W[illiam] [Branch] Giles to W. C. Nicholas, wishes that he could say something complimentary about the financial situation but cannot because "even the splendid financial talents of the Secretary of the Treasury [Albert Gallatin], afford us no relief in his department. Instead of presenting to Congress a regular system of taxation, coequal and coextensive with the objects of the war, he has substituted a miserable impracticable attempt to plunder the merchants. The attempt too, is as destitute of principle, as it is of policy.", 1812

Containers:
Box 2, Folder 97
Physical description:
3 pp.

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Parent terms of access:
Materials in this collection, which were created in 1765-1869, are in the public domain. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.

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