; report favorable, ... 514
• Hussey, Tristram, of Nantucket--Prays for remission of duties on oil shipped by an American vessel; granted, ... 184
• I.
• Illinois--Exhibit of manufactures in the territory of,1810, ... 811
• Imports--Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, February, 1810, on laying additional duties on, ... 412

  Report of Secretary of the Treasury, January 28, 1811, on the effect on the revenue by the increase of duties on, ... 483

  Report of committee on increase of duties on, ... 539

  Report of Committee of Ways and Means, November 25, 1812, on remission of penalties and forfeitures incurred by importations of British manufactures, ... 570

  (For duties on imports and, tonnage, seeMerchandise.)

• Importations--Duties on, October 1, 1800, to September 30, 1802, ... 8

  Value, quantities, and species of merchandise on which collected, 1802, ... 47, 50

  Same, 1803, ... 110

  Same, 1804, ... 144

  Same, 1805, ... 207

  Same, 1806, ... 249

  Same, 1807, ... 310

  Same, 1808, ... 375

  Same, 1809, ... 442

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• Importations--Value, quantities, and species of merchandise on which collected, 1810, ... 498

  Same, 1811, ... 582

  Same, 1812, ... 653

  Same, 1813, ... 849

  Statement of importations from all countries compared with those from Great Britain, showing amount of duties on principal articles from Great Britain and her dependencies, during the year 1810, ... 501

  Additional duty of one hundred per cent. proposed on, ... 539

  From beyond the Cape of Good Hope, permission asked to pay duties and sell goods, &c. ... 596

• Importations and re-exportations--In 1807 and 1808, ... 378
• Importers of British manufactures--Report of Committee of Ways and Means, November 25, 1812, on remission of forfeitures and penalties incurred by, of New York, Richmond, New Haven, Philadelphia, Boston, Albany, Savannah, Norfolk, Charleston, Baltimore, Hartford, Alexandria, ... 570
• Income tax--Proposed, ... 869

  Report against, ... 873

  Of $3,000,000, proposed January, 1815, ... 887

• Increase of revenue--Report of Secretary of the Treasury in answer to inquiries of Committee of Ways and Means, relating to, with details of the duties proposed to be laid, ... 523

  Plan for, reported by Committee of Ways and Means, February 17, 1812, ... 539

  Same, February 15, 1813, ... 613

  Same, June 10, 1813, ... 627

  Same, October 10, 1814, ... 854, 856

  Same, October 18, 1814, by Secretary of the Treasury, ... 869

  Same, January, 1815, same, ... 885

  Indemnity to collectors,--For damages arising from seizures, ... 226

• Indiana--Exhibit of manufactures in the territory of, 1810, ... 810
• Indian department--Expenditures on account of the, from March 4, 1789, to December 31, 1815, ... 920

  (See Military and Indian departments.)

• Individuals--Balances due from, June, 1808, ... 356
• Inheritances and devises--Tax proposed on, ... 887
• Inspectors of the customs--Baltimore, New York, and Boston, ask additional compensation; report adverse, ... 255
• Insurance companies--Incorporated in the District of Columbia, ... 830

  Stamp tax proposed on policies of, ... 887

• Internal duties--Uncollected in 1802, near $700,000, ... 6
• Internal revenues--Statements of, ... 12, 18

  Expenses of collecting the, 1801, ... 12, 13

  Receipts from the, 1800, ... 12, 18

  Officers employed in the collection, their salaries, emoluments, &c. ... 13

  Outstanding, 1803, near $400,000, ... 48

  Statements relating to the, December, 1803, ... 66, 73

  Proposed to be laid, 1812, ... 539

  Proposed to be laid, 1813, ... 627

  Estimates from, 1st quarter 1814, ... 644

  Estimates from, for 1814, ... 652, 840, 841

  Receipts from, 1814, ... 841

  Estimates from, for 1815, ... 843

  Increase of, and additional, 1814, ... 854, 866

  Report of acting Secretary of the Treasury on, showing amount accrued during two first quarters of 1814, and aggregate amount received October 10, 1814, ... 855, 861, 865

  Amount proposed to be raised annually during the war by, $2,700,000, ... 867

  Additional, proposed, January, 1815, ... 887

  Estimates of the products of, ... 888

  Amount receivable during the year 1815, from, ... 911

  Insufficiency of revenue laws, and want of jurisdiction in the State courts for the collection of, ... 914

  Amount of receipts from 1792 to December 31, 1815, from, ... 919

  Investigation--(into expenditure of public money)--Report committee of, ... 915

• Iron--Manufacturers of, pray for protection, ... 511, 528, 553

  Protecting duties asked on hollow-ware of; report adverse, ... 171

  Duty proposed of one dollar on pig, one dollar and fifty cents on castings, and one dollar on rolled and slit, October, 1814, ... 854

  Duty proposed on pig, ... 869

• J.
• Jeffersonville--Sales of lands in the district of-- From 1807 to 1808, ... 313

  1808 to 1809, ... 379

  1809 to 1810, ... 445

  1810 to 1811, ... 502

• Jeffersonville--Sales of lands in the district of-- 1811 to 1812, ... 585

  1812 to 1813, ... 657

  1813 to 1814, ... 852

• Jones, Levin--Prays remission of forfeiture incurred by bringing slaves of French passengers into Norfolk; report favorable, ... 392
• Jones, James, of North Carolina--Prays remission of penalty for violation of embargo laws; report adverse, ... 419
• K.
• Kentucky--Memorial of manufacturers of hemp into linen, ... 367

  Memorial of citizens of Lexington, praying encouragement of internal industry, ... 465

  Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 790

• Ketland, Thomas--Prays allowance of drawback on goods imported in an unregistered ship, not having a sea letter; two adverse reports, 58, ... 115
• Kid, Robert--Prays remission of forfeiture incurred by importation of goods the property of the enemy, and in violation of the non-importation acts; report adverse, ... 915
• Kingston, Stephen--Prays allowance of drawback on goods shipped out of the district whence entered outwards; report favorable, ... 133
• L.
• Lamson, Gideon--Asks drawback on sugars damaged and relanded; report adverse, ... 224
• LANDS--Sales of public, source of revenue, ... 5

  Receipts from, for year ending September, 1801, $326,052 08, ... 5

  Sales, for year ending Oct. 1802, 340,000 acres, ... 5, 7

  Sales for year ending Sept. 1803, 200,000 acres, ... 48, 52, 53

  Estimated at $400,000 per annum, ... 48

  Sales, for year ending Sept. 1804, $515,000, ... 108, 112, 151

  Sales of, to Sept 30, 1804, 1,293,336 acres, ... 112, 151

  Sales, for the year ending Sept. 1805, $575,000, ... 142, 147

  Aggregate sales, to 1805, 2,000,000 acres,142

  Repeal of act recommended, which authorizes evidences of public debt to be received in payment for, ... 162

  Sales of, for the year ending Sept. 1806, 473,000 acres, $850,000 received on account, ... 204, 210

  Sales of, for the year ending Sept. 1807, 284,000 acres, $680,000 received on account, ... 247, 252

  Sales of, for the year ending Sept. 1808, 200,000 acres, $550,000 received on account, ... 307, 313

  Sales of, for the year ending Sept. 1809, 143,000 acres, $500,000 received on account, ... 373, 379

  Aggregate sales to Sept. 1809, 3,008,982 acres, ... 379

  Change in system of, not advisable, ... 413

  Suggested as bounty to officers and soldiers, ... 413

  Sales of, for the year ending Sept. 1810, 159,000 acres, $610,000 received on account, ... 440, 445

  Aggregate sales, to Sept. 1810, 3,168,000 acres, ... 440, 445

  Sales of, for year ending Sept. 1811, 207,017 acres, $682,403 received on account, ... 495, 502

  Aggregate sales, to Sept. 1811, 3,374,843 acres, ... 502

  Sales of, for the year ending Sept. 1812, 390,000 acres, $790,000 received on account, ... 580, 585

  Aggregate sales to Sept. 1812, 3,766,508 acres, ... 585

  Estimate of receipts for 1813, from, ... 623

  Same, same, 1814, $600,000, ... 623, 652, 840, 841

  Same, for first quarter, 1814, ... 644

  Receipts from, 1813, ... 651

  Sales of, for the year ending Sept. 1813, 256,345 acres, $643,055 received on account, ... 657

