Collectors at New Haven, Connecticut. Items before June 1803 are addressed to Samuel, all afterwards are addressed to Abraham.
LS. Approving the appointment of John Rutherford Throop as Inspector; delaying a decision regarding the custom house boat. 1 p.
ALS. Chastising Samuel Bishop for tardiness in sending returns. Providing detailed instructions for their timely submission. 3 pp.
LS. Asking if public monies collected in New Haven might be applied to the payment of the interest on public debt. 1 p.
ALS. Cancelling the request from his August 24, 1801 letter regarding public monies collected in New Haven. 1 p.
LS. Printed form letter with details filled in by hand, sending eight Mediterranean passports. 1 p.
LS. Concerning the payment of allowances to fishing vessels. 1 p.
LS. Sending the official signature of U.S. Treasurer Thomas Tudor Tucker, to protect against counterfeiting. 1 p.
LS. Concerning a bill drawn by Clark and Pecks on the U.S. Secretary of War. 1 p.
LS. Approving the appointment of Samuel B. Marshal as gauger. 1 p.
LS. Asking for a statement of unpaid debentures. 2 pp.
LS. Concerning the payment of allowances to fishing vessels. 1 p.
LS. Immediately requiring a copy of the monthly schedule of bonds. 1 p.
LS. Ordering the immediate cessation of money advances sent to Joseph Wilcox and requesting an explanation as to why he was sent such payments. 1 p.
LS. Forwarding sea-letters issued from the President, with a request that they not yet be issued unless war is declared between France and England. 1 p.
LS. Concerning the payment of allowances to fishing vessels. 1 p.
LS. Announcing the repeal of an April 1800 act that allowed a drawback of duties on goods exported to New Orleans. 1 p.
LS. Transmitting the President's decision to extend provision for sick seaman from the port of New Haven. 2 pp.
LS. Concerning the payment of allowances to fishing vessels. 1 p.
LS. Giving instructions for the distribution of the papers, stamping press, and marking & gauging instruments of Colonel Kirby, late Supervisor of Connecticut. 2 pp.
LS. Concerning the payment of allowances to fishing vessels. 1 p.
LS. Concerning the payment of allowances to fishing vessels. 1 p.
LS. Announcing the President's repeal of an act prohibiting the importation of certain goods from Great Britain. 1 p.
LS. Announcing the passage of an act continuing an embargo between the United States and certain parts of the island of St. Domingo. 1 p.
LS. Requesting Abraham Bishop to provide funds to the Collector of Middletown. 1 p.
LS. Concerning regulations for coasting vessels confined to bays, rivers, and sounds. 1 p.
LS. Regarding an application to dispatch vessels in ballast. 2 pp.
ALS. Regarding a request from the Spanish Consul. 1 p.
LS. Regarding Solomon Pinto's application to sail a vessel in ballast to Trinidad . 1 p.
LS. Concerning the President's decision to deny vessels permission to sail to Europe, Asia, Africa, or America "south of the line," for the purpose of bringing back property to the United States. 1 p.
LS. Encouraging Bishop to stand firm in his denial of Caleb Townsend's request to send a vessel in ballast to Guadalupe. 1 p.
ALS. Requesting information regarding the prosecution of Amos White. 1 p.
LS. Ordering the hiring of an armed vessel under Captain Frederic Lee to cruise Long Island Sound. 1 p.
LS. Concerning crimes committed against the Revenue Cutter and sloop Hope. 1 p.
LS. Directing the transmission of weapons to the Revenue Cutter. 1 p.
LS. Concerning the Dragon, a Connecticut vessel under master Bartlet Lewis, which lately arrived in Liverpool with a cargo of cotton and therefore violated embargo laws. 1 p.
LS. Concerning the account for repairs and rations for brig Potomack, hired as a temporary cutter. 1 p.
LS. Clarifying the rules for supplying rations and provisions to revenue boats as outlined in an act of March 2, 1799. 2 pp.
Signed by Gallatin.
Printed. Announcing the appointment of Thomas Tudor Tucker as U.S. Treasurer. 1 p.
Printed. Announcing the passage of an act to create a general fund for monies collected for the Marine Hospitals. 2 pp.
