Sir,
According to the resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 31st of December, delivered to me yesterday, I have the honor to lay before you a list of the several persons employed in my office, with the salaries allowed to each, as follows:
Dollars. George Taylor, jr. (of New York), chief clerk, his salary fixed by law,................................................. 800
Jacob Blackwell (of New York), clerk,......................... 500
George Pfeiffer (of Pennsylvania), clerk,..................... 500
Philip Freneau (of New York), clerk for foreign languages,.... 250
Sampson Crosby (of Massachusetts), messenger and office-keeper,................................................ 250
The act of Congress of June the 4th, 1790, c. 18, allowed me an additional clerk with the same salary as the chief clerk. After the retirement of the person first appointed, whose services had been particularly desirable, because of his long and intimate acquaintance with the papers of the office, it did not appear necessary to make further use of the indulgence of that law. No new appointment, therefore, has been made.
The clerk for foreign languages has but half the usual salary. I found his clerkship on this establishment when I came into office, and made no change in it, except, that in the time of his predecessor, where translations were required from any language with which he was unacquainted, they were sent to a special translator and paid for by the public. The present clerk is required to defray this expense himself.
I have the honor to be, with the most perfect respect, Sir, your most obedient and most humble servant,