  Aggregate sales to Sept. 1813, 4,022,853 acres, ... 657

  Receipts from, 1814, ... 841

  Estimate of, for 1815, ... 843

  Sales of, for the year ending Sept. 1814, 823 ,264 acres, ... 852

  Aggregate sales of, to Sep.1813,4,829,753 acres, ... 852

  Amount proposed to be raised annually during the war by, $800,000, ... 867

  Probable receipts during the year 1815, from, $1,000,000, ... 911

  Receipts from sales of, 1796 to 1815, inclusive, ... 919

  Valuation of, in the several collection districts of the United States, ... 855, 856

• Lawrence, John L.--Prays for reduction of duties on prize goods, ... 591
• Leather--Manufacturers of morocco, pray for protection, ... 471

  Duty proposed of 3 cents per lb. on soal, neats, harness, calf, horse, hog, kip and seal skin; on goat and sheep skins, tanned to resemble Spanish leather, 50 cents per dozen; and all all other skins, 3 cents per pound, 1814, ... 854, 869

• Letter founders--Pray for protecting duties, ... 29
• Licenses--To retailers of wines and foreign distilled spirits, 1801, ... 12, 15, 17

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• Licenses--To distil spirits, 1812, ... 539

  To retailers of wines, spirits, and foreign merchandise, including tavern keepers, 1812, ... 539

  To same, 1813, ... 627

  To distil spirits, duties on, proposed, 1813, ... 628

  Committee report it inexpedient to authorize the sale of spirits in less quantities than five gallons, without, ... 663

  Amount proposed to be raised annually during the war by, ... 867

• LOANS--Inquiry into discontinuance of office of commissioner of, ... 61

  Report of the Secretary of the Treasury of February, 1810, on the subject of, ... 412

  Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, May 14, 1812, on loan of $11,000,000, ... 564

  $12,950,200, receipts from, estimated for 1812, ... 581

  $20,000,000 to be raised on, in 1813, ... 581

  Amount of moneys obtained by the United States in 1812 on, ... 590

  Of $16,000,000 subscribed for, ... 623

  $5,500,000 necessary to be raised by, for 1814, ... 644

  Of $16,000,000, terms of the, ... 646

  Receipts from, 1813, ... 651

  Same, 1814, ... 652, 840, 841

  $29,350,000, necessary for 1814, to be raised by, ... 652

  Of $7,500,000, accepted proposals for, ... 661

  Of $25,000,000, proceedings relating to the, ... 841, 845, 846

  $28,000,000, necessary for 1815, to be raised by Treasury notes and, ... 867

  Inquiry into, and report of Secretary of the Treasury on provision for last quarter of 1814, for payment of principal and interest of, Dec. 1814, ... 877

  Proposition to raise $25,000,000 for the service of the year 1815, by, ... 888

  Proposed for 1815, ... 910

  Receipts from March 4, 1789, to Dec. 31, 1815, from, ... 919

• Lotteries--Duty of one per cent. on amount of, proposed, 1814, ... 855
• Louisiana--Provision of $2,000,000 on account of purchase of, ... 48

  Amount of $15,000;000, how to be paid for, ... 48, 49

  Exports and imports of the United States to and from, 1799 to 1802, ... 49, 56, 57

  Plan of providing for the debt created by the purchase of, ... 49

  Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 809

  Six per cent. stock; report of the Secretary of the Treasury on means to raise it to par, ... 568Lyman, Justin and Elias--Pray remission of forfeiture incurred by unlawful importation of coffee under false papers, &c.; report adverse, ... 871

• M.
• McAuley, William, and McJimpsey, John--Petition for remission of duties on books, ... 58
• McIntosh, Laughlan, and, Joseph Habersham--Ask relief in consequence of misconstruction of revenue laws; granted, ... 81
• Maine--Exhibit of manufactures in district of, 1810, ... 719
• Man, Aaron--Petition for abatement of duties, ... 64
• MANUFACTURES--Report of Secretary of the Treasury on, containing details, on every species of manufacture within the United States, ... 425

  Report of the acting Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement, prepared by Tench Coxe, of the arts and manufactures of the United States, ... 666

  Digest of, exhibiting the benefactions of the arts and manufactures to agriculture, commerce, navigation, and the fisheries, and their subserviency to the public defence, ... 666

  Practical foundations, actual progress, condition, and establishment of the arts and, ... 667

  Tables exhibiting the several branches of American, by States, Territories, and Districts, with returns of certain doubtful goods, productions of the soil, &c. ... 690

  Value of American, 1810, ... 712, 713

  Summary of American, 1810, ... 712

  Estimate of the value of American, 1810, ... 713

  Estimate for one year of the value of imported, ... 713

  Exports for one year, ending September, 1807, of American, ... 714

  Statement of goods made in the United States, doubtful in their character, as agricultural or as, ... 715

  Tables exhibiting the several branches of American, in every county of the Union, in 1810, with returns of certain doubtful goods, productions of the soil, &c. ... 719

  Consumption in the army and navy of the United States for clothing, of domestic, ... 815

  Encouragement to and protection of-- memorial of gun manufacturers, Lancaster, Penn. ... 22

• MANUFACTURES--Report on petitions of various manufacturers, ... 29

  Memorial of manufacturers and artisans of Philadelphia, December 9, 1803, ... 61

  Report on petitions from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, recommending protection, January 25, 1804, ... 80

  Memorial of manufacturers of iron hollow-ware, in Massachusetts, asking protecting duties, ... 171

  Memorials of slate manufacturers, New York, ... 107, 185

  Memorial of journeymen hatters, New York, ... 257

  Memorial of merchants and manufacturers of copper, New York, against duty, ... 257

  Report on memorial of Joseph W. Revere, of Boston, praying 17 ½ per cent. duty on copper in sheets, and that old copper may be duty free, ... 268

  Memorial of twine and line manufacturers, Massachusetts, ... 306

  Memorial of manufacturers of hemp into linen, Kentucky, ... 367

  Memorial of citizens of Kentucky, praying encouragement of internal industry, ... 465

  Memorial of manufacturers of morocco leather, of Charlestown, Mass. praying protection, ... 471

  Report of committee, Feb. 5, 1811, recommending additional duties on sundry articles for, ... 481

  Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the exclusion of foreign manufactures, &c. ... 483

  Memorial of iron masters of New Jersey, praying protection, ... 511

  Memorial of New Hampshire iron factory company, praying protection, ... 528

  Memorial of brewers of malt liquor in New York, praying for protection, ... 528

  Memorial of citizens of Connecticut, praying for protection to wire manufactories, ... 553

  Memorial of iron masters of Pennsylvania, praying protection to iron manufactories, ... 553

  Communications from Levi Hollingsworth and Joseph W. Revere, on the subject of laying a duty on copper manufactured into sheets and bolts, ... 602, 603

  Memorial of inhabitants of Massachusetts, manufacturers of scythes and mill saws, praying protection, ... 832

  Memorial of manufacturers of Baltimore, &c. praying for a revision of the revenue laws, and the prohibition of the importation of cotton goods manufactured beyond the Cape of Good Hope, ... 834

  Memorial of manufacturers of Philadelphia, &c. praying protection to the infant manufactures, ... 909

• Manufacturers--Memorials and petitions from-- Of guns, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1803, ... 22

  Franklin association of printers, comb makers, gunsmiths, cork cutters, calico printers, cord-wainers, paper makers, letter founders, makers of umbrellas, brushes, glass, stoneware, gunpowder, hats, and starch, 1803, ... 29

