Scope and Content Note
The United States Finance Collection spans the period 1761-1908, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1793-1873. It consists of a broad array of miscellaneous financial and legal material including correspondence; bond payments; claims against the federal government and the Bank of the United States; French and Spanish indemnity payments; indentures; items relating to New York Supreme Court cases; proposed laws for Wyoming Territory, 1870; state marshal reports of “alien enemies who have reported themselves,” 1812-1814; state power of attorney authorizations; statements of accounts; invoices; United States consulate reports; United States lottery drawings, 1779; and other material. Included are letters signed by Ulysses S. Grant, Alexander Hamilton, Rutherford B. Hayes, and James K. Polk.