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VII. Gallatin’s Memorandum on Finances , 1 November 1804

VII. Gallatin’s Memorandum on Finances

[ca. 1 Nov. 1804]

Facts

Receipts last year—11½ millions

Revenue accrued same term larger than that of preceding year

Receipts of next year will, therefore, be at least equal to last.


Ordinary expences, including 3,600,000 drs. principal debt redeemed have been less than1 receipts.

Ordinary expences of next year, and an equal redemption of debt will therefore be paid out of receipts of the year


Extraordinary expences were
  British convention 2,664,000
 
American claims French do. 2,000,000
4,664,000
Tripolitan expedition for last year  350,000
5,014,000
Extraordinary resources were
Balance in treasury near 6,000,000
Mediterran. fund not yet recd.
We have paid—
British convent. 888,000 } 1,238,000
Tripolitan expedition  350,000
We have still near 5,000,000 } 5,375,000
Medit. fund accrued 6 m. 375,000
Chargeable with— 3,776,000
1,599,000

MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 146:25370); undated, but see Documents IV and VIII; in Gallatin’s hand.

1Preceding two words interlined in place of “equal to.”

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