  Artisans and manufacturers of Philadelphia, 1803, ... 61

  New York State companies, 1804, 1806, ... 107, 185

  Of iron hollow-ware, Massachusetts, 1806, ... 171

  Of hats, New York, 1807, ... 257

  Of copper, New York, 1807, ... 257

  Of copper, Massachusetts, 1808, ... 268

  Of twine and line, Massachusetts, 1808, ... 306

  Of hemp into linen, Kentucky, 1809, ... 367

  Of Lexington, Fayette county, Kentucky, 1811, ... 465

  Of Morocco leather, Charlestown, Mass. 1811, ... 471

  Of iron, New Jersey, 1811, ... 511

  Of iron, New Hampshire, 1812, ... 528

  Of malt liquor, New York, 1812, ... 528

  Of wire, Connecticut, 1812, ... 553

  Of iron, Pennsylvania, 1812, ... 553

  Of copper, Baltimore and Boston, 1813, ... 602, 603

  Of scythes and mill saws, Massachusetts, 1814, ... 832

  Of cotton goods, Baltimore, 1814, ... 834

  Of city and county of Philadelphia, 1815, ... 909

• Marietta district--Sales of lands in the, 1801, 1802, ... 7

  Same, 1802, 1802, ... 52

  Same, 1803, 1804, ... 112, 151

  Same, 1804, 1805, ... 147

  Same, 1805, 1806, ... 210

  Same, 1806, 1807, ... 252

  Same, 1807, 1808, ... 313

  Same, 1808, 1809, ... 379

  Same, 1809, 1810, ... 445

  Same, 1810, 1811, ... 502

  Same, 1811, 1812, ... 585

  Same, 1812, 1813, ... 657

  Same, 1813, 1814, ... 852

• Maryland--Instalments due on loan of $200,000 from, ... 6

  Manufacturers of, pray for protection, ... 29, 80

  Provision for payment of loan from, ... 48

  Manufacturers of copper, pray protection, ... 602

  Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 765

  Manufacturers of cotton goods, pray protection, ... 834

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• Massachusetts--Manufacturers of twine and line pray for protection, ... 306

  Manufacturers of Morocco leather pray for ditto, ... 471

  Manufacturers of copper pray for ditto, ... 268, 603

  Exhibit of manufactures in the State of, 1810, ... 720

  Manufacturers of scythes and mill saws pray for protection, ... 832

• Mediterranean fund--Statement of the, 1804, ... 108

  Same, 1805, ... 143

  Continuation for a limited time of the duties constituting the; considered, ... 221, 263

  Statements showing receipts on account of the, from July 1, 1804, to December 31, 1808, ... 404

• MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS from--Alexander, John, remission of forfeiture, ... 833

  Amory, Francis, remission of duties, ... 171

  Armroyd, George, and Co., drawback, ... 406

  Associate reformed church, remission of duties, ... 58

  Bailey, Benjamin, remission of duties, ... 114

  Bogart, James, Jun. and others, ditto, ... 114

  Barretto, Francis, surety on custom-house bond, ... 203

  Beckford, Ebenezer, and others, iron manufacturers, ... 528

  Benezet, Anthony, and others, sureties on collector's bond, ... 135

  Boardman and Pope, imports from beyond Cape of Good Hope, ... 596

  Brann, Robert Peter, drawback, ... 336

  Buck, Anthony, Jun. remission of penalty, ... 420

  Caldwell, William, ditto, ... 419

  Cayla, Joseph du, duty on paints, ... 257

  Channing, Walter, remission of duties, ... 258

  Chapman, Daniel, and others, fishing bounty, ... 101

  Clason, Isaac, drawback, 161 Connecticut, wire manufacturers, ... 553

  Connecticut, distillers, ... 890

  Corp, Samuel, remission of duties, ... 77

  Creighton, James, drawback, ... 336

  Darton, Christopher, claim under French convention, ... 284

  Dorr, John, drawback, ... 164

  Du Cayla, Joseph, duty on paints, ... 257

  D'Wolfe, Charles, remission of forfeiture, ... 59

  Earle, John, fishing bounty, ... 184

  Eccleston, Mary, surety on collector's bond, ... 570

  Erving, G. W. compensation, ... 484

  Frazier, Solomon, surety on a collector's bond, ... 570

  Gartes, Charles, and others, sugar refiners, ... 29, 268

  Gaston, William, remission of penalty, ... 419

  Geraud, Jacob P. remission of forfeiture, ... 368

  Girard, Stephen, and others, remission of penalties and forfeitures, ... 637, 644

  Girard, Stephen, remission of duties, ... 832

  Girard, Stephen, composition of stamp duty, ... 869

  Goodwin, Nathaniel, and others, manufacturers of iron-ware, ... 171

  Guestier, Peter A. remission of duties, ... 186

  Habersham, Joseph, construction of revenue laws, ... 81

  Hall, Edward, claim under French convention, ... 284

  Hathaway, James, remission of penalty, ... 419

  Hazard, Thomas M. fishing bounty, ... 184

  Headly, Samuel, and Co. wire manufacturers, ... 553

  Holland, John, Jun. remission of duties, 9 Hollingsworth, Levi, manufacturers of copper, ... 602

  Hubble, Ezekiel, remission of duties, ... 514

  Hussey, Tristam, ditto, ... 184

  Jones, Levin, remission of forfeiture, ... 392

  Jones, James, remission of penalty, ... 419

  Kentucky, manufacturers, ... 367, 465

  Ketland, Thomas, drawback, ... 58, 115

  Kid, Robert, remission of forfeiture, ... 915

  Kingston, Stephen, drawback, ... 133

  Lamson, Gideon, ditto, ... 224

  Lyman, Justin and Elias, remission of forfeiture, ... 871

  McAuley, William, remission of duties, ... 58

  McJimpsey, John, ditto, ... 58

  McIntosh, Laughlan, misconstruction of revenue laws, ... 81

  Man, Aaron, abatement of duties, ... 64

  Miller, Samuel, and others, remission of duties, ... 283

  Murray and Millbank, brewers, ask protection, ... 528

  Nathans, brothers, claims under French convention, ... 284

  Orso, Lenon, remission of duties, ... 833

  Parker, Thomas, and others, ditto, ... 114

  Peckham, Elizabeth, ditto, ... 170

  Pennsylvania, manufacturers, ... 22, 61, 553, 909

  Philadelphia Library Company, remission of duties, ... 114

  Philadelphia Typographical Society, protecting duties, ... 118

  Pulsifer, David, imports from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, ... 596

  Rapelye, George B. drawback, ... 538

  Read and Jephson, remission of duties, ... 337

  Reynolds, Jeremiah, remission of forfeiture, ... 393

  Richards, Nathaniel, remission of duties, ... 511

  Ritter, Jacob, Jun. drawback, ... 336

  Rogers, Moses, drawback on refined sugars, ... 116

• MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS from--Rogers, Philip and Nicholas, Jun. remission of penalty, ... 419

  Rollins, Ebenezer, drawback, ... 554

  Sands, Joseph, claims under French convention, ... 283

  Sands, Joshua, allowance of drawback, ... 815

  Seaman, Edward, drawback on refined sugar, ... 116

  Seton, Charles, remission of duties, ... 337

  Shaw, Noah, remission of forfeiture, ... 875

  Smith, Nathaniel and William, drawback, ... 65

  Smith, Hugh, remission of penalty, ... 419

  Stewart, David, and others, manufacturers of iron, ... 553

  Symmes, John Cleves, pre-emptions, ... 5

  Taney, Francis Lewis, claims under French convention, ... 286

  Taylor, Nerjah, remission of duties, ... 511

  Thomas, Colonel James, accounts of, ... 915

  Thompson, James, drawback, ... 336

  Upton, Gustavus, remission of duties, ... 511

  Very, Jonathan, fishing bounty, ... 198

  Wadsworth, Allyn and B. iron-wire manufacturers, ... 553

  Walkington, George, remission of forfeiture, ... 831

  Washburn, James, ditto, ... 833

  Wellman, Timothy, Jun. claims on France, ... 284

  Weymouth, William W. remission of forfeiture, ... 409

  White, John P. remission of penalty, ... 419

  Wilson, James, Jun. drawback, ... 336

  Woodward, Henly, remission of penalty, ... 419

• Merchandise--Value and quantities of, in 1801, ... 149

  On which duties actually accrued in 1802, ... 50

  Same, 1803, ... 110

  Same, 1804, ... 144

  Same, 1805, ... 207

  Same, 1806, ... 249

  Same, 1807, ... 310

  Same, 1808, ... 375

  Same, 1809, ... 442

  Same, 1810, ... 498

  Same, 1811, ... 582

  Same, 1812, ... 653

  Same, 1813, ... 849

• Merchandise and tonnage--Duties on, source of revenue, 5 Amount of, for year ending September, 1801, $12,280,000, ... 5, 8, 149

