James McHenry
3105 documents
Invalid pensioners from Virginia
War Secretary encloses a list of invalid pensioners from the State of Virginia, with monthly allowances for each, to the Commissioner of Loans in Virginia.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)Interpreter to the Choctaw Nation
McHenry orders the recipient to provide his services as interpeter to the Choctaw nation to the Commanding Officer of the detachment sent to take possession of the post at Walnut Hills lately occupied …
Timothy Pickering PapersInstructions to Officers Commanding Maritime Forts, Relative to Salutes.
Regulations for returning gun salutes at maritime forts, with differing stipulations for each rank of officer which might be saluted.
John Adams PapersInstructions to Military Commander in Tennessee, Regarding Boundary with Choctaw & Cherokee
Gives instructions for supporting the party surveying the boundary line between the U.S. and the Cherokee and Choctaw nations, as necessary. Asks that Sparks enforce the "Act to regulate trade and …
John Adams PapersInstructions to General Wilkinson Concerning the Administration & Disposition of the Army
Gives instructions for General Wilkinson concerning the Army, including the following subjects: evacuating some frontier posts in order to fill others; the occupation of Spanish forts in Natchez and …
John Adams PapersInstructions to Edward Wright
Instructions to Edward Wright, deputy paymaster and storekeeper at Knoxville, from James McHenry, Secretary of War.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Instructions to Capt. Guion Concerning Management of U.S. Posts in U.S.-Florida Border Region
Directs Capt. Guion to see that the terms of the treaty with Spain concerning the border region between the U.S. and Spanish Florida are enforced. Specifically mentions: keeping Indians under U.S. …
Clairborne (JFH) CollectionInstructions for Troops with Indians, Spanish, and French along Mississippi
Instructions for artillery and infantry at Pittsburgh and promotions for soldiers. Details how to communicate with French and Spanish. Refers to US treaty with Spain. Encourages friendly relationship …
MMC, McHenry, James: Mm85004543Instructions for Troops along the Tennessee at Chicksaw Bluff
Instructions for detachment of troops at Chickasaw Bluff and how to deal with the Spaniards. Refers to US treaty with Spain and Baron de Carondelet, Spanish Governor. Details instructions for …
MMC, McHenry, James: Mm85004543Instructions for ship yard clerks
General instructions to ship yard clerks. Pay $500 per year.
Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters ToInstructions for Journey along the Mississippi, Transportation of Supplies
Reports progress with troops along the Mississippi. Provides instructions to proceed to Pittsburgh and report to James O'Hara and Isaac Craig for supplies and transportation. Refers to salary.
MMC, McHenry, James: Mm85004543Instructions for Interpost Communication, Indian Gifts, and Pay Draws
Discusses distribution of U.S. forces in territory east of the Mississippi. Requests that information be forwarded to post commanders wherever Guion is not, be they Walnut Hills, Chickasaw Bluffs, or …
Clairborne (JFH) CollectionInquires about Correspondence
Refers to previous correspondence. Encloses bank notes. Refers to Spaniards.
MMC, McHenry, James: Mm85004543Information Regarding Diplomatic Situation Surrounding Enforcement of Treaty of Madrid (U.S.-Spanish Florida Border)
James McHenry expresses hope that Isaac Guion has distributed annual presents to the Chickasaws; notes that Spanish officers have obstructed enforcement of the treaty in the U.S.-Spanish Florida …
Clairborne (JFH) CollectionIndian Land, Treaty Talks, and Husbandry Utensils
McHenry discusses Indian land and the need for treaty talks with sundry tribes; He adds that husbandry utensils for the Indians will be included in the annuity for the coming year.
Indian DocumentsImpeachment of a Concealed Enemy
Enclosed to Governor Sevier are official papers that expose the criminality of an individual whose is unworthy of his seat in the Senate from which he has been expelled. He is also being impeached by …
Timothy Pickering PapersHowitzers for the Revenue Cutter "Virginia"
Harris is asked to deliver four iron howitizers to Captain Francis Bright for the use of the revenue cutter "Virginia," for which Bright is to be held accountable.
Subject File of the Naval Records CollectionHearth for the Frigate "United States"
"Please to deliver Mr. Francis the Purveyor the hearth for the frigate 'United States'."
Subject File of the Naval Records CollectionHearth for the Frigate "United States"
Harris is directed to the hearth for the frigate "United States" to Tench Francis, the Purveyor.
Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), MayHearth for the Frigate "United States"
Harris is directed to deliver the hearth for the frigate "United States" to the purveyor Tench Francis.
Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), MayHand Grenades for the Frigate "Constellation"
Harris is asked to deliver two hundred hand grenades to Tench Francis for the use of the Frigate "Constellation."
Subject File of the Naval Records CollectionGeneral Wilkinson's Activities, Revolt among French Settlers, Problems in Tennessee
Mr. Lewis has expressed surprise that General Wilkinson is head of the Army in the western terriory. A small detachment has been dispatched to Kaskaskia where there is a revolt among a few French …
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers, MSS.General Return of Brass & Iron Ordnance
Hodgdon is directed to furnish McHenry with a general return and the location of all the brass and iron ordnance that is the property of the United States.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)General Regulations and an Invariable Pay
McHenry informs Simmons that he is awaiting the regulations regarding the pay of Marines, Seamen, Petty Officers, and Midshipmen which will be forwarded so that Simmons can discharge his duties.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
