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20th Congress.] |
No. 340. |
[1st Session. |
EXPENSE ANNUALLY INCURRED UNDER THE ACT FOR PROHIBITING THE SLAVE TRADE.
COMMUNICATED TO THE SENATE DECEMBER 6, 1827.
Washington, December 6, 1821.
To the Senate of the United States:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 19th of February last, requesting a statement of all the expenses annually incurred in carrying into effect the act of March 2, 1819, for prohibiting the slave trade, including the cost of keeping the ships-of-war on the coast of Africa, and all the incidental expenses growing out of the operations of that act, I transmit a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with the statement, so far as it can be made, required by the resolution.
J. Q. ADAMS.
Navy Department, December 4, 1821.
The Secretary of the Navy has the honor to transmit to the President of the United States copies of three accounts, being statements of the expenditure of the appropriations for the support of the agency on the coast of Africa and the prohibition of the slave trade, since April, 1823, when that fund came under the control of this Department, to the 29th November, 1821, prepared in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, passed 19th February, 1821.
As no vessel-of-war of the United States has been exclusively attached to that station, one of those belonging to the West India squadron having been occasionally sent to afford protection to the agency, and for uncertain periods, an accurate statement of what has heretofore been "the cost of keeping ships-of-war on the coast of Africa" cannot be furnished. The annual expense would probably be about the average cost of keeping vessels of the same class in commission on other stations. An estimate is annexed of the expense of the several classes of our ships, for one year.
The original resolution and paper accompanying it are herewith returned.
Respectfully submitted.
SAM'L L. SOUTHARD.
A detailed, statement of the expenditure of the sum appropriated by the, 7th section of the act passed March 3, 1819, in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade.
Date. |
In whose favor and for what purpose. |
Amount. |
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1819. May 29 |
William
E. Coale, for bounty allowed him on 12 negroes illegally imported into the
district of Maryland by Henry H. Ford, |
$600 00 |
|
1820. Jan. 12 |
Samuel
Bacon, late principal agent under the 2d section of the act, for the salaries
of two agents, |
13,000 00 |
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Dec. 12 |
Jonathan B. Winn, principal agent: |
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Salary of two agents, at $1,500 and $1,200 |
$2,700 |
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Charter of a vessel |
3,500 |
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Purchase of materials, provisions, medicines, &c. |
10,000 |
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16,200 00 |
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July 18, |
Samuel
Hodges, jr., consul at the Cape de Verde Islands, for passages of eighteen
prisoners to Boston, |
870 00 |
|
Aug. 24, |
Morton
A. Waring, marshal, South Carolina, for his expenditures from April 20, 1819,
to December 29, 1820, |
998 75 |
|
1820. Aug. 26, |
John
H. Morel, marshal, Georgia, on account of the maintenance of certain African
negroes, captured in the Ramirez, |
20,286 98 |
|
1820. Nov. 23 |
Robert
Swartwout, navy agent, New York, for shot and flints purchased by him for the
ship Elizabeth, |
42 16 |
|
April 26 |
Lynde
Catlin, agent for the purchase of bills of exchange, to be remitted to
Baring, Brothers & Co., London, |
10,000 00 |
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A detailed statement—Continued.