  Amount of, for year 1802, $10,100,000, ... 47, 50

  Calculated on at, 10,000,000, ... 47

  Amount of, 1800, 1801, 1802, ... 49, 149

  Amount of, for year 1803, $11,306,000, ... 107, 109, 144

  Amount estimated for 1,804, 10,730,000, ... 107

  Amount of, for 1804, 12,672,323, ... 142, 144, 207

  Amount estimated for 1805, 12,000,000, ... 142

  Amount of, for 1805, 13,083,823, ... 204, 207, 249

  Amount estimated for 1806, 13,000,000, ... 204

  Amount of, for 1806, 16,576,454, ... 246, 249, 310

  Amount estimated for 1807, 14,000,000, ... 246

  Amount of, for 1807, 16,059,924, ... 307, 310, 373, 375

  Amount for three first quarters 1808, $8,000,000, ... 307

  Amount of, for 1808, $10,270,000, ... 365, 366, 373, 375, 439, 442

  Amount estimated for 1809, about $10,270,000, ... 365, 373

  Amount estimated for 1809, about $6,500,000, ... 373

  Amount of, for 1809, about $6,527,000, ... 439, 442, 498

  Amount estimated for 1810, 12,000,000, ... 440

  Amount of, for 1810, 12,513,490, ... 498, 580, 582

  Amount estimated for 1811, 7,500,000, ... 495

  Amount of, for 1811, 7,902,560, ... 580, 582, 653

  Amount estimated for 1812, 12,500,000, ... 580

  Amount of, for 1812, 13,142,008, ... 653

  Amount estimated for 1813, 12,000,000, ... 580, 623

  Amount estimated for 1814, 5,200,000, ... 623, 652, 840

  Amount estimated for first quarter 1814, $1,500,000, ... 644

  Amount of, for 1812, and 1813, ... 648, 848

  Amount of, for 1813, ... 651

  Amount estimated for 1814, $6,500,000, ... 840, 841

  Receipts from, 1814, ... 841

  Amount estimated for 1815, $4,000,000, ... 843

  Amount proposed to be raised annually during the war by, $4,000,000, ... 867

  Amount accruing during the year 1815, ... 911

  Amount receivable during the year 1815, ... 911, 913

  Statements of receipts from commencement of the Government to Dec. 31, 1807, ... 320

  Same, to Dec. 31, 1810, ... 542

  Same, to Dec. 31, 1815, ... 919

• Merchants--Importers of British manufactures of New York, Richmond, New Haven, Philadelphia, Boston, Albany, Savannah, Norfolk, Charleston, Baltimore, Hartford, Alexandria; report of Committee of Ways and Means, of Nov. 25, 1812, on remission of forfeitures and penalties incurred by, ... 570
• Michigan--Exhibit of manufactures in the territory of, 1810, ... 811
• Military and Indian departments--Estimates for 1803, $830,000, 6 Estimates for 1804, $875,000, ... 48

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• Military and Indian departments.--Estimates for 1805; $954,000, ... 108

  Estimates for 1806, 1,030,000, ... 142

  Expenditures of the, for four years, from April 1, 1801, to March 31, 1805, ... 158

  Estimates for 1807, $1,150,000, ... 204

  Estimates for 1808, 1,280,000, ... 247

  Estimates for 1809, 2,736,000, ... 308

  Estimates for 1809, 3,790,000, ... 365

  Expenditures of the, 1802, to 1807, inclusive, ... 384

  Estimates for 1811, ... 440

  Estimates for 1812, $3,415,000, ... 495

  Estimates for 1812, 12,800,000, ... 569

  Estimates for 1813, 17,000,000, ... 581

  Payments made in 1813, ... 651

  Estimates for 1814, $24,550,000, ... 652

  Office proposed for settlement of all accounts of the, ... 813

  Authorized expenditure for 1814, $24,502,906 ... 840

  Payments in 1814 for the, ... 840, 867

  Estimate for 1815, $30,342,328, ... 886

  Expenditures for the, from March 4, 1789, to Dec. 31, 1815, ... 920

• Military services--Moneys paid for, receivable in payment of taxes, proposed; report against, ... 874
• Militia--Permanent annual appropriation for arming and equipping the, $200,000, ... 840
• Mill saws--Manufacturers of, pray for protection, ... 832
• Miller, Samuel, of Maine--For self and others, prays remission of duties on salt overcharged; refused, ... 283
• MINT--Report of the director of the, with abstracts of the coinage, expenses, &c. for 1802, ... 18, 19

  Expenditures of the, 1802, 20 Comptroller's statements of the transaction of the mint for the year 1802, ... 31

  Report of the director of the, 1804, with abstracts of the coinage, expenses, &c. for 1803, ... 75

  Comptroller's statements of the transactions of the mint for the year 1803, ... 101

  Report of the director of the, 1805, with abstracts of coinage, expenses; &c. for 1804, ... 118

  Comptroller's statements of the transactions of the mint for the year 1804, ... 136

  Report of the director of the, 1806, with abstracts of coinage, expenses, &c. for 1805, ... 165

  Coinage from commencement, to Dec. 31, 1805, at the, ... 168

  Comptroller's statements of the transactions of the mint for the year 1805, ... 198

  Report of the director of the, 1807, with abstracts of coinage, expenses, &c. for 1805, ... 224

  Comptroller's statements of the transactions of the mint for the year 1806, ... 242

  Report of the, director of the, 1808, with abstracts of coinage, expenses, &c. for 1807, ... 263

  Comptroller's statements of the transactions of the mint for the year 1807, ... 302

  Report of the director of the, 1809, with abstracts of coinage, expenses, &c. for 1808, ... 317

  Comptroller's statements of the transactions of the mint, for the year 1808, ... 353

  Report of the director of the, 1810, with abstracts of coinage, expenses, &c. for 1809, ... 391

  Comptroller's statements of the transactions of the mint for the year 1809, ... 409

  Report of the director of the, 1811, with abstracts of coinage, expenses, &c. for 1810, ... 458

  Statements of whole expense of, and amount of coinage at the, from its institution to Dec. 31, 1809; report of Secretary of the Treasury, ... 464

  Comptroller's statements of the transactions of the mint for the year 1810, ... 487

  Report of the director of the, 1812, with abstracts of coinage, expenses &c. for 1811, ... 515

  Comptroller's statements of the transactions of the mint for the year 1811, ... 562

  Report of the director of the, 1813, with abstracts of coinage, expenses, &c. for 1812, ... 599

  Comptroller's statements of the transactions of the mint for the year 1812, ... 619

  Report of the director of the, 1814, with abstracts of coinage, expenses, &c. for 1813, ... 649

  Comptroller's statements of the transactions of the mint for the year 1813, ... 835

  Report of the director of the, 1815, with abstracts of coinage, expenses, &c. for 1814, ... 883

  Comptroller's statements of the transactions of the mint for the year 1814, ... 907

• Miscellaneous expenses of the Government--See Civil list, &c.
• Mississippi territory--Sales of lands in the--To July 31, 1807, ... 253

  July 13, 1808, ... 315

  Sept. 30, 1809, ... 381

  Sept. 30, 1810, ... 446

  Sept. 30, 1811, ... 503

  Sept. 30, 1812, ... 586

  Sept. 30, 1815, ... 658

  Sept. 30, 1814, ... 853

• Mississippi territory--Sales of lands in the-- Exhibit of manufactures in 1810, ... 809
• Murray and Milbank, of New York--Brewers of malt, pray for protection, ... 528
• N.
• Nails--Duty of one cent per pound proposed on manufacture of, 1814, ... 855
• Nathans, brothers--Claims under French convention, ... 284
• NATIONAL BANK--Citizens of New York pray for the establishment of a; report adverse, ... 663

  Secretary of the Treasury proposes the establishment of a, ... 867

• Navigation--Benefactions of the arts and manufactures to, ... 666
• NAVY--Department of the, accountability of disbursing officers in the, ... 335

  Accountability in the, ... 348

  Payments made at the treasury from Oct. 1, 1811, to Dec. 1, 1812, for the expenditures of the, ... 589

