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MADISON, JAMES. Letter Signed, as Secretary of State, to Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, sending receipts of Captain Jereovich of the Ragusan Brigantine Benevenuto for payments to him amounting to $681.25 [not present], and requesting that a warrant be issued for that amount to Collector of New York David Gelston. With 3-line holograph endorsement signed by Gallatin on terminal page. 1 page, 4to, with integral blank; loss to few words of text at horizontal fold expertly repaired verso with tissue, folds reinforced verso with tissue, minor staining at upper edge. Washington, 12 October 1801
"I . . . enclose the receipts of Capt. Jereovich . . . for [$681].25 paid to him in the name of William Eaton, the Consul at Tunis, by David Gelston . . . . Be pleased . . . to cause a warrant to be issued . . . upon the appropriations for Barbary negotiations, charging it to Mr. Eaton."
