988 Office of the Bank of the United States, Louisville, SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favor, of the 18th ultimo, addressed to the late Cashier of this Office. The draft of the Treasurer of the United States, in favor of this Office, on the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Indiana, for $140,000, has been received; and the Cashier of said Bank, (so soon as your's, of the above date, got to hand,) was advised of the fact; and, agreeable to your instructions, I requested payment for the same. Enclosed, herewith, is a statement of the affairs of this Office, together with that of the account of the Treasurer of the United States. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, The Hon. Wм. H. CRAWFORD, GEORGE C. GWATHMEY, Teller. Secretary of the Treasury U. States. Office of the Bank of the United States, Norfolk, 20th November, 1821. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, of the 14th instant; and in obedience to the request contained in it, I shall, by the mail, transmit to the Treasurer of the United States, his drafts, Nos. 907, 908, 918, upon the Bank of Tombeckbe, amounting to $23,550. I am, very respectfully, sir, Your most obedient servant, LUKE WHEELER, Cashier. January 17th, 1822. DEAR SIR: I called this morning to ascertain whether you could let me have some money to the north. We are considerably indebted there, and are now pressed for payment; and if you could assist us, it would confer The Treasurer is overdrawn, upwards of $150,000, a great favor on us. and by the end of the week this balance may be increased to $200,000; but I wish to obtain considerable more than that sum. I am, most respectfully, Your obedient servant, The Hon.WM. H, CRAWFORD. RICHARD SMITH, Cashier. "Office of the Bank of the United States, Fayetteville, 25th January, 1822. SIR: It is proper that you should be informed, that, at a meeting of the Directors of this Office, yesterday, Benjamin Salter, Esq. was elected their President; you have his signature at foot. I am, respectfully, WM. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Treasury. Your obedient servant, DAVID WALKER, Cashier. Bank of the United States, 29th January, 1822. SIR: I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 24th instant. There is no statement of the Bank, which can be denominated, with propriety, an annual statement. The nearest approximation to such a state. ment, as you suggest, will be the semi-annual statements, or profit and loss accounts, made out on the occasions of the semi-annual dividends. Copies of those for July last, and the present month, will, by this mail, be transmitted to your Department, through the accustomed channel. The monthly statements are merely abstracts of the several accounts on the face of the books of the Bank and its Offices, at the dates respectively stated. SIR: I have the honor to enclose an account, containing a claim of the Bank against the Government, amounting to $5,266 32. It consists of two particulars: 1. The sum of $3,113 80, expended by the Bank in making collections of the special deposites of the Government with the Bank. The expenditures were made in payment of agents, who were sent to the several Banks, whose paper was so deposited with this Bank, to collect the same. The vouchers shall be exhibited of the particular expenditures, if desired. 2. The sum of $2,152 52 of interest, which had accrued on the 7 per cent, stock of the United States, held by the Bank as a part of its capital, and redeemed by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, under the provision in the charter, authorizing the redemption on the 3d Nov. 1817. My predecessor, in a letter to you, dated the 15th Nov. 1817, presented this claim to you, in connection with that for the principal of the stock then redeemed, with a request that you would be pleased to issue your warrant for the amount of both. The Treasurer's draft, dated 25th Nov. 1817, No. 1325, was issued for the amount of the principal, and I am unable to trace any subsequent notice of the claim for interest, except as it stands on the books of the Bank as a claim upon the Government. There can, I presume, be no doubt of the justice of these claims, and I have, therefore, the honor to request, that you will be pleased to direct the payment of them. I have the honor to be, Sir, with great respect, Your obedient servant, L. CHEVES, President. The Hon. W. