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NOURSE
, Joseph
“Statement of the liquidated and loan office debt of the United Stated to 31
st
Dec. 1787”
Document signé
Philadelphie, Registered Office, 1
er
janvier 1788
1 p. in-folio, encre brune
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. BEAU DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PRÉSENTANT LA
DETTE DES ÉTATS-UNIS EN DÉCEMBRE 1787, SIGNÉ PAR JOSEPH NOURSE.
LAFAYETTE’S COPY. FINE MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SHOWING THE UNITED
STATES’ DEBT IN DECEMBER 1787, SIGNED BY JOSEPH NOURSE
Joseph Nourse (1754-1841) was the first United States Registar of the Treasury whose
career spanned forty years and six presidential administrations. He played a key role in
administering the finances of the new Republic. Lafayette had loaned money to the young
Republic and may be included in the line : “Foreign officers, the interest whereof payable
at the House of Mr Grand in Paris”. An unsigned version of that document can be found
at Harvard University [
Arthur Lee Pape
r (1740-1792), Serie VIII. bMS Am 811.7 (115)]
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