Date. |
In whose favor and for what purpose. |
Amount. |
1821. Jan. 30 |
John Carningham, for bounty allowed him on four negroes illegally imported into the district of South Carolina, and released on the information of the said Carningham, by judgment of the court |
$200 00 |
Feb. 2 |
John P. Decatur, navy storekeeper, New York, for sundry articles furnished by him for the ship Elizabeth, having on board the blacks |
1,924 75 |
June 30 |
Thomas Aspinwall, consul at London, for amount paid to him on the 21st September, 1820, per order of the minister at London, to Samuel Avery, for the passage to New York of James Doughen, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, attached to the expedition for taking out free people of color to Africa. |
116 67 |
Aug. 2 |
John Jackson, commander of the revenue cutter Dallas, for bounty allowed for the benefit of himself and crew, on sixteen negroes captured by him on board the Antelope, or General Ramirez, and delivered to the marshal of Georgia. |
400 00 |
1821. July 26, |
Doctor Eli Ayres, for compensation as principal agent and as surgeon, expenses of transporting people of color, medicines, hospital stores and traveling expenses. |
3,897 41 |
1822. May 27, |
James Beatty, navy agent, Baltimore, for the cost of articles shipped by order of the President of the United States, on board the brig Strong, chartered to proceed to Cape Mesurado, on the coast of Africa. |
3,268 41 |
Dec. 14, 1823. Feb. 13 , |
James Beatty, on account of a balance due to the owners of the brig Strong, chartered to proceed to cape Mesurado, on the coast of Africa. |
2,095 75 |
1822. June 18, |
Paul Bentalou, marshal, Maryland, for amount paid by him for the passage of eighteen Africans from Savannah to Baltimore, and delivered by him on board the brig Strong, for the purpose of being conveyed to Cape Mesurado. |
180 00 |
Sept. 4, |
Christian Wiltberger, jr., for amount of his compensation for services in Africa, as agent for the captured Africans, from August 25, 1821, to April 3, 1822 |
911 45 |
1822. June 18 |
Morris Robinson, for cost of one set of exchange, amounting to £1,125 sterling, purchased by him for the purpose of being remitted to the bankers of the United States in London, on account of expenses incident to the African agency. |
5,437 50 |
Total expenditures. |
$80,429 83 |
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Appropriated per act of March 3, 1819. |
$100,000 00 |
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Expenditures as above. |
80,429 80 |
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Balance transferred to the books of the Navy Department |
$19,570 17 |
Treasury Department, Register's Office, August 25, 1827.
JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.
Estimate showing the annual expense of supporting at sea a vessel of each class, exclusively of the pay and rations of the commission and warrant officers.
Seventy-four. |
Forty-four. |
Thirty-six. |
Cyane. |
Sloop. |
Brig. |
Schooner. |
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Pay of petty officers, seamen, &c |
$80,220 00 |
$53,772 00 |
$44,616 00 |
$21,384 00 |
$17,712 00 |
$11,112 00 |
$7,428 00 |
Provisions |
54,476 25 |
36,043 75 |
29,930 00 |
13,505 00 |
11,223 75 |
6,752 50 |
4,380 00 |
Medicines and hospital stores |
2,500 00 |
2,000 00 |
1,600 00 |
1,200 00 |
1,000 00 |
800 00 |
600 00 |
Wear and tear |
25,000 00 |
16,000 00 |
12,000 00 |
10,000 00 |
8,000 00 |
5,000 00 |
4,000 00 |
$162,196 25 |
$107,815 75 |
$88,146 00 |
$46,089 00 |
$37,935 75 |
$23,664 50 |
$16,408 00 |
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Expenditures under the appropriation for the prohibition of the slave trade.
Date |
Accounts settled. |
To whom paid. |
Purposes. |
Total. |
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1823. |
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April 6 |
Eli Ayres |
E. Ayres, agent |
Salary from 16th January to 15th April, 1823, at $2,000 per annum |
$500 00 |
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Sept. 26 |
Same |
Same |
Salary from 16th April to 15th July, 1823 |
500 00 |
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Dec. 27 |
R. W. Habersham |
R. W. Habersham |
Compensation and expenses in the investigation made into the conduct of J. H. Morel, late marshal of Georgia, in relation to the negroes of the cargo of the General Ramirez. |
431 75 |
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1824. |
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Mar. 24 |
John Nicholson, marshal of La. dist. |
Clothing and maintenance of 220 African slaves brought into the port of New Orleans by the U. S. ship Hornet, Robert Henley commander, being retaken by him from the Colombian privateer brig Centinella, who had taken them in the brig La Ponsée, going into Cuba. On their arrival the vessels and slaves were libeled in the district court of the United States and placed in the hands of the marshal; and, on the trial of the cause, the slaves were restored to the Colombian captor |
4,246 72 |
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May 8 |
Eli Ayres |
E. Ayres, agent |
Salary from 16th July to 28th March, 1824 |
$1,405 55 |
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Sundry persons |
Wharfage, pilotage, and taking care of the schr. Calypso, and clothing and maintenance of 11 captured Africans at Baltimore. |
435 90 |
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do |
Work done on board the schooner Calypso |
390 30 |
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K. Macauley |
Supplies furnished at Sierra Leone for captured Africans |
7,467 05 |
