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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
U.S. Serial Set --GENERAL INDEX TO DOCUMENT No. 212.
faithful and intelligent ... 212
to be appointed by domestic manufacturers ... 221
Hoyt's instructions to ... 225
superseded in their duties by Cairns ... 233
letter of, to commissioners, as to frauds in woollens ... 257
assistant, testimony of, as to frauds ... 258
recommendations as to ... 353
of the Independence ... 226
his conduct in auditing accounts ... 190
his orders for stationery ... 190
his veracity and integrity questioned ... 191
subject to the control of the collector ... 288
should be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury ... 353
suggestions relative to ... 354
removed from office for testifying ... 324
fees received by, in compromise cases ... 265
contradicts the statements of Hoyt ... 268
admits there was "no probable cause" in the case of La Chaise & Fouche ... 278
his bill of costs illegal and enormous ... 279
takes oath of office ... 345
Hoyt's fears relative to, on the subject of fees ... 345
"terrified at the iniquity of the age" 345
amount of fees received by ... 346
his fees in the compromise cases ... 346
takes fees contrary to law ... 347
Hoyt violates his stipulation with ... 282
seizure of goods of, by Hoyt ... 283
his letter to John Tyler ... 372
frauds in ... 173
price of ... 174
amount of, in three years ... 174
fraud in ... 174
no change made in payment of, by Curtis ... 249
amount received by Wassen for ... 310
placed in the woollens loft ... 222
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objects to going there without additional pay ... 229
arrangements with, by Hoyt ... 230
hopes Van Buren will be elected ... 231
gets control of the woollens loft ... 231
raises the standard of value ... 232
witnesses in relation to ... 233
Hoyt refuses to let his appraisements be disturbed ... 233
his mode of appraisement ... 234
standing witness, of Hoyt ... 234
calendar of court arranged to meet his convenience ... 234
his conduct towards Labron & Ives ... 235
his conduct generally ... 236
contradicts his own oath ... 237
objects of, in his appointment to woollens loft ... 249
dismissed by Edward Curtis ... 238
swears falsely ... 248
despatched to seize goods in Philadelphia ... 246
nature of his oath ... 248
removes Cairns from office ... 238
removes Wasson ... 238
privy to Wasson's fraud in cartage ... 239
keeps Wasson and Cairns in office as instruments ... 249
his administration of custom-house ... 301
motives for appointment ... 301
retains Cairns and Wasson ... 301
his appointment urged by American manufacturers ... 302
testimony of A. H. Smith, relative to ... 302
his appointment urged by Eastern manufacturers ... 302
testimony of Thatcher Tucker, relative to his appointment ... 302
conditions of his appointment ... 303
machinery of, to break down commerce ... 304
appointed by the influence of domestic manufacturers ... 305
letter to, relative to official documents published in the Standard ... 306
his answer ... 306
denied having books of official correspondence of Hoyt ... 306
expenditure of, and reforms of ... 70, 310
pays Wasson large amount of cartage ... 310
his stationery bills ... 315
extravagance of ... 315
adds a statement in copy of letter not in the original ... 316
stationery, account of, continued ... 317
appoints commissioners to examine his cash account ... 318
instigates a call for this account ... 320
overpays measurers' fees ... 321
illegality of payment ... 321
bargains with Riell for office ... 324
arrangements with Riell to hold office ... 326
questions to, as to sale of offices, and answers ... 68, 69, 327
denies any improper motives ... 327
increases expense at New York custom-house ... 337
exceeds all previous collectors in expenses ... 340
employs more officers ... 341
removes officers who testify ... 344
subject to control of collector ... 288
(Phillips) receives money ... 299
(Bleecker) removed from office by Curtis, after testifying ... 324
(Waters) refuses to answer questions of commissioners ... 344
should be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury ... 353
mode of proceeding ... 220
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nature of testimony to be given by ... 274
names of persons who agreed to ... 366
amounts paid on ... 366
further of ... 336, 367
settlement of ... 268
history of, as to La Chaise & Fouche ... 273
statements relative to Hoyt's books of ... 307, 308
retention of Hoyt's books of, delays report of commissioners ... 311
Hoyt's motives for prosecution of ... 288
comparative table of ... 339
increased under E. Curtis ... 340
amount of gradual increase since 1825 ... 342
causes assigned for increase of ... 342
these alleged causes fallacious ... 342
orders of, for stationery ... 190
is contradicted by other witnesses ... 191
his veracity and integrity questioned ... 191
