William Maclay journals and note,
Maclay, William, 1737-1804.
William Maclay journals and note, 1789-1791. - 4 items. 3 containers. 1 microfilm reel. 0.4 linear feet.
Open to research.
Journals (1789 April 24-1791 March 3) kept by Maclay as a U.S. senator in the first U.S. Congress and note (1790) to John Nicholson. Describes legislative and procedural debates relating to such questions as protocol for ceremonies; relations between the House and the Senate; the tariff of 1789; the judiciary bill; compensation for members of Congress; Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von Steuben's accounts; assumption of state debts; Alexander Hamilton's report on public credit; the creation of a national bank; and the establishment of a national mint. Also includes personal observations and accounts of the social life of the members of Congress. Volume 1 contains drafts of letters to Tench Coxe, Samuel Meredith, Richard Peters, and Benjamin Rush.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
U.S. senator of Pennsylvania, lawyer, and jurist.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009173
mm 82093948
Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824 --Correspondence.
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
Meredith, Samuel, 1741-1817 --Correspondence.
Nicholson, John, 1757-1800 --Correspondence.
Peters, Richard, 1744-1828 --Correspondence.
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 --Correspondence.
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794.
United States. Congress --History.
United States. Congress 1789-1791) (1st :
United States. Congress. House.
United States. Congress. Senate.
Bank of the United States (1791-1811)
Mint of the United States.
Banks and banking--United States.
Courts--United States.
Debts, Public.
Finance--United States.
National banks (United States)
Tariff--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1789-1797.
United States--Politics and government--1789-1797.
Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.
Jurists.
Lawyers.
Senators, U.S. Congress--Pennsylvania.
William Maclay journals and note, 1789-1791. - 4 items. 3 containers. 1 microfilm reel. 0.4 linear feet.
Open to research.
Journals (1789 April 24-1791 March 3) kept by Maclay as a U.S. senator in the first U.S. Congress and note (1790) to John Nicholson. Describes legislative and procedural debates relating to such questions as protocol for ceremonies; relations between the House and the Senate; the tariff of 1789; the judiciary bill; compensation for members of Congress; Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von Steuben's accounts; assumption of state debts; Alexander Hamilton's report on public credit; the creation of a national bank; and the establishment of a national mint. Also includes personal observations and accounts of the social life of the members of Congress. Volume 1 contains drafts of letters to Tench Coxe, Samuel Meredith, Richard Peters, and Benjamin Rush.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
U.S. senator of Pennsylvania, lawyer, and jurist.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009173
mm 82093948
Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824 --Correspondence.
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
Meredith, Samuel, 1741-1817 --Correspondence.
Nicholson, John, 1757-1800 --Correspondence.
Peters, Richard, 1744-1828 --Correspondence.
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 --Correspondence.
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794.
United States. Congress --History.
United States. Congress 1789-1791) (1st :
United States. Congress. House.
United States. Congress. Senate.
Bank of the United States (1791-1811)
Mint of the United States.
Banks and banking--United States.
Courts--United States.
Debts, Public.
Finance--United States.
National banks (United States)
Tariff--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1789-1797.
United States--Politics and government--1789-1797.
Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.
Jurists.
Lawyers.
Senators, U.S. Congress--Pennsylvania.