the 60 days' notice, as formerly was adopted. I wish you would converse with the Secretary, and get him to give directions that I may have the 60 days' notice, or I shall be obliged to pay specie here, and have to remove as much from Boston; or otherwise, if the Secretary will order me to place such sums as he thinks proper, within 60 days after receiving his order, at the United States' Branch Bank, in Boston, it will greatly accommodate me, and be according to our former agreement and practice; we, however, wish to retain as much as the Secretary thinks proper, and as long as he pleases. However, at any rate, I wish the old principle recognized, that I am to have 60 days' notice before I am obliged to pay his drafts for any considerable sum, which is all the consideration we have for receiving the money. I want you immediately to be so obliging as to attend to this business, and get the Secretary to write me, if he thinks proper, on this subject. I should have written directly to him, but thought it best for you to converse with him about it, and have as favorable arrangements made as is consistent, and perhaps you may induce him to continue to have deposites made here, which would be an accommodation to the public officers here, as well as some little advantage to us, if we could calculate on not having it called out without 60 days' notice, in any considerable large sums, say over one thousand dollars. I am, sir, respectfully, Your obedient humble servant, SAMUEL PIERSON, Cashier. Hon. R. CUTTS. State Bank, Boston, Aug. 23d, 1817. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 18th inst. The accounts of the Treasurer of the United States, for Treasury notes, with this Bank, were made out in conformity to directions given me by the Board of Directors. I have to regret that, at this time, three-fourths of the gentlemen composing the Board are absent on tours for their health; when they return, I shall lay your letter before them, and receive their instructions on the subject. I have the honor to be, Your obedient servant, GEO. HOMER, Cashier. Hon. W. H. CRAWFORD, New Hampshire Union Bank, Portsmouth, Aug. 28, 1817. SIR: The Treasurer of the United States, by his letter of the 22d instant, declines admitting a charge of $521 79, a balance of interest account, and one other charge of $59 27, amount of William Rice's bill for collecting Treasurer's draft No. 5635, on the Cheshire Bank. The late Hon. Secretary of the Treasury, (A. J. Dallas, Esq.) by his letter of the 15th July, 1816, made propositions to this Bank for an equitable settlement of the Treasurer's account relative to an offset made by this Bank, by their appropriating money, deposited to the credit of the Treasurer, to the payment of Treasury notes, held by the Bank, which had been received for revenue, collected as 66 specie." The President of this Bank, in reply to the late Hon. Secretary's letter, of 15th July, 1816, proposed, "That the Bank be allowed interest on the Treasury notes held by it to the 1st July, 1816; and that the United States receive the same rate of interest, viz: five and two-fifths per cent. on all money to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, at the time the Bank declined paying his drafts in specie, and on all sums subsequently deposited to his credit previous to 1st July, 1816." The Hon. Secretary was pleased to accept these propositions by his other letter of 16th September, 1816, and an interest account was forwarded him, exhibiting the interest accrued on the various receipts and payments to said 1st July, 1816, (a copy of which is enclosed,) and the Treasurer's account debited with the balance. Agreeable to the foregoing propositions, I now enclose for your approbation an account, debiting the United States with the balance of said interest account, and William Rice's bill of expenses for collecting the Treasury draft on the Cheshire Bank, No. 5635, payable in cash, or such bank notes as should be acceptable. As the Cheshire Bank is situated in the interior of New Hampshire, there was no practicable way of collecting the draft but by an agent. Mr. Rice, one of the Directors of this Bank, undertook the collection of it, and, on presenting it at the Bank, could not obtain other than their own notes for it, which were below par in this place and in Boston; consequently, he was under the necessity of receiving specie in payment, which created some additional expense, which we had no doubt the Hon. Secretary would allow us. Be pleased, sir, to favor me with your decision on the enclosed account as soon as it may be convenient. I have the honor to be, Your most obedient servant, JOHN RICE, Cashier. Hon. W. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Treasury. New London Bank, Aug. 30, 1817. SIR: Your letter of the 7th inst. is received. No public officer or agent has any money on deposite in this Bank at this time. Should any such deposites take place in future, they shall be designated in my monthly statements, agreeable to your instructions of the 7th inst. I am, most respectfully, Hon. WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Treasury. A. THATCHER. New Haven Bank, New Haven, Sept. 1, 1817. DEAR SIR: Enclosed are copies of our accounts with Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer United States, Bank of the United States, for use of the Treasury of the United States, and statement of the situation of this bank on the 28th of August. I have made one or two purchases of United States stock, but not having paid the proprietors as yet, shall retain the commissioner's certificates until I do. I have the prospect of obtaining more in a few days. I am, very respectfully, sir, Hon. Wм. H. CRAWFORD. Your obedient servant, R. H. PYNCHON, Cashier. Bank of Newburgh, Sept. 1, 1817. SIR: The Treasurer having drawn the balance of his account, and the probability existing that he will have no further transactions with this bank, I am led to request you to give him directions to transmit me a draft for my private account; the receipt for which was put on the account I sent him, if I remember. Very respectfully, I am, sir, Your obedient servant, JOHN S. HUNN. Hon. W. