Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
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Extra allowances to officers
12/19/1798 Printed DocumentRegulations outlining extra allowances in cases where officers are detached on service, which oblige them to incur expenses on the road and at places where there are no military posts.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Exposing Your Family to the Contagion
08/23/1798 Autograph Letter SignedCaldwell expresses his concern regarding Hodgdon's family relative to the spread of yellow fever in Philadelphia. He argues that keeping his family in the city increases everyone's exposure to the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Explanation of Army Appointments
11/02/1798 Autograph Letter SignedMajor Craig requests an explanation of army appointments from Samuel Hodgdon.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Expenses Related to Courts Martial
10/25/1798 Autograph Letter SignedSimmons should examine his files regarding expenses for officers who have served on courts martial as members, witnesses, etc. so as to ascertain the appropriate per diem expense allowances for these …
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Expenses of Major Cushing
11/21/1798 Autograph Letter SignedMajor Cushing has been charged by Gen. Wilkinson to bring certain public papers and documents from the State of Tennessee to Philadelphia. His expenses should be allowed.
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Expenses for riding express
04/17/1798 Document SignedReceipt of payment of $80 to Sturgis for delivery of dispatches by riding express from Shippensburg to Pittsburg to Philadelphia and back to Shippensburg per agreement with William Rippey of …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Expenses for Quarters and Portage
07/06/1798 Autograph Letter SignedRivardi has been advised by Mr. and Mrs. McClallen that his expenses for portage and quarters will not be allowed although he still hopes to be reimbursed since the amount he charged was not …
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Expenditures of the Quartermaster's Dept.
04/11/1798 ExtractAbstract by the Accountant's Office of the expenditures of the Quartermaster's Department from 1st January 1791 to 1st January 1797. The average expenditure for that period was $28,562.84.
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Expenditures in the Quartermaster's Department
04/11/1798 Document SignedSimmons is required to make an abstract of the expenditures of the Quartermaster's Department including what was settled in his office and in the Treasury Department and which shows the total amount …
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Expenditures in the Quartermaster's Department
03/14/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed is Wilkins' estimate of expenditures in the Quartermaster's department for March, April, and May of 1798. Listed also are four bills that he has drawn: bills No. 67 - 70.
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Excellent Gun Powder Might Be Had at a Lesser Price
07/26/1798 Letter SignedBedinger has been offered on private account 500 weight of excellent gun powder and may be able to obtain more at a lesser price.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Examination of Letters for Settlement of Accounts
09/15/1798 Letter SignedMcHenry notified Simmons that "it would be proper" for him or for the Chief Clerk to examine letters from Col. Stevens and determine which letters or parts of letters were necessary for settlement of …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Every Particular Agreed with the Invoice
09/25/1798 Letter SignedDeveaux has received the invoice of arms. An examination of the packages that have recently arrived shows that every particular agrees with the invoice. His departure from Savannah to St. Marys …
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Every Effort Shall be Made to Forward the Tents to Norfolk, Etc.
07/05/1798 Letter SignedBedinger discusses equipage sent by him and delivered to him as well as his account.
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Evacuation of Spanish from the Mississippi River
12/07/1798 Letterbook CopyThe Spanish have abandoned posts on the Mississippi River, rendering it necessary to send a galley from Pittsburgh. The galley should be prepared to descend the Ohio River at any moment's notice.
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Estimate of Pay of Discharged Troops of Georgia.
1798 Copy of documentPeriodical estimate of pay that may be due to discharged troops in the state of Georgia up to October 1798.
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Estimate of Pay Due Federal Troops in Georgia
03/05/1798 Copy of documentEstimate of pay due to a detachment of Federal Troops in Georgia for the months of January and February 1798.
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Erection of an Office Building
09/26/1798 Autograph Letter SignedMcHenry has authorized the erection of a small building to be employed by Paymaster Joseph Williams as an office and has told Williams to take Simmons' instructions regarding the handling of his …
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Equipment for a Troop of Light Dragoons
03/17/1798 Letter SignedArticles of equipment for a troop of light dragoons should be forwarded to Major Craig at Pittsburgh with instructions for forwarding them to Fort Washington at the earliest opportunity.
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Equipage Ordered for General Wilkinson
04/09/1798 Autograph Letter SignedGeneral Wilkinson has ordered from Philadelphia, without delay, horseman's tents, common tents, and sheet iron for camp kettles.
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Enlistments & Receipts
10/28/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are the enlistments and receipts for money paid on account of bounty to some men.
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Encounter with a French Privateer, Etc.
07/28/1798 Autograph Letter SignedA French privateer began firing on a ship off the shore of this island. Some passengers managed to get to shore on a boat while others swam ashore. People on shore fired muskets at the Captain who …
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Enclosed Subsistence Account
07/03/1798 Letter SignedVischer encloses his subsistence account with a request that it be paid to the order of Messrs. Bleeckers of Albany.
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Enclosed Receipts
08/25/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are five receipts for bounty paid in the amount of $25. The blank which was enclosed last week was a mistake not discovered until the next day.
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Enclosed Receipts
07/09/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are six receipts in the amount of $26.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
