Informs him that while the Comptroller of the Treasury [Oliver Wolcott,
Jr.] is ill, the latter's principal clerk will be authorized to countersign warrants for transferring stock to the books of Smith's office [the Commissioner of Loans].; "Circular"
Letter from John Hughes to John Swift, Alexander Barclay and Thomas Graeme. Further account of protests: "The State House and Christ Church Bells were run, muffled and two Negroe Drummers (one of whom belonged to Alderman Saml. Mifflin) beat thro' all parts of the City, with muffled Drums -- thereby alarming the Inhabitants. In consequence whereof, a large Number of People was raised and assembled at the State House, where it was publickly declared, as I am informed, That if I did not immediately resign my Office, my House should be pulled down and my Substance destroyed..."; Copy