  Expenses on account of the, 1813, ... 623

  Deficiencies in appropriations in 1801 and 1802, for the, ... 5

  Estimate for 1803, for the, $900,000, ... 6

  Estimate for 1804, for the, 650,000, ... 48

  Estimate for 1805, for the, 650,000, ... 108

  Extraordinary, 590,000, ... 108

  Estimate for 1806, for the, 1,070,000, ... 142

  Expenditures of the, for four years, from April 1, 1801, to March 31, 1805, ... 158

  Estimate for 1807, $900,000, ... 204

  Estimate for 1808, 1,020,000, ... 247

  Estimate for 1809, 1,014,000, ... 308

  Estimate for 1809, 2,915,000, ... 365

  Expenditures on account of the, 1802 to 1807, inclusive, ... 384

  Estimates for 1811, ... 440

  Estimates for 1812, $2,500,000, ... 495

  Estimates for 1812, 3,940,000, ... 569

  Estimates for 1813, 4,925,000, ... 581

  Payments made at the treasury from Oct. 1, 1811, to Dec. 1, 1812, for expenditures for the, ... 589

  Expenses on account of the, 1813, ... 623

  Estimates for first quarter of 1814, ... 644

  Payments made in 1813 for the, ... 651

  Estimates for 1814, $6,900,000, ... 652

  Articles foreign and domestic consumed in clothing the, in 1813, and estimate for 1814, ... 815

  Authorized expenditure for 1814, $8,169,910, ... 840

  Payments in 1814, ... 840, 868

  Estimate for 1815, ... 886

  Expenditures on account of the, from March 4, 1789, to Dec. 31, 1815, ... 920

• Negotiable paper--Duties on, proposed, 1813, ... 627

  Same, 1815, ... 887

• New Hampshire--Extension of duty bonds to sufferers by fire at Portsmouth, ... 21

  Iron factory company of, memorial praying for protection, ... 528

  Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 726

• New Jersey--Protection to manufactures asked by citizens of, ... 80

  College of, asks remission of duties on books imported; refused, ... 114

  Citizens of Sussex, pray encouragement for the culture of hemp, ... 510

  Iron masters of, pray for protection, ... 511

• New Orleans--Expected revenue from, $200,000, ... 48

  Exportations from U. States to, ... 49, 56

  Amount of sugar and indigo exported from, ... 49

  Defalcation of Wm. Brown, collector of, ... 393

  Drawback of duties prayed for on exports from New York to; report favorable, ... 815

• New York--Protection to manufactures asked by citizens of, ... 80

  Slate companies ask protecting duty on slate; reported against twice, ... 107, 185

  Merchants of, memorial asking extension of duties on imports from South America, ... 115

  Memorial of journeymen hatters of New York, ... 257

  Same, merchants and manufacturers of copper, New York, ... 257

  Same, brewers of milt liquor, praying protection, ... 528

  Same, citizens of the State of, praying for the establishment of a National Bank; report adverse, ... 663

  Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 738

  Memorial of the Banks of the city of against the establishment of a Bank of the United States with a capital of $50,000,000, Dec. 1814, ... 876

• Non-importation act--Suspension of, proposed, ... 613

  Violations of--By merchants of Richmond, New Haven, Philadelphia, Boston, Albany, Savannah, Norfolk, Charleston, Baltimore, Hartford, and Alexandria, ... 570

  By Stephen Girard and others, owners of the ships Good Friends, United States, and Amazon, ... 637, 643

  By George Walkington, of New York, ... 831

  By Lenon Orso, of New Orleans, ... 833

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• Non-importation act--Violations of, by--

  Noah Shaw, of Boston, ... 875

  Robert Kid, of Philadelphia, ... 915

• Non-intercourse laws--Fines, forfeitures, penalties, and expenses of prosecutions under the, ... 490

  Report of committee against release of all or any claims of the United States for penalties and forfeitures incurred under the, ... 915

• North Carolina--Exhibit of manufactures in, ... 795
• Notarial instruments--Stamp duty proposed on, ... 887
• Notes--Negotiable and promissory, stamp duty proposed on, ... 887
• O.
• Officers--Accountability of disbursing, ... 335
• Ohio--Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 788
• Orleans--Exhibit of manufactures in the territory of, 1810, ... 807
• Orso, Lenon, prays remission of duties on merchandise re-imported into the United States, alleging the duties to have been before paid; report unfavorable, ... 833
• P.
• Paints--Protecting duty asked on; report adverse, ... 257
• Paper--Manufacturers of, pray for protecting duties, ... 29

  Duty proposed on manufacture of, 1814, ... 855, 869

• Parker, Thomas, and others--Pray for remission of duties on books imported, ... 114
• Passports and clearances--Duties on, in 1800, 1801, and 1802, ... 49, 149

  Same, 1803, $15,902, ... 110, 144

  Same, 1804, 17,334, ... 144, 207

  Same, 1805, 18,954, ... 207

  Same, 1806, 20,318, ... 249

  Same, 1807, 19,896, ... 310, 375

  Same, 1808, 476,684, ... 366, 375, 422

  Same, 1809, 22,660, ... 422, 498

  Same, 1810, 23,428, ... 498

  Same, 1811, 19,737, ... 582, 653

  Same, 1812, 14,928, ... 653, 848

  Same, 1813, 3,640, ... 848

• Paymaster General of the armies of the United States--

  Secretary of War proposes to establish the office of, ... 813

• Peckham, Elizabeth, (of Kingston, R. I.)--Prays remission of duties on rum shipped coastwise and lost; refused, ... 170
• Penalties--Component part of the revenue, ... 05

  Remission of, for violation of embargo laws, ... 419

  Under embargo and non-intercourse laws, ... 490

  Incurred by importations of British manufactures; report of Committee of Ways and Means, November 25, 1812, ... 570

  Principles and practice of the Treasury Department in mitigating or remitting, ... 615

  Statement of, 1794 to 1811, ... 617

  Remission of, for importation of British manufactures from Spanish dependencies; report adverse, ... 618

  Remission of, for importation of British merchandise, first into Amelia island, and thence into the Delaware; report favorable, ... 637, 644

  Report against releasing all or any claims of the United States to, ... 915

• Pensions--Expenditure for payment of, from 1789 to 1815, inclusive, ... 920
• Pennsylvania--Gun manufacturers of Lancaster, pray for encouragement, ... 22

  Artisans and manufacturers of Philadelphia, pray for protection, ... 61, 909

  Protection of manufactures asked by citizens of, ... 80

  Resolutions of the Legislature of, against renewal of charter of Bank of the United States, ... 467

  Iron masters of, pray for protection, ... 553

  Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 746

• Petitions--See Memorials.
• Philadelphia--Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce, praying renewal of the charter of the Bank of the United States, ... 453

  Memorial of 868 citizens of, praying renewal of the charter of the Bank of the United States, ... 470

  Memorials of manufacturers of, praying protection to their infant manufactures, 1815, ... 61, 909

  Library Company of, ask remission of duties on books imported, ... 114

  Typographical Society asks protecting duties on books; report adverse, ... 119

• Pickering, Timothy, (late Secretary of State)--Claim of, ... 393
• Pittsburg--Memorial of 80 citizens of, against renewal of charter of the Bank of the United States, ... 479
• Porter, beer, and ale--Duty proposed on, ... 854, 869
• Portsmouth, N. H.--Extension of duty bonds to sufferers by fire at, ... 21
• Postage--Duties on, source of revenue, ... 5

  Amount for year ending Sept. 1802, $50,500, ... 5

  Amount for year ending 1803, $27,000, ... 48

  Estimated amount of, for 1814, ... 840, 841

• Postage--Receipts from, for 1814, ... 841

  Estimated receipts from, 1815, ... 843

  Increase of 50 per cent. on, October, 1814, ... 854

  Amount proposed to be raised during the war by, ... 867

  Receipts from, 1793 to 1815, inclusive, ... 919

• President's message--Relating to importations of British manufactures; report of the Committee of Ways and Means on the subject, November 25, 1812, ... 570
• Printers--Protecting duties prayed for by, ... 29
• Privateers--Owners of, at New York, Boston, Norfolk, and Portsmouth, pray reduction of duties on prize goods; report adverse, ... 591
• Prize causes--Expenses of, provided for, ... 6
• Prize goods--Reduction of duties asked on; report adverse, ... 591

