Questions Stated by the President regarding matters of France and relative to loans

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Type

Letter/Document Type undetermined

Description

Two documents: the first is a list of questions from the President to the Secretary of the Treasury regarding relations with France; the second is a memorandum of letters and documents in the possession of the President relative to loans.

Date

04/18/1793

Author

George Washington

Recipient

Alexander Hamilton

Repository

Library of Congress: Manuscript Division

Collection

Alexander Hamilton Papers

Document number

1793041840501

Page start

1

Note

Two documents are included. One contains a list of questions from Washington to Hamilton and the second is a list of letters and documents in the possession of the President related to communication with the Treasury Department re loans, etc. The images combine both documents in an apparently random fashion.

Notable persons

George Washington
Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton
Mr. Short
Vice President [John Adams]
heads of the departments
Minister of France
Bank of the United States
trustees of the sinking fund
House of Representatives
Senate
Commissioners at Amsterdam
foreign officers in Paris
government of France
merchant men
future regent of France
Houses of Congress

Notable locations

Philadelphia
France
Holland
ports of the United States

Notable items

loans
appropriations of money
Report of the Trustees of the Sinking Fund
purchases
power to the Secretary
public debt
relief of St. Domingo
contract
French debt
certificates
war between France and Great Britain
breach of neutrality
qualifications
treaty of alliance
defensive war
ships of war
privateers
European affairs