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Albert Gallatin

CHAPTER VI
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On December 31 Mr.
Samuel Dexter was appointed to administer the department.

But the days of the Federal party were now numbered: it fell of its own dissensions, "wounded in the house of its friends." There is little in the administration of the finances by Wolcott to attract comment.

He managed the details of the department with integrity and skill.

On his retirement a committee of the House on the condition of the Treasury was appointed.

No similar examination had been made since May 22, 1794.


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