Item #32299 CIRCULAR TO COLLECTORS, NAVAL OFFICERS AND SURVEYORS. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. 21ST JUNE, 1798. SIR, YOU WILL HEREWITH RECEIVE AN ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED ON THE 13TH INSTANT, INTITULED 'AN ACT TO SUSPEND THE COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE, AND THE DEPENDENCIES THEREOF.' IN THE PRESENT ALARMING STATE OF OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS WHEN THIS LAW IS CONSIDERED BY THE LEGISLATURE AMONG THE MEANS WHICH THEY HAVE THOUGHT FIT TO EMPLOY TO BRING AN UNFRIENDLY NATION TO A SENSE OF JUSTICE AND A PROPER RESPECT FOR OUR RIGHTS AS A NEUTRAL NATION, IT IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE THAT SHOULD NOT ONLY BE FAITHFULLY BUT UNIFORMLY EXECUTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. Treasury Department.
CIRCULAR TO COLLECTORS, NAVAL OFFICERS AND SURVEYORS. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. 21ST JUNE, 1798. SIR, YOU WILL HEREWITH RECEIVE AN ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED ON THE 13TH INSTANT, INTITULED 'AN ACT TO SUSPEND THE COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE, AND THE DEPENDENCIES THEREOF.' IN THE PRESENT ALARMING STATE OF OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS WHEN THIS LAW IS CONSIDERED BY THE LEGISLATURE AMONG THE MEANS WHICH THEY HAVE THOUGHT FIT TO EMPLOY TO BRING AN UNFRIENDLY NATION TO A SENSE OF JUSTICE AND A PROPER RESPECT FOR OUR RIGHTS AS A NEUTRAL NATION, IT IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE THAT SHOULD NOT ONLY BE FAITHFULLY BUT UNIFORMLY EXECUTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES ...

CIRCULAR TO COLLECTORS, NAVAL OFFICERS AND SURVEYORS. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. 21ST JUNE, 1798. SIR, YOU WILL HEREWITH RECEIVE AN ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED ON THE 13TH INSTANT, INTITULED 'AN ACT TO SUSPEND THE COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE, AND THE DEPENDENCIES THEREOF.' IN THE PRESENT ALARMING STATE OF OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS WHEN THIS LAW IS CONSIDERED BY THE LEGISLATURE AMONG THE MEANS WHICH THEY HAVE THOUGHT FIT TO EMPLOY TO BRING AN UNFRIENDLY NATION TO A SENSE OF JUSTICE AND A PROPER RESPECT FOR OUR RIGHTS AS A NEUTRAL NATION, IT IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE THAT SHOULD NOT ONLY BE FAITHFULLY BUT UNIFORMLY EXECUTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES ...

[Philadelphia: 1798]. [2], [2 blanks] pp, but docketed in ink on blank verso. Signed in ink by Comptroller John Steele on page [2]. Caption title, as issued. Light wear, Very Good.

A rare item, with the signature of the Comptroller of the Treasury, John Steele of North Carolina, whom George Washington had appointed as such in 1796.
Not located in Evans, NAIP, Bristol, Shipton & Mooney. Not located on OCLC or AAS online site. Item #32299

Price: $450.00