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Table 7: Estimated Cost of the Treaty of 1795
According to the American Department of Treasury, as of Jan. 4, 1797, the
expenses of carrying the treaty into effect were estimated as follows:
Payments stipulated at the time of closing the treaty to the dey,
his officers, and the treasury, for the redemption of the captives
To which are to be added agreeably to Mr. Donaldson’s
calculation: For percentage on the captives
$525,500
$27,000
Peace presents, consular presents, $60,000
Commissions to the Jew broker, and presents to principals, &c. $30,000
Amount of money to be paid in Algiers $642,500
Payments made to col. Humphreys, £3,471
Payment to captain O’Brien. £31
Total in £ and $ £3,502 =
$l5,564 44
The naval stores stipulated by Mr. Donaldson were estimated at
$57,000, but which, agreeably to his enumeration of the articles,
will cost agreeably to the estimate of the purveyor (Table 8)
$124.413
The freight of the said stores is computed at $50,000
The expense of the frigate lately promised, agreeably to the
estimate of the Secretary at War, will be
The whole expense of fulfilling the treaty, according to this
estimate, therefore is
$99,727
$992,463 25
Source: Adapted from SPPD, 10:454-55, Report of the President of the United States
to Congress Relative to Algiers, Jan. 9, 1797, Report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, January 4, 1797.
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