“
acc
ts. C. 24. N
o. 439. and that they are evidentally
[
sic
--
Ed.
]
out of place . . .”
A postscript to a letter to Jefferson written by Watterston on March 8 states: “. . . am happy to state that I was under a mistake in relation to Morris’ Accounts.”
Robert Morris, 1734-1806, Superintendent of Finance for the American Revolution. He was born in England and came to the United States at
the age of thirteen.
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Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 103. no. 444, Receipts and Expenditures, 1793, 4, 8, 1801, 2, 4, 5, 6, fol, 7 v.
Of the seven volumes called for by the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue as above, only five can now be found. The volume
for 1794 was missing at an early date, and is so marked in the contemporary working copy of that catalogue.
The five available volumes are for the years 1801, 1802, 1804, 1805 and 1806:
An Account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States. For the year 1801 [-1806]. Stated in pursuance of the standing
order of the House of Representatives of the United States, passed on the thirtieth day of December, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety-one.
Washington, Territory of Columbia: printed and published by order of the House of Representatives [by
A. and G. Way],
1801-7.
HJ10 .A5; 25.6 5037
5 vol. Folio, folded tables in all volumes, the imprint for the earlier volumes reads as above, later changed to Washington
City; the name of the printer in the volume for 1806.
Uniformly bound in half calf, red leather labels on the backs lettered in gilt (new labels on 3 volumes), and on the front
cover of each volume a red label lettered:
President of the United States.
With the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate in each volume.
The 1815 catalogue calls for a volume of
Public accounts, 1797-1801, 2 v fol (page 103, no. 442). The Library of Congress has many volumes of public accounts for this period, none of which can be placed
definitely in the Jefferson collection.
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State papers 1793.4--94.5--94.7--95.6--96.7.--97. Blount--97.
1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 261, State papers, 1793-1812, 36 v 8vo.
State papers and public documents of the United States from 1793 to 1812.
Philadelphia and
Washington,
1795 to 1812.
36 volumes, 8vo.
One of the State Papers was the following book: An Account of Louisiana, being An Abstract of Documents, in the Offices of the Departments of State, and of the Treasury. Duane, printer.
8vo. 26 leaves, the last a blank.
Concerning this, in a letter to Josiah Stoddard Johnston, dated from Monticello, February 13, 1825, Jefferson wrote: . . .when we acquired Louisiana we were exceedingly uninformed of every thing relating to it. I addressed enquiries to every individual of the country who I thought might give us informn, and I remember that I considered that furnished by Dr. Sibley as distinguished in it's value. at the ensuing Congress I communicated the whole to that body and it was printed and made a large 8. vo the originals, and their printed copy were probably burnt by the British, but the printed copy which I had kept for myself went afterwards to Washington with my library and may there be turned to. it will be found entered in the printed catalogue pa. 104 No. 261, under the title of State papers 1793-1812. 36. v.8.vo the date of the communicn Nov. 14. 1803. will point to the particular vol. . .
Josiah Stoddard Johnston,1784-1833, was born in Connecticut, but after completing his law studies in 1815 he moved to Louisiana, where he set up his practice. He was elected to the first Territorial legislature in 1805 and served until 1812, and subsequently held other public positions. In 1821 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, and in 1823 he was appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Brown. In 1825 he was elected to the Senate, and he was reelected in 1831.
State papers. 1797-8. 98.9--99.1800.--1800--1800.1--1801.2--1802. to 1809.
1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 443. State papers, 1795-1809, 8 v fol.
State papers and public documents from 1795 to 1809.
Philadelphia and
Washington,
1795 to 1810.
8 volumes, folio.
With two exceptions, Jefferson’s copies of these two sets are no longer in the Library of Congress as such. Many of the Library
copies have been obviously torn from bound volumes and may have been from Jefferson’s library. Some few have notes in his hand or have his name written on in another hand. The working copy of the Library of
