Item #39975 LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, ACCOMPANYING AN ABSTRACT OF THE OFFICIAL EMOLUMENTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS, FOR THE YEAR 1795. AS ALSO, AN EXPLANATORY LETTER THEREON, FROM THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY. 4TH APRIL, 1796. REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. United States.

LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, ACCOMPANYING AN ABSTRACT OF THE OFFICIAL EMOLUMENTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS, FOR THE YEAR 1795. AS ALSO, AN EXPLANATORY LETTER THEREON, FROM THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY. 4TH APRIL, 1796. REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES.

[Philadelphia: Francis Childs, 1796]. Folio. 12 pages, including two large folding tables. Stitched, untrimmed. Minor dusting, Near Fine.

Treasury Secretary Wolcott transmits to Congress a detailed, State-by-State and District-by-District record of the salary, fees, commissions, fines and penalties of each Customs Officer during the year 1795. Wolcott's predecessor, Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, had resigned his office on 31 January 1795. The earliest noted expenditures thus occurred during Hamilton's stewardship of the Treasury.
Evans 31455. ESTC W5480. Item #39975

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