Letter regarding Congressional order and broadsheet of the order [Decimalized .01-.02]

Collection Summary

Letter from Alexander Hamilton to Simeon Baldwin requesting compliance with a Congress' order to compile all federal salaries, and a broadsheet with the order printed out.

Collection Details

GLC#: GLC08960
Type: Header Record
Date: 1792
Title: Letter regarding Congressional order and broadsheet of the order [Decimalized .01-.02]
Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination: 2 items

Time Period

Primary time period: The New Nation, 1783-1815

Sub-Era: The Early Republic

Subjects

Government and Civics

Finance

American Statesmen

Congress

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Collection Item

Manuscript letter signed

to Simeon Baldwin

13 September 1792

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Instructs Baldwin to comply with the enclosed Congressional act ordering that a list of all federal salaries be compiled by the Treasury Department. Baldiwn's reply on verso states that he has complied and enclosed "statements of my fees and...

GLC08960.01

Collection Item

Broadside

[Congresstional order for Treasury Department to compile federal salaries]

7 May 1792

Otis, Samuel A., 1740-1814

Congress ordering the Secretary of the Treasury to present the senate with a statement of "salaries, fees and emoluments...of every person holding any civil office or employment under the United States...together with the actual disbursements and...

GLC08960.02

Letter regarding Congressional order and broadsheet of the order [Decimalized .01-.02]

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