Item #48920 Treasury Department, February 15, 1798. Oliver WOLCOTT.

Treasury Department, February 15, 1798.

Item #48920

(BROADSIDE). WOLCOTT, Oliver. Treasury Department, February 15, 1798. (CIRCULAR.) SIR, I HAVE BEEN DIRECTED BY A RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED ON THE 14TH INSTANT, TO OBTAIN FROM THE COLLECTORS OF THE CUSTOMS, OF THE PRINCIPAL "COLLECTION DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AN ACCOUNT, EXHIBITING THE NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF THE VESSELS, AND THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THEIR CARGOES, THAT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED OR DETAINED SINCE THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1796, FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, BY OR UNDER AUTHORITY FROM FOREIGN NATIONS, DISTINGUISHING THE VESSELS CAPTURED OR DETAINED BY EACH NATION." [Philadelphia: 1798]. Folio broadside, folded for mailing to 7 1/2" x 9". One tear in blank portion, where the seal was broken in mailing. This copy is addressed in ink to 'William Tuck Esqre, Collector Gloucester Massachusetts.' It is signed twice in ink by Oliver Wolcott, the Secretary of the Treasury. This rare Circular, whose record in NAIP is "based on catalogue card only," is evidently "Not at AAS"; NUC records a single copy at the Rosenbach Foundation. It includes a 'Form' for each Collector of Customs to complete and return, with the requested information. Shipton 48737. Bristol B10649. NAIP w039781. Not in Evans, not located on OCLC.

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