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King & Tyson |
Freight of house frame, &c., from Baltimore to Liberia |
304 50 |
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Samuel Hodges |
Supplies for captured Africans at St. Jago de Cuba |
70 02 |
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Eli Ayres |
Galley for schooner Augusta, and traveling expenses |
30 30 |
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10,104 82 |
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May 21 |
R. R. McMullin |
K. Macauley |
Supplies furnished to schooner Augusta while employed on the coast of Africa |
926 27 |
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Aug. 13 |
J. Beatty, navy agent |
E. and J. Levering |
Beans |
$40 00 |
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Bradford & Cooch |
Corn meal |
95 03 |
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W. McDonald & Son |
Two hhds. tobacco |
143 84 |
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E. P. Barrows |
Beef and pork |
569 75 |
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Beatty & Wilmans |
Molasses and vinegar |
98 75 |
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A. George & Co. |
Whiskey and flour |
425 20 |
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L. & J. Barney |
Bread |
64 98 |
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James Stone |
Clothing |
200 00 |
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Henry Price |
Medicine and hospital stores |
100 00 |
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J. McAllister |
Drayage to Fell's Point |
12 12 |
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J. P. Foard |
Two large carts |
148 00 |
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James Clark |
Lumber |
323 42 |
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E. T. Ellicott & Co. |
Nails and brads |
34 65 |
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James Briscoe |
Hinges and locks |
10 88 |
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Wm. Gist |
Window glass and pig lead |
14 00 |
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Bellona Gunpowder Co. |
Gunpowder |
130 00 |
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Wm. Conway |
Round shot |
14 40 |
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Ch. Rabory |
Canister shot |
78 10 |
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James Lyon |
Round and grape shot |
66 83 |
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John Keener |
Muskets and bayonets |
220 00 |
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S. Hollingsworth & Co. |
Hand corn-mill |
100 00 |
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Welsh McQuinn |
Lumber |
68 45 |
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Expenditures under the appropriation for the prohibition of the slave trade—Continued.
Date |
Accounts settled. |
To whom paid. |
Purposes. |
Total. |
|
1824. |
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Aug. 13 |
J. Beatty, naval agent |
J. McAllister |
Transporting lumber |
$4 19 |
|
P. Bentalou |
Safe keeping and maintenance of eleven Africans |
806 16 |
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McFadden & Harris |
Freight of stores from Baltimore to Africa |
750 00 |
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James Beatty |
Commission on $1,656.16, at one per cent |
15 50 |
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King and Tyson |
Passage of ten Africans to Montserado |
814 00 |
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James Beatty |
Commission on $814, at one per cent |
8 14 |
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L. and J. Barney |
Bread |
354 93 |
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Geo. Locher |
Flour |
204 91 |
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Joel Vickers |
Indian meal |
84 00 |
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Beatty & Wilmans |
Molasses, vinegar, sugar, salt, tea, coffee |
404 42 |
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E. P. Barrows |
Beef and pork |
1,000 00 |
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Robert Barry |
Five hhds. tobacco |
342 92 |
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C. Johnson |
Essence of spruce |
11 25 |
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J. Myers & Son |
Casks for tobacco, repacking, &c. |
69 98 |
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M. Manufacturing Co. |
Shirting and cotton |
244 67 |
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Aldridge & Higdon |
Cloth |
259 74 |
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John Sykes |
Cassinet |
100 00 |
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Fred. Jenkins |
Sperm candles |
18 04 |
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R. H. Jones & Son |
Neat's leather |
152 75 |
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Mather & Simmons |
Shoes |
278 83 |
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E. T. Ellicott & Co. |
Nails |
31 25 |
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Benj. Taylor |
Bell-hooks |
18 25 |
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J. & G. Gillingham |
Wood axes |
72 50 |
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Will West |
Plank and shingles |
61 85 |
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T. & G. Thomas |
Padlocks and hinges |
100 04 |
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C. D. & S. Keener |
Medicine |
50 00 |
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J. McAllister |
Drayage |
25 38 |
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J. Beatty |
