Maclay, William,  1737-1804. <br/><br/>
William Maclay journals and note, 1789-1791. 

 - 4  items. 3  containers. 1  microfilm reel. 0.4  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. 
<br/><br/><br/>U.S. senator of Pennsylvania, lawyer, and jurist. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009173 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 82093948  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824 --Correspondence.<br/>Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. <br/>Meredith, Samuel, 1741-1817 --Correspondence.<br/>Nicholson, John, 1757-1800 --Correspondence.<br/>Peters, Richard, 1744-1828 --Correspondence.<br/>Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 --Correspondence.<br/>Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von,  1730-1794. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Congress --History.<br/>United States. Congress  1789-1791)  (1st : <br/>United States. Congress.  House. <br/>United States. Congress.  Senate. <br/>Bank of the United States (1791-1811)<br/>Mint of the United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Banks and banking--United States.<br/>Courts--United States.<br/>Debts, Public.<br/>Finance--United States.<br/>National banks (United States)<br/>Tariff--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations--1789-1797.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1789-1797.<br/>Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Jurists.<br/>Lawyers.<br/>Senators, U.S. Congress--Pennsylvania.