  Report of the acting Secretary of the Treasury on the ascertainment of the amount of, and the propriety of reducing the duties on, ... 645

• Prosecutions--Expenses of, for violations of the embargo and non-intercourse laws, ... 490
• Protecting duties--On slate; reports adverse, ... 107, 185

  On books; same, ... 118

  On iron hollow-ware; same, ... 171

  On paints; same, ... 257

• Public credit--Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the support of, Oct. 14, 1814, ... 866
• Public debt--See Debt.
• Public deposites--In banks, ... 216, 516
• Public expenditures--Report on examination of the, ... 915
• Public lands--See Lands.
• Pulsifer, David D.--Prays for permission to secure duties on and sell goods imported from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, ... 596
• R.
• Rapelye, George B.--Prays drawback on goods on which duties were not paid; report adverse, ... 538
• Read and Jephson, (of New York,)--Ask remission of duties on merchandise alleged not to be imported; refused, ... 337
• Real estate--Tax proposed on contracts relating to, ... 869, 887
• Receipts--Annual, for 17 years, from the commencement of the Government to Dec. 31, 1807, ... 318

  Annual, from March 4, 1789, to Dec. 31, 1809, ... 423

• Receipts and expenditures--General statement of, April, 1801, to March, 1805, ... 152

  Account of, from October 1, to Dec. 31, 1808, ... 366

  Same, October 1, 1808, to September 30, 1809, ... 384

  Same, October 1, 1809, to September 30, 1810, ... 448

  Statement of, from Oct. 1, 1810, to Sept. 30, 1811, ... 507

  Estimated, for 1812, ... 569

  Statements of, from October 1, 1811, to September 30, 1812, ... 588

  Same, from Oct. 1, 1812, to March 31, 1813, ... 624

  Same, from Oct. 1, 1812, to Sept. 30, 1813, ... 660

  Same, from Oct. 1, 1813, to Dec. 31, 1813, ... 843

  Same, from March 4, 1789, to Dec. 31, 1815, also the balances in the Treasury at the close of each year, ... 919

• Reduction of duties--On prize goods, petitioned for; report adverse, ... 591
• Refiners of sugar--Report favorable to, ... 29

  Reports against allowance of drawback, ... 74, 116

  Drawback of duty prayed for by, ... 268

  (See Sugar.)

• Release--Of penalties and forfeitures; report of committee against, under embargo and non-importation acts, ... 915
• Remission--To the collector and naval officer at Savannah --misconstruction of the revenue laws, ... 81
• Remission of duties--On property destroyed by fire, ... 9

  On theological books; refused, ... 58

  On merchandise landed at New Orleans, after touching at New York; report favorable, ... 77

  On books for a library and a college; refused, ... 114

  On goods destroyed by fire; refused, ... 114

  On rum shipped coastwise and lost; refused, ... 170

  On American cargo in a foreign vessel; refused, ... 171

  On American oil in an American vessel; granted, ... 184

  On cargo per ship abandoned at sea; refused, ... 186

  On saltpetre, supposed duty free, ... 258

  On salt, overcharged; referred to judicial decision, ... 283

  On merchandise alleged to be not imported; refused, ... 383

  On merchandise imported into New York during the non-intercourse law; refused, ... 511

  Of foreign, on an American vessel; report favorable, ... 514

  On ransomed ship Montesquieu; report adverse, ... 832

  On merchandise re-imported into the United States, the duties alleged to have been before paid; report unfavorable, ... 833

• Remission of forfeitures--On bonds for exportation of domestic distilled spirits; refused, ... 59

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• Remission of forfeitures--On vessel taking two slaves to New Orleans; report favorable, ... 368

  Incurred by bringing French passengers and slaves into Norfolk; report favorable, ... 392

  Incurred by bringing slaves of French passengers into New Orleans; report favorable, ... 393

  Incurred by attempting to take a runaway slave from New York to Richmond; report favorable, ... 409

  Incurred by importations of British manufactures; report of Committee of Ways and Means, November 25, 1812, ... 570

  Incurred by importation of British manufactures from Spanish dependencies; report adverse, ... 618

  Incurred by importations of British merchandise, by Stephen Girard, and others, first into Amelia island, and thence into the Delaware; report favorable, ... 637, 643

  Incurred by George Walkington, on bond upon clearing ship Halcyon from New York to New Jersey, during the embargo; report favorable, ... 831

  Incurred by James Washburn and John Alexander, by carrying on a foreign trade in a coasting vessel; report unfavorable, ... 833

  Incurred by illegal importation of coffee under false papers, &c. by Justin and Elias Lyman; report unfavorable, ... 871

  Incurred by Noah Shaw, by the importation of goods from England and Canada, in violation of the non-importation act; report unfavorable, ... 875

  Incurred by Robert Kid, by the importation of goods, the property of the enemy, and in violation of the non-importation laws; report unfavorable, ... 915

• Remission of penalties--For violation of embargo laws, ... 419

  For violation of embargo laws, ... 637

  Same, same, ... 643

• Respondentia and bottomry bonds--Stamp duty proposed on, ... 887
• Retailers of wines, spirituous liquors, and foreign merchandise --Duty on licenses to, ... 12,15, 17, 539, 627, 663
• Revenue--Incidental, April 1, 1801, to March 31, 1805, ... 156

  Commissioner of the, reports of the, ... 12, 30, 66

  Officers of the, increase of compensation, ... 255, 512, 514

  Establishment of office of the commissioner of the, proposed, 1813, ... 628

  Permanent sources of, ... 5

  Estimated at $10,000,000, for 1803, ... 5

  From importations, October 1, 1800, to September 30, 1802, ... 8

  Estimated at $10,400,000, for 1804, ... 48

  Estimated at 11,200,000, for 1805, ... 108

  Estimated at 12,500,000,for 1806, ... 142

  Estimated at 13,500,000, for 1807, ... 204

  Estimated at 14,500,000, for 1808, ... 247

  Estimated at 16,821,000, for 1809, ... 365

  Estimated at 12,500,000, for 1810, ... 374

  Bonds outstanding January 1, 1810, $9,000,000, ... 422

  Estimated at $12,500,000, for 1811, ... 440

  Estimated at 8,000,000, for 1812, ... 405

  Increase of, report of Secretary of the Treasury in answer to inquiries of Committee of Ways and Means upon, with details of the duties proposed to be laid, ... 523

  Plan for increase of, by Committee of Ways and Means, February 17, 1812, ... 539

  Same, February 15, 1813, ... 613 Same, June 10, 1813, ... 627

  Estimated for 1814, ... 652, 840

  Plan for increase of, by Committee of Ways and Means, October 14, 1814, ... 854

  Same, by the Secretary of the Treasury, October 18, 1814, ... 866

  Same, by the Secretary of the Treasury, January 17, 1815, ... 887

  Estimate for 1815, $18,200,000, ... 910

  Report of Secretary of the Treasury on the estimated revenue of 1815, ... 910

  Nett, from duties on merchandise, tonnage, passports, and clearances, accrued in 1801, ... 149

  Same, 1802, ... 50 Same, 1803, ... 110 Same, 1804, ... 144

  Same, 1805, ... 207

  Same, 1806, ... 249

  Same, 1807, ... 310

  Same, 1808, ... 375

  Same, 1809, ... 442

  Same, 1810, ... 498

  Same, 1811, ... 582

  Same, 1812, ... 653

  Same, 1813, ... 849

• Revenue bonds--Outstanding January 1, 1810, ... 422
• Revenue cutters--Increased number of, recommended, ... 306
• Revenue laws--Principles and practice of the Treasury Department in the mitigation or remission of fines, forfeitures, and penalties, under the, ... 615

  Revision of the, prayed for by manufacturers, ... 834

  Insufficiency of, to prevent trade and intercourse with the enemy, with proposed amendments, ... 881

  Revision of, necessary for the collection of direct taxes and internal revenue, ... 914

• Revere, Paul and Joseph W. of Boston--Pray that a duty of seventeen and a half per cent. be laid on copper in sheets; report adverse, ... 268