Commission on $3,951.11, at one per cent |
39 61 |
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1825. |
$3,990 62 |
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Feb. 2 |
J. Beatty, naval agent |
Jos. King, jr |
Freight of stores from Baltimore to Africa, |
$1,145 00 |
|
J. Beatty |
Commission at one per cent |
11 45 |
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1,156 45 |
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Feb. 12 |
Jehudi Ashmun |
J. Ashmun, ac'g agent |
Salary from August 12, 1822, to May 24, 1823, and from December, 1823, to January 24, 1825, at $1,200 per annum |
$2,300 000 |
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George Howe |
Rum, crackers, sheeting, bafts, and bedding |
65 04 |
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2,365 04 |
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Mar. 15 |
S. Evans, captain |
S. Evans |
Barge furnished for African expedition |
45 00 |
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April 16 |
J. Beatty, naval agent |
E. P. Barrows |
Twenty-five barrels beef and twenty-five barrels pork |
$487 50 |
|
J. Beatty |
Commission at one per cent |
4 87 |
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492 37 |
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May 2 |
R. R. Gurley |
R. R. Gurley |
Compensation from June 17 to November 1, 1824, at $100 per month |
$450 00 |
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do |
Traveling expenses |
86 00 |
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536 00 |
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Expenditures under the appropriation for the prohibition of the slave trade—Continued.
Date. |
Accounts settled. |
To whom paid. |
Purposes. |
Total. |
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1825. |
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June 23 |
King & Tyson |
King & Tyson |
Supplies furnished for laborers and captured Africans at Mesurado |
$1,808 80 |
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July 13 |
C. W. Skinner, lieutenant |
T. Owens |
Stores for support of R. R. Gurley on board of the United States schooner Porpoise, to and from Africa |
191 81 |
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July 14 |
Miles King, navy agent |
G. T. Kennon & Co |
Medicine |
$77 62 |
|
Henry Peters |
Passage of Frederick Lewis to Africa |
40 00 |
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William Francis |
Cloth and flannel |
195 00 |
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John McPhail |
Flour |
159 68 |
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Robert Souther |
Plank |
79 97 |
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J. Hutchins |
Shoes |
53 12 |
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T. Owens |
Candles, coffee, tea, and wine |
69 00 |
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B. Anderson |
Molasses and vinegar |
57 36 |
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William Watts |
Transportation |
4 00 |
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John Schuster |
Sugar and salt |
54 22 |
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J. M. Duperu |
Tools, looks, nails, cart wheels, &c. |
405 54 |
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Nathaniel Berry |
Shoes |
56 25 |
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J. & P. E. Table |
Tobacco |
187 55 |
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D. Gosser |
Porter bottles |
20 00 |
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F. Butt |
Plank |
52 00 |
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M. A. Santos |
Seed of various kinds |
53 97 |
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T. M. Cook |
Plank |
75 00 |
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1,640 18 |
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Aug. 3 |
J. W. Peaco |
J. W. Peaco |
Salary from 1st February to 31st July, 1825, at $1,600 per annum |
800 00 |
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Sept. 30 |
M. King, navy agent |
William McKenny |
Freight of stores from Norfolk to Africa |
524 37 |
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Oct. 7 |
J. W. Peaco |
J. W. Peaco, agent |
Salary from 1st August to 30th September, 1825 |
266 67 |
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Nov. 12 |
F. Brown |
F. Brown |
Medicine and instruments |
314 79 |
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Dec. 2 |
J. W. Peaco |
J. W. Peaco, agent |
Salary from 1st October to 30th November, 1825 |
266 67 |
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Dec. 31 |
J. Ashmun |
J. Ashmun, acting agent |
Salary from 25th January to 31st December, 1825, at $1,500 per annum |
$1,404 17 |
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Sanford & Fales |
Bafts, cloth, flour, vinegar, &c. |
574 06 |
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D. D. Dailey |
Rum, beef, pork, powder, lead, &c. |
300 91 |
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Eli Ayres |
Boat |
150 00 |
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Thomas Tyson |
Paint, rice, beef, &c. |
447 00 |
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do |
Beef, pork, flour, &c. |
430 90 |
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3,313 04 |
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George Macdaniel |
J. W. Peaco |
Salary for December, 1825 |
133 33 |
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R. R. Gurley |
Telescope |
100 00 |
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$40,011 15 |
(Signed)
Treasury Department, Fourth Auditor's Office, January 20, 1826.
