April 12, 2024
1802 LETTER TO ALBERT GALLATIN US SECY OF TREASURY - SIGNED NOTE IN HIS HAND
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Very interesting 1 p. letter, dated (Washington DC?), Apr 1 1802 from Joseph H. Nicholson to US Secretary of Treasury Albert Gallatin with signed note by Gallatin in his own hand on reverse, reading "Referred to the Comptroller [of the Currency] by his obedt. servt. [signed] Albert Gallatin." The content reads, in part: "I enclose you a debt [not present] from Robert Gilmon of Baltimore to Mr. Buckley requiring payment of money advanced by Mr. Bingham in London for books, maps. I will thank you to let me know what course he is to pursue to obtain the money, and I will write to him. You will observe that he makes a claim for interest & commission. These he is certainly not entitled to, as Mr. Bingham might have had the money at any time, I presume, and might have made a remittance to meet the bills ... [signed] Joseph H. Nicholson." Swiss born Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) was US Secretary of the Treasury from 1801-14. Appointed by Thomas Jefferson, Gallatin continued in the position under James Monroe. He was regarded as a master of public finance. Among his many accomplishments, including as a US Senator (1793-94) from Pennsylvania, Member of US Congress (1795-1801), also from Pennsylvania, and US Minister to France (1816-23), and England (1826-27). in 1831 he founded the University of New York, now known as New York University.
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