James McHenry
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Reprimand for non compliance with request for statement of materials and stores purchased
Having made a request for a statement of all materials and stores purchased on account of the frigate building at Boston, Secretary of War McHenry reprimands naval agent Henry Jackson for non …
Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters ToReported Sightings of General Wilkinson
Mr. Lewis has reported that Wolcott was surprised that there is a strong possibility that General Wilkinson is in the southwestern territory at the head of an army. Wilkinson was last seen in Detroit …
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers.Report on National Defense
Reports on salient issues of national defense, that the president may include them in his upcoming State of the Union address to Congress. Advises that the president call for an increase in the U.S. …
John Adams PapersReport of the Secretary of War to the President in Report of the Secretary of War, Accompanying a Confidential Message from the President of the United States.
Cover letter detailing contents of report regarding the causes of Indian attacks and murder on Western frontier. Report contains extracts of letter from various military officials and Governor Gayoso …
FO 5/18 Foreign Office Correspondence, America(United States), General Correspondence.Report of the Secretary of War
In his report to the President, McHenry encloses all of the correspondence relative to the disposition of the Indians on the western frontier and the correspondence with the Governor of Louisiana …
Fifth Congress: President's Messages Transmitting Specific Documents or Information to the Senate [5A-E2] (RG46) (M1704, Roll 2)Reliance on Your Prudence and Judgement
"I enclose you a duplicate of my letter to Brigadier General Wilkinson of yesterday's date for your government in case he should have left Fort Washington or by any accident be prevented from …
Fifth Congress: President's Messages Transmitting Specific Documents or Information to the Senate [5A-E2] (RG46) (M1704, Roll 2)Rejection of Our Minister to France, Etc.
Letters from Pinckney in Paris have arrived. Delacroix has informed Mr. Monroe that the Directory will not receive a minister plenipotentiary until their grievances have been resolved. Pinckney will …
Special Collections, MSA SC 1407. McHenry Collection, M11697.Regulations Respecting Salutes
Regulations on Naval salutes; mentions forts and fortifications.
Josiah Fox PapersRegulations Respecting Salutes
James McHenry details the number of guns with which to salute officers of different ranks among foreign navies.
Clairborne (JFH) CollectionRegulations for Commanders of Frontier & Maritime Posts
Regulations for maritime and frontier forts & posts, which address post security, not divulging fort layouts and garrisons, record-keeping of visitors to the post, punishment of unauthorized persons …
John Adams PapersRegarding Wilkinson's Request to Lt. Col. Butler for Reinforcements
Letter to Lt. Col. Butler concerning several companies of the 3rd Regiment. Tells him that Wilkinson has seen intimations of Indians stirring for hostilities in the Northwest, and is looking for …
John M. Brown & Preston Brown Papers, #105.Regarding the transmittal of government rules and regulations respecting the recruiting service
Regarding the transmittal of government rules and regulations respecting the recruiting service. Encloses blank enlistment form.
Preston Family Papers - Joyes CollectionRegarding the Spanish presence at Chickasaw Bluff
Regarding the Spanish presence at Chickasaw Bluff - located in Tennessee - and Spanish intentions to reoccupy a post in clear violation of Pinckney's Treaty, which placed the Chickasaws under U.S. …
James McHenry PapersRegarding the care of British deserters
Request for the Attorney General's opinion on how to handle the care of three British deserters under Vice Admiral Vanderput. McHenry raises the question of sovereignty and weighs the various …
James McHenry PapersRegarding the appointment a chief clerk
Ensures Nathan Jones - an employee in the War Department - that the appointment of Samuel Lewis to replace the recently resigned John Stagg as Chief Clerk was in no way meant to be an insult to Jones' …
James McHenry PapersRegarding Spanish-Indian relations on the frontier
Memorandum of Indian information from William Claiborne. Discusses Cherokee settlement and an Indian delegation to the Spanish. The Spanish allegedly sought to place the southern tribes under Spanish …
James McHenry PapersRegarding proof of payroll fraud
Directs for proof of payroll fraud by Captain James Gillespie. McHenry announces that he will procure a qualified person to fill the place of Deputy Paymaster and Storekeeper.
James McHenry PapersRegarding Lots Purchased
The Secretary at War informs Major Craig that the purchase of lots for public use does not require the attention of the President.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