T. WATKINS.
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Expenditures under the appropriation for the prohibition of the slave trade, in accounts settled in the year 1826.
Date of settlement. |
Accounts settled. |
To whom paid. |
Purposes. |
Total. |
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1826. |
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Feb. 12 |
Eli Ayres |
King & Tison |
Bread, herrings, molasses, pork, beef, butter, rice, vinegar, chambray, domestic muslin, seine-twine, shoes, leather, tobacco, duck, hardware, earthenware, candles, flannel, handkerchiefs, &c. |
$1,144 95 |
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do |
Passage of E. Ayres from Africa |
150 00 |
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do |
Charter of the schooner Fidelity from Baltimore to Africa |
450 00 |
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$1,744 94 |
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April 6 |
Frederick Lewis |
Frederick Lewis |
Compensation, as assistant, to the United States agent, for captured Africans, from January 15 to December 20, 1825, at $400 per annum |
$373 33 |
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Traveling expenses from Washington to Norfolk |
88 00 |
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Passage, Africa to Baltimore |
100 00 |
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561 33 |
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May 12 |
William H. Beatty |
Brandy, whiskey, vinegar, wine, sugar, molasses, chocolate, soap, pearl ash, tea, starch, spices, spoons, pots, candlesticks, barley, sago, muslin, hospital cots, mattresses, pillows, &c. |
$1,015 44 |
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E. J. Coale |
Stationery, and sharpening surgical instruments |
18 87 |
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P. Laurenson |
English porter |
24 19 |
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Navy agent's commission |
10 58 |
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1,069 08 |
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May 22 |
Miles King, navy agent |
J. & W. Southgate |
5 hogsheads tobacco |
61030 |
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10 barrels flour |
47 50 |
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3,000 pounds nails |
210 00 |
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$867 80 |
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William Rowland |
20 barrels pork and 10 barrels beef |
307 50 |
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F. Smith |
100 pair shoes |
110 62 |
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William Owen |
1,780 foot pine plank |
53 40 |
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D. Lyon & Co |
4 barrels molasses |
48 00 |
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F. F. Ferguson |
Harness, tub and barrel |
8 03 |
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Jos. T. Allyn |
Hinges and screws |
6 50 |
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W. Ashley |
2 sacks salt. |
5 50 |
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1,407 35 |
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May 24 |
F. W. Armstrong, marshal, Alabama |
F. W. Armstrong |
Maintenance 52 African slaves, from January 2 to December 4, 1824, at 15 cents per day |
$2,671 20 |
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Clothing |
265 00 |
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Blankets |
212 00 |
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Hire of two white men |
660 00 |
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Medical aid |
212 00 |
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4,020 20 |
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June 10 |
Richard Smith |
G. S. Oldfied |
Charter of ship Indian Chief from Baltimore to Africa and back |
3,000 00 |
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Sept. 19 |
A. D. Williams |
R. R. Gurley, att'y. |
Services of said Williams, as superintendent of captured Africans, at Thompson Town, Liberia, from September 1, 1824, to April 20, 1826, at $25 per month |
491 66 |
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Nov. 2 |
A. P. Darrah, purser, navy yard, |
Mech'ics and laborers. |
For use of captured Africans |
186 57 |
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John Roberts |
10 barrels beef |
$102 00 |
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Dec. 22 |
Mile King, navy agent |
William Loyall |
5 barrels vinegar |
25 12 |
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Expenditures under the appropriation for the prohibition of the slave trade, in accounts settled in the year 1826—Continued.
