which would constitute an advance, he qualified it by this observation, "if in your opinion it can be "done with legality and perfect propriety;" I answered, that I had no doubt of either.

The following Abstract closed Mr. Hamilton's Justification.

Quarterly Statements of the Account for Compensation of the President of the United States, from his taking the Oath of Office on the 30th April, 1789, to the 30th September, 1795.

1791. Due the United States, 31st Dec.
March 31. Warrants drawn,

4,254

8,150

12,404

Compensation due,

6,250

DOLLARS.

PROOF.

Compensation from April 30, to June 30, 1789, 62 days,

Compensation from July 1, 1789, to Sept. 30, 1795, 6 years 3 months,

4,246

156,250

Total due Dols. 160,496

Advanced till the end of 1791, per printed state

Extracted from the Books of the Treasury,

JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.

* This abstract establishes one unpleasant and embarrassing fact; to wit, that General Washington, instead of refusing to accept of any salary (which his admirers have said was the case), actually overdrew his salary, and had, from June 1790 to June 1795, constantly several thousands of dollars of the public money in his hands. Whether he really did let this money out at usurious interest, as it was asserted, will, perhaps, never be known.

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