statement of goods saved from, and sold ... 300
history of ... 300
frauds committed by officers at ... 301
public sale of goods saved from ... 62, 63, 301
in the sale of goods at the fire in Front street ... 199
none committed by importers ... 209
on the frontiers ... 216
mode of detecting ... 211
by false invoices, not proved ... 211
in debentures ... 350
mode of committing ... 47, 50, 351
extra, received by custom-house officers ... 350
fraud in the charges in the mode of sale of ... 205
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mode of sale of ... 206
bought by custom-house officers ... 206
purchased by G. A. Wasson ... 206
seized by Hoyt, acquitted ... 228
reasons of the court for not issuing warrant against, defect of the law ... 9
directs Mr. Butler to grant no indulgence in prosecutions ... 20
does not think it wise to let Shaw go to prison ... 21
wishes the Solicitor to give instructions to pack-juries ... 21
receives money not entered in the custom-house books ... 29
testimony relative to his not entering moneys on cash books ... 30, 31
letters of Hoffman and Penrose relative to his arrest, and the opinion of the court ... 32
history of his accounts ... 32
refuses to give the commissioners an account of his bank transactions ... 64
charges the Government a commission in order to balance his accounts ... 64
was engaged in stock speculations deeply at the time of his appointment, and was deeply involved in debt ... 67
his conduct in relation to money paid under protest ... 67
official corruption of ... 189
frauds of, in storage ... 197
collects money after his resignation of office ... 198
refuses to interfere in the fraudulent sale in Front street ... 203
refuses to suffer goods to be entered by appraisement ... 204
injury inflicted on commerce by ... 205
his charges on goods unclaimed ... 205
his bargain with the manufacturers ... 223
his mode of raising the standard of value ... 224
sets aside the appraisement of Lounsberry ... 228
denounces the merchants ... 228
his letter to Lawrence & Stone ... 229
arranges to make large seizures in fall of 1839 ... 231
violates the law ... 231
suffers goods of Labron & Ives to be entered ... 235
receives checks as cash ... 236
begins seizures on a large scale ... 241
superintends the woollens loft personally ... 242
defeated in suits ... 242
becomes disheartened ... 242
informs Lawrence & Stone of his failure ... 242
his correspondence with Lawrence & Stone as to procuring witnesses ... 243
complains of courts and juries ... 240
seizes goods after they had passed the custom-house ... 244
his letter to L. Woodbury quoted ... 244
his expedients to embarrass importers ... 263
commences prosecutions ... 264
denounces Yorkshire men, and recommends them to flee ... 264
has no confidence in Waddels, juries, or Judge Betts ... 267
contradicts B. F. Butler ... 268
compromises with the Yorkshire men ... 269
is called to account by W. W. Stone ... 269
apologizes to Stone, that the parties paid the fiddler ... 269
admits his frauds on the importers ... 270
gives his reasons for the suits ... 270
informs the Solicitor that he has no invoices of importers ... 271
honor of the country implicated by ... 272
violates his stipulations with importers ... 273
admits he had no proof to condemn Bottomly's goods ... 283
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refuses commissioners permission to examine his bank account, unless they would approve all his official acts except his accounts ... 288
allowed by commissioners to introduce testimony ... 289
deals in stocks ... 289
his transactions in stocks, history of ... 289
broker's testimony relative to ... 289, 292
his income ... 294
required to give new bond ... 295
refuses, and gives reasons ... 296, 297
objects to depositing in bank ... 297
prefers to pay the Treasurer of the United States ... 297
charges commission for such payments ... 297
his insolence to Secretary of the Treasury ... 298
demands letter books of commissioners ... 309
demands letter books of Secretary of the Treasury ... 309
his fears relative to B. F. Butler ... 345
promises to lecture B. F. Butler ... 345
his testimony as to fire in Front street ... 265
his estimate of the injury to commerce by Hoyt ... 285
falling off, in consequence of Hoyt's conduct ... 286
diminution of, principally in goods paying ad valorem duty and subject to seizure ... 286
amount of, at the port of New York ... 338
amounts of, under Adams, Jackson, and Tyler ... 339
remarks on ... 359
some, go to Montreal ... 265
of revenue, duties of ... 352
increase of pay of, recommended ... 352
employed in electioneering ... 59
account of ... 329
statement of expense of ... 336
not worthy of credit ... 58
his motives ... 58
offers of money to, to watch the woollens interest, made by Samuel Lawrence ... 221
mentions the subject to custom-house officers ... 222
offers Lounsbury money "to work" for the manufacturers ... 222
is the standing witness of Jesse Hoyt ... 234