Date of settlement. |
Accounts settled. |
To whom paid. |
Purposes. |
Total. |
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1826. |
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Dec. 22 |
Miles King, navy agent |
John Palmer |
10 barrels meal |
$36 25 |
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J. D. Thorburn |
2 barrels molasses |
25 20 |
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Joseph T. Allyn |
Bellows and lantern |
2 25 |
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W. G. Lyford |
Drawing up articles of agreement |
2 00 |
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N. S. Angell |
Mailing ensigns and pendants |
8 00 |
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W. M. Fauquier & Co |
White lead, oil, window glass, putty, turpentine and brushes |
106 26 |
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M. Cocke |
64,142 feet of framing, 14, 106 foot of boards, and 30,848 feet of plank |
2,601 03 |
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J. Cowderry |
Window glass and putty |
62 12 |
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A. Goodnow |
Inspecting plank |
4 36 |
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J. M'Phale |
3 bolts of duck, water casks, weather breakers, buckets, quadrants, grindstone, jars and hospital tubs |
138 00 |
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do |
2 boat frames with plank, masts and spars, canvas, rope and making sails—blocks, cordage, copper bolts, nails, shoot-copper, rivets, and anchor |
1,301 70 |
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do |
Wharfage |
13 25 |
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J. B. Triplett |
Coal |
5 23 |
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J. S. Garrison & Co. |
Sugar, tea and coffee |
63 22 |
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B. Reynolds |
Hire of hands for hauling timber and loading ship Indian Chief |
110 00 |
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Wm. B. Quarrier |
Making copies of invoices |
2 00 |
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Stephen Harris |
40 barrels of bread |
112 09 |
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Plume & Co. |
672 pounds rope |
75 60 |
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Eugene Higgins |
Lanterns, lamps, wick, tea kettle, spider, brushes, funnels, rules and blocks |
28 87 |
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do |
Log-lines, harpoons, grains, tar, twine, scales, white lead, paint oil, brushes, bunting, sheet-lead, smith's bellows, hammers, tongs, hooks, corks, &c. |
273 85 |
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do |
Spermaceti |
12 60 |
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C. Hall |
2 thermometers |
11 25 |
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do |
Mathematical instruments, stationery, and spy glasses |
124 12 |
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do |
Drum and fife, $12; bugle, $10 |
22 00 |
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E. Higgins |
Flints, moulds, pig lead, bunting, twine, &c |
209 24 |
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G. T. Kennon & Co. |
Medicine |
7 00 |
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Robert Soulter |
7,567 feet featheredge |
113 50 |
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B. Reynolds |
50 doors, 6 panels each |
234 00 |
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William C. Holt |
11,762 feet flooring plank |
356 04 |
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G. T. Kennon & Co. |
Pocket instruments, urinals, gum, and cocks |
20 12 |
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J. M. Duperu |
Carpenter's tools |
180 69 |
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do |
Locks, springs and hinges |
53 56 |
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do |
Chains and locks |
2 75 |
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$6,446 27 |
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Dec. 30 |
John Hanes, late marshal district of Alabama |
Robt. Carr Lane, att'y |
Keeping 107 negroes, captured in the vessels Constitution, Marino, and Louisa, in 1818, viz: 19 from June 10 to July 17, 1818, 32 days, at 40 cents |
$243 20 |
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Expenditures under the appropriation for the prohibition of the slave trade, in accounts settled in the year 1826—Continued.
Date of Settlement. |
Accounts settled. |
To whom paid. |
Purposes. |
Total. |
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1826. |
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Dec. 30 |
John Hanes, late marshal, district |
Rob't Carr Lane, att'y |
6 from June 29 to July 17, 1818, 19 days, at 40 cents |
$45 00 |
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82 from July 13, to July 17, 1818, 4 days, at 40 cents |
131 20 |
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$420 00 |
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$19,347 69 |
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Expenditures to December 31, 1825, reported January 20, 1826 |
40,011 15 |
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$59,358 74 |
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Advances to debit of |
J. W. Peaco, agent |
Paid his drafts on the Department for his salary, and for supplies furnished at Liberia for captured Africans |
$1,763 37 |
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His bills on Baring, Brothers & Co., £554 12s |
2,464 89 |
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$4,228 26 |
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Advances to debit of |
J. Ashmun, agent |
Paid his drafts on the Department for his salary, and for supplies furnished at Liberia for captured Africans |
$5,530 30 |
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His bills on Baring, Brothers & Co., £103 1s. 6d |
458 11 |
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5,988 41 |
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Advances to debit of |
James Laurie |
On account |
150 00 |
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$10,366 67 |
Treasury Department, Fourth Auditor's Office, January 2, 1827.