Printed. Announcing the President's decision that sea letters are now only needed for vessels traveling beyond the Cape of Good Hope. 1 p.
Printed. Transmitting two resolutions recently passed by the House of Representatives concerning the levying of duties. Soliciting recommendations and/or alterations. 2 pp.
Announcing the repeal of an act imposing duties on the importation of goods from New Orleans. 1 p.
Regarding an act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels. 1 p.
Printed. Transmitting a new form of Mediterranean passports to be issued to U.S. vessels. 1 p.
Printed. Concerning the issuing of sea-letters being granted to naturalized citizens residing abroad. 1 p.
Printed. Asking for an estimate as to what would constitute a yearly supply of passports and sea letters. 1 p.
Announcing that mediocre work by Gaugers, Measurers, and Weighers will no longer be tolerated. 1 p.
Printed. Announcing the repeal of an act entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandize [sic], and to remit the penalties incurred under the same." 1 p.
Printed. Concerning goods imported from the port of Trieste and the exchange rate for the florin. 1 p.
Instructions from the President not to exchange registers for licenses (or vice versa), and to detain certain vessels headed for foreign ports. 1 p.
Printed. Notice of the renewal of an act requiring a two and a half percent duty, commonly called "the Mediterranean fund." 1 p.
Printed. Concerning regulations for coasting vessels that are confined to bays, rivers, and sounds. 1 p.
Printed. Concerning a supplementary act that exempts certain American vessels from the penalties of embargo. 1 p.
Printed. Providing a copy of an act "for extending the terms of credit on revenue bonds in certain cases, and for other purposes." 2 pp.
Printed. Explaining multiple acts concerned with the issuing of bonds to various types of vessels. 1 p.
Printed. Concerning the regulation of American vessels that desire to be dispatched in ballast. 1 p.
Printed. Announcing permission from the President to export empty hogsheads and casks to the West Indies, as they are in short supply and are needed for the importation of rum and molasses. 1 p.
Printed. Calling for stricter and uniform adherence to embargo laws and the issuing of permits for vessels within bays, rivers, and sounds. 1 p.
Printed. Outlining the major points of a new act concerned with embargo laws as they apply to the sailing of various vessels. 1 p.
Printed. Allowing for the importation of small amounts of flour and provisions that are in short supply, despite the embargo. 1 p.
Printed. Extending a deadline for American vessels wishing to sail to foreign ports. 1 p.
Printed. Transmitting a request from the House of Representatives for a list of the names and residences of people believed to have violated the embargo laws. 1 p.
Printed. Calling attention to a new act amending various older acts related to the embargo. 1 p.
Printed. Giving explanations and instructions concerning a recently passed act meant to further enforce the embargo acts. 3 pp.
Printed. Repealing many of the restrictions of the embargo acts, but maintaining rules against shipments to and from Great Britain and France. 1 p.
Printed. Clarifying confusion and answering questions about the recently passed Non-Intercourse Act. 2 pp.
Printed. Outlining various ways that vessels are abusing the non-intercourse act, which forbids the importation of British goods. 2 pp.
Printed. Calling attention to the depreciation of the paper currency of Denmark and reminding Collectors to adjust their estimates accordingly. 1 p.
Printed. Announcing a new act laying an embargo on all U.S. ports and vessels for ninety days, with a copy of the act forthcoming. 1 p.
Printed. Transmitting a copy of an act laying an embargo on all U.S. ports and vessels for ninety days. 1 p.
Printed. Transmitting a copy of an act "to prohibit the exportations of specie, goods, wares and merchandise for a limited time." 1 p.
Printed. Directing that the Russian ruble be regularly measured against the rate of exchange with England's sterling money, as variations in its value are frequent. 1 p.
Printed. Announcing a declaration of war against Great Britain. 1 p.
Printed. Transmitting an act "for imposing additional duties upon all goods, wares and merchandise, imported from any foreign port or place." 1 p.
Printed. Requesting a quarterly report. 1 p.
Printed. Transmitting an act to remit certain fines, penalties, and forfeitures, with modifications to the payment of duties on East India goods. 1 p.