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of the Treasury, City of Washington. The United States DR. to the Bank of the United States. As follows: Expenses attending the collection of special deposites, paid by the Bank of the United States and certain of its Offices, on account of the Govern ment. At Bank of the United States, paid from the 1st July to the 31st December, 1817, to P. H. Nichlin and W. Cochran, for their expenses and compensation, At the Office Cincinnati, paid the 3d June, At the Office Louisville, At the Office Pittsburg, do. do. $723 00 597 42 591 12 1,202 26 No. 35,925-For interest due 3d Nov. 1817, on 7 per cent. stock, to wit: Account of Funded Debt of the United States, this day trans- No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, do. do. do. do. 83,246 15 83,246 15 83,246 15 83,246 15 $332,984 60 $3,113 80 Redeemed at the rate prescribed by the act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States, to wit: $106 51 for every sum of $100, $354,661 89 Interest on the above for 3 of the quarter, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, 2,152 52 $5,266 $2 Bank of the United States, 30th January, 1822. SIR: I had the honor, on the 14th of June last, to enclose to you an account of the expenditures of the bank for stationery used in the loan offices of the United States; and in your reply of the 18th of the same month, you were pleased to say that the account must remain unsatisfied until an appropriation for the purpose could be obtained, and that it would appear in the estimates for 1822. I now beg leave to enclose you an account, embracing the former, brought down to 30th November, 1821. You will perceive that the sum of $906 87 expended at the bank, is by estimate, but I have no doubt you will readily perceive that the estimate must be far below the actual expenditure, when you remark that it includes the period, from the establishment of the bank to the 1st January, 1819. For the other items, except $20 at Portsmouth, the bank is ready, if desired, to exhibit the vouchers. I have, then, on the part of the bank, to ask the favor of you to cause the amount of the account now transmitted to be embraced by the appropriation act of 1822. I have the honor to be, sir, L. CHEVES, President. Secretary of the Treasury, city of Washington. The Honorable WM. H. Crawford, The United States, Dr. To the Bank of the United States. For the expenses of stationery and printing for the Loan Office Depart ment, from the date of its transfer to the Bank of the United States and its Offices of Discount and Deposite, to the 30th Nov. 1821, viz. At Bk of the U.S.per vouchers, 8815, from Jan. 1819, to this date, per estimate, 8906 87, prior to Jan. 1819, 66 66 Office Portsmouth, $500 40 pr. $20, Boston, per vouchers, do. 1721 87 520 40 66 Providence, Office Bank of the U. States, New York, March 6, 1822. SIR: I have received your favor of the 26th February, and agreeably with your request, have purchased, for the use of the Department of State, a bill on London (the 1st and 2d of which are herein enclosed,) for £4,500 sterling, drawn by the Bank of the United States on Messrs. Baring, Brothers & Co. and by me endorsed. The 3d and 4th shall be forwarded by the next mail. I enclose the necessary vouchers; amount due due this office $22,728 37 M. ROBINSON, Cashier. The Hon. W. H. CRAWFORD, We, the undersigned, certify, that we consider the fair price of bills on London, of the first description, to be thirteen and one half per cent. ad vance. JOHN G. WARREN, & SON, New York, March 6, 1822. Bank of the United States, 29th March, 1822. SIR: I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 27th instant. It will be exceedingly inconvenient to the Bank to give the government immediate credit here for the drafts on New Orleans for $125,000, and on Charleston for $20,000, at this moment, because, in the beginning of April, the demands upon us will be very heavy. We cannot, however, say that we will not do it, but we hope it is not necessary to require it to the whole extent, at this moment. It may be done on the 1st May next, by which time we will have an opportunity of making the necessary arrangements. We will now, however inconvenient, meet your views so far as to embrace the public dividends which will be payable here on the 1st April next, which amount to $586,228 55, and the pensions being already provided for, we suppose this will substantially meet your wishes. The balance, though small, we hope you will not be obliged to draw for until the 1st May. The draft on Baltimore shall be immediately put to your credit at New York: but you will be pleased to transmit it to the Bank, according to the arrangements between your Department and the Bank for the transfer of funds. Hon. WM. H. CRAWFORD, I have the honor to be, Secretary of the Treasury, City of Washington. |