The national hand-book of American progress : a ready reference manual of facts and figures, from the discovery of America to the present time . to 1797. Secretaries of State—Thomas Jefferson, Va. ; EdmundRandolph, Ya.; T. Pickering, Mass. Secretaries of Treasury—Alexander Hamilton, N. Y.;Oliver Wolcott, Conn. Secretaries of War and Navy—Henry Knox, Mass.; TPickering, Mass.; James IMcHenry, Md, OF AMERICAN PROGKESS. 149 Postmasters General—Saml Osgood, Mass.; T. Picker-ing, Mass. ; Jos. Habersham, Ga. Attorneys- General—Edmund Randolph, Va.; Wm. Bi-ai-ford, Pa.; Charles Lee, Ya. National Expen
The national hand-book of American progress : a ready reference manual of facts and figures, from the discovery of America to the present time . to 1797. Secretaries of State—Thomas Jefferson, Va. ; EdmundRandolph, Ya.; T. Pickering, Mass. Secretaries of Treasury—Alexander Hamilton, N. Y.;Oliver Wolcott, Conn. Secretaries of War and Navy—Henry Knox, Mass.; TPickering, Mass.; James IMcHenry, Md, OF AMERICAN PROGKESS. 149 Postmasters General—Saml Osgood, Mass.; T. Picker-ing, Mass. ; Jos. Habersham, Ga. Attorneys- General—Edmund Randolph, Va.; Wm. Bi-ai-ford, Pa.; Charles Lee, Ya. National Expenses and Debt, 1st Administration. Tear. Expenses. Debt. 1791 - $ 7,207,539 $75,463,476 1792 9,141,569 77,227,924 1793 - 7,529,575 80,352,634 1794 - . 9,302,124 78,427,404 1795 10,405,069 80,747,587 1796 8,367,776 83,762,172 Imports and Exports, 1st Administration. Year. Imports. Exports. 1790 $23,000,000 $20,205,156 1791 29,200,000 19,012,041 1792 31,500,000 20,753,098 1793 31,000,000 26,109,572 1794 34,600,000 33, 1795 - - - . 69,756,268 47,989,472 1796 81,436,164 67,064,097 150 NATIONAL HAND-BOOK SECOND John Adams.—Second President of the United States,was born at Brain tree, Mass., Oct. 19th, 1735. His an-cestry may be traced back to Henry Adams, who settled atBraintree, in 1640. His early educational advantao^es werejf a very superior order. He was a good student and grad-uated at Harvard, 1755. He devoted himself for a timeto teaching and to the study of law, and in Oct. 1758, wasadmitted to the bar as Attorney at Law. In 1764, he mar-ried Abigail Smith, whose ancestors were of Colonial became a prominent actor in the stirring events andscenes of the times. His first political step of any specialsignificance was taken by the delivery of an address in op- OF AMERICAN PROGRESS. 151 position to the Stamp Act of Great Britain. When the firstoutbreak at Lexington occurred, he joined the patriot forcesin defending their liberties and l
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