charged with false swearing ... 241
is favored at the custom-house ... 235
his character as a witness ... 240
his testimony contradicted ... 241
ordered to be drawn from such classes as to render verdicts to the United States certain ... 260
farmers and mechanics to be preferred for ... 261
special law of Congress as to ... 263
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thinks the standard of value too low ... 215
knows of no frauds ... 215
complains and causes Bottomly's goods to be seized ... 215
believes frauds have been practised ... 216
his effort at the New York custom-house ... 216
offers to advance money, in Baltimore, to counsel ... 220
his attempts to find an appraiser ... 221
offers G. R. Ives money to act as spy on importers ... 221
facts stated in relation to ... 223
wishes "the standard of value" to be raised to protect American manufacturers ... 225
his disappointment on account of Hoyt's compromises ... 269
his control at the New York custom-house ... 305
authorized by Samuel Lawrence ... 222
his testimony as to the effect on commerce occasioned by the seizures of Hoyt ... 285
their control over commerce ... 212
their standard of value ... 212
their interference illegal ... 213
their proceedings in 1829 ... 213
cease to interfere for a time ... 214
combination of ... 219
their statement of facts as to their attempts to procure an appraiser ... 223
his testimony as to frauds in woollens ... 257
number of, in New York from 1829 to 1842 ... 193
frauds committed by, in the sale of goods ... 202
subject to Hoyt ... 207
number of, employed from 1825 to 1841 ... 338
does not concur with Kelly & Stewart ... 172
receives instructions relative to examining the acts of E. Curtis ... 328
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letter of, on the same subject, to the President ... 362
testifies as to fire in Front street ... 202
as to sale of goods in "nine months' sale" ... 207
expenses of collecting ... 193, 194
decrease of, caused by Collector Hoyt ... 287
collection of ... 337
increased expense in collecting of, by Curtis ... 337
table of amount of ... 338
expense in collecting of, under Thompson, Swartwout, and Curtis ... 340
excess of expense of collecting, under Curtis ... 340
his bargain with Curtis ... 324
letter of ... 325
finds no evidence of fraud ... 226
his character ... 228
his correspondence with Hoyt on subject of compromises ... 266
directs collector to furnish aid to commissioners ... 306
advises E. Curtis as to mode of purchasing stationery ... 316
of whom purchased ... 178
comparative prices of ... 179
apportioned among different officers ... 180
table of, under Collectors Hoyt and Curtis ... 181
table of, for one quarter ... 182
expenditures for, from 1829 to 1841 ... 192
E. Curtis; his bills of ... 312
bills of T. and J. Waite ... 312
comparative prices of ... 313
laws on the subject of ... 195
in Nassau street, rent of ... 196
other, expense of ... 197
frauds of Hoyt in ... 198
on goods in Front street ... 200
of office to P. V. Remsen ... 326
Curtis denies any improper motive in such ... 327
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is silenced ... 214
knows of no frauds ... 216
pays expenses of Wasson and Bleecker ... 218
calls Hoyt to account for the compromises ... 269
Hoyt apologizes to ... 269
his interview with Hoyt at Astor House ... 269
prefers Curtis as collector ... 302
his visit to Washington ... 303
his interview with Cairns ... 303
urges the retaining of Cairns and Wasson in office ... 303
his motives ... 304
history of trial of ... 218
in 1839 prove abortive ... 221
in Philadelphia and Baltimore ... 245
history of ... 243
of different character of goods ... 247
indiscriminately made ... 247
legality of, questionable ... 250
Chancellor Kent's opinion of the legality of ... 255
effect of ... 286
how to be made ... 354
transactions J. Warren in, on account of Hoyt ... 288
transactions of W. G. Buckner and others in ... 289
settlement of his accounts recommended by commissioners ... 300
case in, cited ... 358
is owner of the carts, and, at the same time, accountant and paymaster ... 63
his mode of keeping his account ... 64
his frauds in cartage and labor; factotum of J. Hoyt ... 63, 174
used by Hoyt to seize goods ... 175
compensation paid to, therefor ... 175
frauds committed by, in stealing goods from public store ... 176
informs Mr. Curtis of his frauds ... 177
his stationery account ... 197
his connexion with Samuel Lawrence ... 216
his conduct in seizing goods, and salary increased ... 229
his crusades to other cities to seize goods ... 229
standing witness of Hoyt ... 234
removed by Curtis ... 238
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of charges and expenses on goods saved ... 203
seized in Philadelphia, reappraised ... 256
to be extended to the Northern frontier ... 352
recommended by Hoyt to run away ... 264
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