  And that old copper be duty free; report favorable, ... 268

• Revere, Joseph W.--Prays that a duty may be laid on copper manufactured into sheets or bolts, ... 603
• Reynolds, Jeremiah--Prays remission of forfeiture, incurred by taking slaves of French passengers into New Orleans; report favorable, ... 393
• Rhode Island--Inhabitants of New Shoreham pray for fishing bounty on boats under five tons, ... 60

  Inhabitants of Pawcatuck pray that a collection district may be formed of towns in Connecticut; report adverse, ... 226

  Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 732

• Richards, Nathaniel--Prays remission of duties on merchandise imported during the non-intercourse law; report adverse, ... 511
• Ritter, Jacob, Jr. of Philadelphia--Asks drawback on a shipment of sugar; report adverse, ... 336
• Rogers, Moses--Prays for drawback on refined sugars; report adverse, ... 116
• Rogers, Philip and Nicholas, Jr. of Baltimore--Pray remission of penalty for a violation of embargo laws; report adverse, ... 419
• Rollins, Ebenezer, of Boston--Prays for drawback on goods not exported within twelve months; report adverse, ... 554
• S.
• Saddles and bridles--Duty proposed on, 1814, ... 855
• Salt--Expediency of abolishing duties on, ... 221

  Imports and exports of, for 1805, ... 222

  Duty of 8 cents proposed to be laid on, 1811, ... 482

  Duty of 20 cents per bushel proposed on, 1812, ... 539

  Same, same, 1813, ... 627

• Sands, Joseph--Claims under French convention, ... 283
• Sands, Joshua, (late collector at New York)--Prays allowance of drawback of duties on exports to New Orleans; report favorable, ... 815
• Savannah--Remission to collector and naval officer at; misconstruction of revenue laws, ... 81
• Saws--Manufacturers of mill, pray for protection, ... 832
• Seythes--Manufacturers of, pray for protection, ... 832
• Seaman Edmund--Prays for drawback on refined sugar; report adverse, ... 116
• Seton, Charles, (of New York)--Prays remission of duties on merchandise alleged not to be imported; refused, ... 337
• Shaw, Noah--Prays remission of forfeiture incurred on importation of goods from Great Britain and Canada, in violation of the non-importation act; refused, ... 875
• Shawneetown--Sales of lands in the district of, from October 1, 1813, to September 30, 1814, ... 852
• Shot--Additional duties proposed to be laid on lead, ... 482
• SINKING FUND--Commissioners of the-- authorized sale of stock of Bank of the United States by the, ... 9

  Report of the, February 7, 1803, ... 23

  Inquiry into the proceedings and accounts of the, ... 37

  Report of the, Feb. 4, 1804, ... 84

  Same, Feb. 5, 1805, ... 120

  Same, Feb. 5, 1806, ... 172

  Same, Feb. 5, 1807, ... 227

  Same, Feb. 5, 1808, ... 269

  Same, Feb. 4, 1809, ... 322

  Powers of the commissioners of the, ... 369

  Report of the, Feb. 5, 1810, ... 395

  Same, Feb. 4, 1811, ... 472

  Same, Feb. 5, 1812, ... 528

  Same, Feb. 8, 1813, ... 603

  View of the Sinking Fund, for 1813, ... 626

  Report of the, Feb. 7, 1814, ... 821

  Same, Feb. 6, 1815, ... 897

  Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, of Feb. 24, 1815, proposing to relieve the Sinking Fund from the Treasury note debt, ... 917

  And to apply it, 1st. Towards reimbursement and payment of the old six per cents. ... 917

  2d. Towards the principal and interest of temporary loans, under act of March, 1812, ... 918

  3d. To the payment of the stock debt created since the war, ... 918

  4th. To the purchase of stock created since the war, ... 918

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• Slate--Protecting duty asked for on; reported against, ... 107, 185
• Slaves--Valuation of, in the several collection districts of the United States, ... 855, 856
• Smith, Nathaniel and William--Petition for drawback on sugars shipped coastwise, and lost or damaged; report unfavorable, ... 65
• Smith, Hugh--Prays remission of penalty for violation of embargo laws; report favorable, ... 419
• Smuggling--Insufficiency of revenue laws to prevent, ... 881
• Snuff--Duty of four cents per pound proposed on, 1814, ... 854

  Same, of five cents, ... 869

• South Carolina--Completion of assessment of direct tax in, ... 65

  Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 802

• Specie--Surplus in the Treasury, 1802, near $5,000,000, ... 6

  Amount, 1803, $5,860,000, ... 48

  Amount, 1807, $8,529,573 08, ... 308

  Amount, 1808, $13,846,717 ... 52, 365

  Expediency of prohibiting the exportation of, ... 837

  Proposition to prohibit the exportation of, ... 910, 912

• Specific duties--Articles on which new may be laid, ... 79
• Spirits--Duties on domestic distilled, 1801, ... 12, 14, 17

  Duties proposed on stills employed in distilling, ... 539

  Duties proposed on licenses to retailers of, 1813, ... 628

  Duties proposed on licenses to distillers of, 1813, ... 628

  Inquiry into expediency of authorizing sale of, in less quantities than five gallons, without license; report adverse, ... 663

  Additional duty of 12 ½ cents per gallon on, October, 1814, ... 854

  Additional duty of 25 cents per gallon, ... 869

• Stamps--Upon vellum, parchment, and paper, duties on, 1801, ... 12, 17

  Duties on, proposed, 1812, ... 539

  Composition asked on duties on, upon notes of private bankers, corporations, and companies, ... 869

  Tax proposed on bonds, penal bills, &c. 1815, ... 887

• Starch--Manufacturers of, pray for protecting duties, ... 29
• States--Balances due from; report of Secretary of the Treasury, December 30, 1805, ... 163
• Steubenville district--Sales of lands in the, 1801, 1802, ... 7

  Same, 1802, 1803, ... 52, 53

  Same, 1803, 1804, ... 112, 151

  Same, 1804, 1805, ... 147

  Same, 1805, 1806, ... 210

  Same, 1806, 1807, ... 252

  Same, 1807, 1808, ... 313

  Same, 1808, 1809, ... 379

  Same, 1809, 1810, ... 445

  Same, 1810, 1811, ... 502

  Same, 811, 1812, ... 585

  Same, 1812, 1813, ... 657

  Same, 1813, 1814, ... 852

• Stewart, David, and others, (of Pennsylvania)--Pray for protection on manufactures of iron, ... 553
• Stills--Duties on, 1801, ... 12, 14, 17

  Duties on, proposed, 1812, ... 539

  Duties on, 1813, ... 627

  Unequal operation of the duty on; report on, ... 890

• Stocks--Transferred to the United States on account of debt U. S.--(See Sinking Fund.)
• Stoneware--Manufacturers of, pray for protecting duties, ... 29
• Subscription--To loan of $11,000,000; report of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to, ... 564
• Sugar--Duties on refined, 1801, ... 12, 14, 17

  Report favorable to refiners of, ... 29

  Reports adverse to allowance of drawback on refined, ... 74, 116

  Drawback of duty on refined, prayed for, ... 268

  Duty on refined, proposed, 1812, ... 539

  Same, same, 1813, ... 627

• Sureties in a collector's bond released--From delay in officers of Government bringing suit, ... 135

  On the ground that the principal was released improperly by the Secretary of the Treasury, when able to pay; and a discharge of principal operates a discharge of sureties, ... 570

• Surety in a custom-house bond--Relief to the extent of freedom from arrest, ... 204
• Suspension--Of payment of bills drawn under the convention with France of 1803, by Mr. Armstrong, ... 554
• Symmes, John Cleves--Pre-emptions claimed by purchasers under, ... 5
• T.
• Taney, Francis Lewis, Benjamin Stoddert, and John Mason--Trustees of, claims under convention with France, ... 286
• Tariff of duties--Increase of, proposed, 1804, ... 78, 79

  Increase of, proposed, 1810, ... 412

  Same, for encouragement of manufactures, 1811, ... 481

  Effect on revenue by increase of, ... 483

  Increase of, proposed, 1812, ... 523

  Same, with plan proposed, ... 539

• Tariff of duties--Increase of, proposed 1814, ... 854, 866, 869

  (See Duties.)

