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A Summary Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States, from the Commencement of the Present Government to the End of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Three.
Philadelphia:] Childs & Swaine, [1794]. Small folio (12 ½ x 7 ½ inches, 315x190 mm). Disbound. Modern cloth case. Condition: Minor toning to the title page. hamilton's comprehensive balance sheet summarizing the financial state of the federal government in its first three years of operation. On 20 January 1794, the Senate ordered that the Secretary of the Treasury should furnish a number of reports, including one showing “all moneys received on account of the United States, such parts of the foreign loans as have not been drawn over to America only excepted; distinguishing the moneys received under each branch of the revenue, and the moneys expended under each appropriation” from 1790 through 1793 and “in each statement, under each branch of the revenue, the moneys received on account of the revenue of that year and those received on account of the revenue of each preceding year, and stating, so far as the same is now practicable, the amount of all moneys, bonds, or securities, in hand, on the first day of January, 1794, with the times of payment of such bonds or securities” ( Journal of the Senate ). A formidable task, even for Hamilton. This, and several other requests from Congress for Treasury reports, prompted Hamilton to write a letter to Vice President and President of the Senate John Adams explaining that preparing such reports required enormous time and expense and severely interrupted the daily business of his department. Congress persisted in its request and this impressive report was issued. As the report was printed for internal use by the Senate, it was not widely circulated and thus exists in very few extant copies. Evans 27952.