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Expenditures under the appropriation for the prohibition of the slave trade, in accounts settled between January 1 and November 24, 1827.
Date of settlement. |
Accounts settled. |
To whom paid. |
Purposes. |
Total. |
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1827. |
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Jan. 25 |
J. B. Winn, late special agent |
Sundries |
Rope, duck, cable, guns, repairs on schooner Augusta, provisions, tobacco, charter of a schooner, pay of the Augusta's crew, making clothes, burying dead, &c. |
$3,348 60 |
|
March 14 |
J. W. Peaco, special agent |
J. W. Peaco |
Salary from January 1, 1820, to February 28, 1827, at $1,600 |
$1,866 67 |
|
do |
Expenses on extra service at Sierra Leone |
301 11 |
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do |
Outfit to Africa |
600 00 |
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Sundries |
Provisions, powder, cutlasses, iron, steel, beads, pipes, labor, &c. |
5,505 87 |
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8,173 05 |
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April 19 |
J. Nicholson, marshal E. dist. La. |
Bounty, subsistence, clothing, medicine, &c., for fifteen Africans, illegally brought into the port of New Orleans on board of the schooner Fell's Point, on July 1, 1825 |
5,442 22 |
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June 30 |
J. M. Berrien, proc. for J. Jackson. |
Bounty on one hundred and fifty Africans imported in the Ramirez, at $25 |
3,750 00 |
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July 12 |
W. Loyall, dep. marshal, Norfolk |
Maintenance, &c., of twelve Africans, (from March 17 to May 4, 1827,) imported into New Orleans, and brought to Norfolk for transportation to Africa |
261 40 |
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July 12 |
Nathaniel Currier, jailor, Norfolk |
Jail fees for six Africans brought from New Orleans to Norfolk, for transportation to Africa |
71 04 |
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July 16 |
J. Beatty, navy agent |
Sweetser & Co |
Pipes |
33 33 |
|
July 25 |
John Hodges |
Medicine and attendance at Fort Norfolk on Africans sent from New Orleans to Norfolk, for transportation to Africa |
70 39 |
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Aug. 1 |
G. Harrison, naval agent |
Gusse and Korckhoan |
Beads |
$35 00 |
|
Brown and Lewis |
Sheeting |
262 20 |
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Frederick Brown |
Medicine |
145 19 |
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442 45 |
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Sept. 12 |
J. H. Morel, marshal, Geo. |
Collecting and embarking one hundred and thirty-four Africans on board of the transport ship Norfolk for Africa, July, 1827 |
335 00 |
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Sept. 22 |
Samuel Peaco, jr |
Services as clerk to the African agency, from April 13 to June 25, 1827, at $25 per month. |
$60 00 |
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Traveling expenses from Annapolis to Norfolk |
40 35 |
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100 35 |
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Oct. 4 |
M. King, navy agent |
Boards, nails, looks, anchors, canvas, cooking utensils, earthenware, hospital stores, provisions, tobacco, stationery, board of Africans, and transportation, &c. |
3,886 50 |
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Nov. 3 |
Jehudi Ashmun, agent |
Salary from January 1 to March 21, 1826, at $1,500 per annum, and from March 22, 1820, to October 31, 1827, at $1,200 per annum |
$2,270 83 |
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Sundries |
Provisions, tobacco, clothing, carpenters' work, powder, tools, trade goods, lumber, boilers, kettles, candles, soap, labor, &c. |
12,282 82 |
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14,553 65 |
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$40,458 58 |
Advances to debit of J. W. Peaco |
$2,533 33 |
Advances to debit of James Laurie |
150 00 |
Advances to debit of George P. Todson |
350 00 |
Advances to debit of Frederick Lewis |
150 00 |
Advances to debit of J. B. Winn |
412 72 |
Advances to debit of Samuel Bacon |
1,380 92 |
$4,982 97 |
Treasury Department, Fourth Auditor's Office, November 26, 1327.