• Taxes--Statements of direct, ... 6, 18, 30, 48, 65, 219, 387

  Proposed by committee as preparatory to a war, 1812, ... 539 $3,000,000 proposed to be raised by direct, 1812, ... 539

  Internal and direct, proposed in 1813, ... 627

  Increase of, and additional in 1814, ... 854, 866, 869

  Income; report against, ... 873

  Report on receiving any kind of money paid by Government for military services in payment of, ... 874

  Additional, proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury, January, 1815, ... 887

  Receipts from direct, 1800 to 1815, inclusive, ... 919

  (See Direct tax.)

• Taylor Nerjah--Prays remission of duties on merchandise imported during the non-intercourse law; report unfavorable, ... 511
• Tennessee--Exhibit of manufactures in the districts of, 1810, ... 799

  Inhabitants of Hickman and Dickson counties, report on unequal operation of the direct tax, ... 890

• Territories of the United States--Report on the constitutionality and expediency of imposing a direct tax on the, ... 889
• Testamentary instruments and letters of administration-- Tax proposed on, January, 1815, ... 887
• Thomas, Colonel James--Accounts of, ... 915
• Thompson, James, of New York--Prays drawback on a shipment of dry goods; report adverse, ... 336
• Timber--For Navy, appropriation of $200,000 for purchase of, ... 840
• Tobacco--Duty of four cents per pound proposed on manufactured, 1814, ... 854

  Duty of five cents, ... 869

• Tonnage--Duties on, source of revenue, ... 5

  Duties on, 1800, 1801, 1802, ... 49, 149

  Amount of American and foreign, 1800,1801,1802, ... 50

  Duties on, 1802, $160,424 70, ... 49, 109

  Amount of American and foreign, 1803, ... 109

  Duties on, 1803, $166,528 91, ... 109, 144

  Duties on, 1804, 208,730, ... 144, 207

  Amount of American and foreign, 1804, ... 144

  Duties on, 1805, $215,731 ... 20, 207

  Amount of American and foreign, 1805, ... 207

  Amount of same, 1806, ... 249

  Duties on, 1806, $219,329 ... 37, 249

  Duties on, 1807, 206,331 06, ... 310, 375

  Amount of American and foreign, 1807, ... 310

  Duties on, 1808, $119,797 ... 366, 375, 442

  Amount of American and foreign, 1808, ... 375

  Duties on, 1809, $151, 983, ... 442

  Amount of American and foreign, 1809, ... 442, 498

  Amount of same, 1810, ... 498

  Duties on, 1810, $169,161, ... 498

  Additional duties proposed on, ... 539

  Duties on, 1811, $124,363, ... 582, 653

  Amount of American and foreign, 1811, ... 582

  Additional duties proposed on foreign, ... 613

  Same, same, ... 627

  Amount of, for 1812 and 1813, ... 644

  Amount of, 1812, $155,353, ... 653

  Amount of, 1813, 315,638, ... 848

• Treasury--Inquiry into discrepancies in the report of the Secretary of the, ... 37

  State of the, at the close of the year 1814, and plan for providing the ways and means for 1815, ... 885

  Balances in the, at the end of each year, from March 4, 1789, to December 31, 1815, ... 920

• TREASURY NOTES--Issue of $5,000,000 authorized, ... 569

  Report of Secretary of the Treasury, with statements of accounts with Banks, purchasers of, ... 600

  Issue of $5,000,000 authorized, February 1813, ... 623

  Receipts from, 1813, ... 651, 661

  Same, 1814, ... 652, 840, 841

  Issue of, 1st and 2d quarter of 1814, ... 842, 848

  Mode of giving currency and stability of credit to, ... 854

  $28,000,000 necessary for 1814, to be raised by loans and, ... 867

  Effect on the prospects of a loan for 1815, of a large issue of; also, the practicability of getting $44,000,000 into circulation, without depreciation, ... 872

  Inquiry into, and report of the Secretary of the Treasury on provision for redemption of, last quarter of 1814, ... 877

  Amount due and unpaid, Dec. 2, 1814, of, ... 879

  Amount becoming due, January 1, 1815, ... 879

  Propriety of legalizing the payment of claims in Government stock or, ... 883

  Emission of $15,000,000 proposed for the service of the year 1815, ... 887

  New issue proposed for 1815, of, ... 910, 912

  Proposition to authorize the funding, at an interest of seven per cent. of, ... 912

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• TREASURY NOTES--Provision for payment or funding of debt incurred by issue of, ... 917

  Receipts from, prior to December 31, 1815, ... 919

• Twine and line--Manufacturers of, ask protection, ... 306
• U.
• Umbrellas--Makers of, pray for protecting duties, ... 29
• Unsettled accounts--Treasury, War, and Navy Departments, ... 415 War Department, ... 813
• Upton Gustavus--Prays remission of duties on merchandise imported during the non-intercourse law; report adverse, ... 511
• V.
• Vermont--Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 727
• Very, Jonathan, (of Salem)--Asks fishing bounty on a vessel abandoned and lost; report adverse, ... 198
• Vessels--Stamp duty proposed on hypothecation of, ... 887
• Vincennes--Sales of lands in the district of, from 1806 to 1807, ... 252

  Same, from 1807 to 1808, ... 313

  Same, from 1808 to 1809, ... 379

  Same, from 1809 to 1810, ... 445

  Same, from 1810 to 1811, ... 502

  Same, from 1811 to 1812, ... 585

  Same, from 1812 to 1813, ... 657

  Same, from 1813 to 1814, ... 852

• Vincent, Thomas--Prays remission of forfeiture incurred by importation of British manufactures from Spanish dependencies; report adverse, ... 618
• Virginia--Resolutions of the General Assembly of, against renewal of the charter of Bank U. S. ... 470

  Exhibit of manufactures in, 1810, ... 771

• W.
• Wadsworth, Allyn and Bostwick, (of Connecticut)--Pray for protection to iron wire manufactories, ... 553
• Walkington George--Prays remission of forfeiture incurred by bond on clearing ship Halcyon from New-York to Jersey, during the embargo; report favorable, ... 831
• War--Report of committee on increase of revenue preparatory to a, 1812, ... 539

  Same, 1813, ... 628

  Same, additional taxes for the, 1814, ... 854

• War--Report of Secretary of the Treasury, on additional taxes for the, ... 866, 869

  Department of, accountability of the disbursing officers in the, ... 335

  Payments made at the Treasury from October 1, 1811, to December 1, 1812, for the expenditures of the, ... 589

  Expenses on account of the, 1813, ... 623

  Estimate for first quarter of 1814, ... 644

• Warrants--Issued at the Treasury on account of debt of the United States--(See Sinking Fund.)
• Washburn, James--Prays remission of forfeiture incurred by engaging in a foreign trade with a coasting vessel; report unfavorable, ... 833
• Waters, Elijah, & Co.--Pray for encouragement to manufactures of scythes and mill saws, ... 832
• Watches--Duty proposed on gold and silver, 1814, ... 855
• Wellman, Timothy, Jr.--Report on petition of, relating to claims on France, ... 284
• Weymouth, William W.--Prays remission of forfeiture incurred by attempting to take a runaway slave from New York to Richmond; report favorable, ... 409
• White, John P.--Prays remission of penalty for violation of embargo laws; report adverse, ... 419
• Wilkinson, Brigadier General James--Inquiry into extra allowances made to, as commander-in-chief, ... 337
• Wilson, James, Jr. of Charleston--Asks drawback on a shipment of salt; report adverse, ... 336
• Wire--Manufacturers of iron, pray for protection, ... 553
• Woodward, Henly--Prays remission of penalty for violation of embargo laws; report adverse, ... 419
• Z.
• Zanesville--Sales of land in the district of-- From 1803 to 1804, ... 112, 151

  1804 to 1805, ... 147

  1805 to 1806, ... 210

  1806 to 1807, ... 252

  1807 to 1808, ... 313

  1808 to 1809, ... 379

  1809 to 1810, ... 445

  1810 to 1811, ... 502

  1811 to 1812, ... 585

  1812 to 1813, ... 657

  1813 to 1814, ... 852

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