Auction Date:2010 Dec 08 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
LS signed “A. Hamilton,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, September 13, 1792. A circular letter (so captioned) regarding the payment of federal employees. In part: “By an order of the Senate of the United States, dated 7th of May last, of which a Copy is enclosed [not present], it is required of the Secretary of the Treasury to lay before them, at their next session a statement of the salaries, fees & emoluments for one year ending the first of Octo[ber] next, to be stated quarterly, of every person holding any office or employment under the United States (except the Judges) and of the actual disbursements & expences in the discharge of their respective offices and employments for the same period….” In very good condition, with several intersecting folds, light wrinkling and creasing, a few small marginal spots, two small areas of thin paper, and seal-related hole to left margin, well away from text.
In September 1789, President George Washington tapped Hamilton, his former aide, as the new nation’s first secretary of the treasury. Hamilton consolidated America's debts, established a modern financial system, and endorsed an economy that included both manufacturing and farming. Secretary Hamilton also established the ‘red tape’ requiring tax collectors—among others—to submit their hours in order to be paid. Any federal employee refusing or neglecting to abide the order was to be reported by the treasury secretary for their inaction. Interesting disbursement requirements endorsed by one of the Founding Fathers.
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