NOURSE, Joseph “Statement of the liquidated and loan office debt of the United Stated to 31st Dec. 1787" Document signé Philadelphie, Registered Office, 1er janvier 1788 1 p. in-folio, encre brune
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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 Paper (1740-1792), Serie VIII. bMS Am 811.7 (115)]