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Treasury. New Hampshire Union Bank, Portsmouth, Sept. 2, 1817. SIR: Enclosed you will receive a statement of the account of the Bank of the United States, for the use of the Treasury of the United States, to the 1st inst. In my statement of 4th August, Josiah W. Seaver, Esq. collector, was overcredited 100 dollars on account of direct tax of 1816, which I have corrected in this statement. The credit should have been 1330 instead of 1430 dollars. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, sir, The Hon. WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Treasury. JOHN RICE, Cashier. New Haven Bank, New Haven, Sept. 6, 1817. SIR: Enclosed are a copy of our account with the United States Bank, and an account of stock purchased by me for the United States, under your direction, together with the certificates. I am, very respectfully, dear sir, Your obedient servant, The Hon. WM. H. CRAWFORD H. R. PYNCHON, Cashier. Bank of Pennsylvania, September 16, 1817. SIR: I have received your favor of the 13th inst. and, agreeably to your request, have examined the books of the Bank in relation to the two entries mentioned in your letter. The receiving Teller informs me, that his impressions are, that the deposite made by Lt. W. R. Duncan, to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, on the 25th of July, 1816, of $8 75, was a balance of moneys placed in his hands for recruiting purposes, which, on the conclssion of the war, he, with the other recruiting officers, was ordered to deposite in this Bank, and to forward a certificate for the amount to the Wr Department. The Teller, on examining the account of cash received on the Sd of September, 1816, cannot discover any circumstances relating to the deposite of $442 98 to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, other than that it was deposited by B. Morgan, and a certificate given him that he had deposited this sum to the credit of the Treasurer of the Unit ed States. Probably this certificate may have been sent either to the W& or Navy Departments. I am, Sir, with much respect, Your obedient servant, EDWARD JONES, Esq. Treasury Department, City of Washington. E. CHAUNCEY, Cashier. New York, September 29, 1817. SIR: By the enclosed copies of letters from Mr. Dallas, you will observe that he grants that it is proper "that some compensation should be made,” and that it should be " a reasonable compensation." To those who are in any way acquainted with the amount of Treasury notes received, the time employed, and the labor attending their receipt, and the necessary care and responsibility attending the whole, would not, I am confident, be of opinion that the sum of $2,404 50, charged by me, was more than a very moderate and reasonable compensation. I annex the items, contained in my account, with the addition of Treasury notes sold for the United States in the year 1813, which, had they have been sold through a broker, would have cost more than the whole of my charge; because they were filled up, registered, duplicate copies of the register furnished, endorsed, and sold by me, a business that no broker would have done for one-fourth of one per cent. M. L. DAVIS, Esq. I am, very respectfully, Your most obedient servant, ELLIN S. FLEWELLING. The United States to Samuel Flewelling, To receiving in special deposite Treasury notes bearing in- Dr. 8872 90 30 15 To arranging and transmitting $1,134,190 69 in Treasury notes, bearing interest, a $150 per million To receiving and issuing receipts for $4,686,083 in small Treasury notes, a $150 per million To paying out 84,195,000 in small Treasury notes, at $150 per million The United States to Samuel Flewelling, To commission for filling up, registering, endorsing, and selling $950,000 in Treasury notes, between Nov. 11, 1813, and March 11, 1815. 169 10 702 90 629 45 $2,404 50 Dr. Bank of New Brunswick, Sept. 30, 1817. SIR: I have received your letter of July 8, 1817, informing me that you hold a receipt from this bank, for $1,200, deposited by Aaron Hassert, collector of the customs, at Perth Amboy, on the 1st August, 1816, As I have nothing in the bank to prove the fact, (not having noted that such a receipt was given, on my register,) I have requested Mr. Hassert to let me see the duplicate in his possession. This he promised to do, and, as soon as his promise has been performed, which I expect will be in a few days, a supplementary return, in which it will appear, shall be forwarded. I am, sir, with the highest respect, The Hon. W. H. CRAWFORD. Your most obedient servant, Roger Williams' Bank, Providence, Oct. 1, 1817. SIR: In compliance with your letter of the 26th ultimo, I have the honor herewith to transmit an abstract of funded debt, purchased on public account, under your instructions of June 11th, with the necessary vouchers. By this statement, it appears that the amount of cash advanced by the Roger Williams' Bank, is $ 4,053 37, and my commissions $10 13. Mr. Ellery, the Commissioner of Loans, informs me, that he forwarded to your department, on the 16th ult. certificates of transfer for this stock, in the name of Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, sir, WM. H. CRAWFORD, Esq. Your most obedient servant, N. WATERMAN, jr. late Cashier. P. S. Please address Nathaniel Smith, Esq. Cashier Roger Williams' Bank. |