John Quincy Adams Digital Diary

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Dwight. H— W— Love O’Brien Jeremiah Tutt— Edmund P. Brown Genl. Jacob Moore of Alabama. Scott Rush— Richard Barbour— James

I had sent to ask Coll. Dwight to dine with me yesterday; but the House sat in the Evening, and he sent an excuse— He came this morning— Ingham in a debate in the House upon the Appropriation Bill, last Wednesday, made an insidious attack upon me, for some allowances in my Accounts misstated, in the Document (N. 79. 18. Congress. 2— Session 21— February 1825.) printed with the Report of the Committee of which he was Chairman, upon Mr Monroe’s Accounts and Claims— The contingent accounts, allowed, of several other of our Ministers abroad, were printed with that Report of Ingham’s, and mine among the rest—in the Document from the Register’s Office, there was an erroneous charge of 1000 dollars, stated . . . allowed to me, but which had really been an allowance to W— S— Smith— Ingham has kept it two years in reserve, and now pounced upon me with it, upon some item for an outfit to Poinsett in the Appropriation Bill of the present year— I explained the real circumstances of these allowances in my Accounts. . . . Dwight, as a Member of the Committee of Ways and Means, and asked him to explain them to the Committee and to the House: which he promised to do. . . . had drawn up some remarks, on Ingham’s speech, which I read to Dwight, but which not being quite finished I promised to send him this Evening or tomorrow— Morning— Mr Love came to ask for all the Letters of Recommendation in his favour, heretofore sent to me; which he said he wished to present to Mr Clay to obtain a Clerkship in his Department— O’Brien came to enquire if I had received Dr. Ayer—Surveyor at Eastport’s defence; but I had not— He spoke also . . . the probable vacancy of the Collector’s Office at Castine, by the Death, or resignation of Hook the present Collector, whose brother and Deputy he wished might . . .t be appointed in his place— I told him I should wait to hear from him— Mr Tutt and Scott, of Virginia came to solicit appointments— General Brown shewed me a Letter from Judge Spencer of Albany, severely commenting upon the conduct of Governor Clinton of New-York, whom he considers as having broken himself down, and who he says will be abandoned by his own party— Brown . . .ks the same— The General spoke to me of the double Rations of the Staff officers here, now cut-off, and said they had been allowed by Mr Jefferson. Moore of Alabama recommended Alexander Adair as Attorney for the middle district of Florida—and asked for a Survey of the Muscle Shoals— Mr Rush brought explanatory papers of P. S. Markley, which he thought satisfactory, and Governor Barbour the proceedings of a Court Martial upon Lieutt. Wilkins sentenced to be cashiered.