Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
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Bill of Exchange for Gideon Dennison
01/02/1799Order to pay Dennison $1000 for payment for the Nickajack expedition.
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Bill of Exchange for $200
08/21/1799 Document SignedEnclosed is a Bill of Exchange on David Calley for two hundred dollars which Hodgdon should collect and transmit to Stevens.
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Bill for Sundry Cannon Balls
04/19/1799 Document SignedLane provides a bill with the cost of the following: doubleheaded shot - 35 pounds (currency) per ton; cannister and grape - 37 pounds per ton; shells - about 35 pounds per ton.
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Best Quality of Rolled Iron
02/20/1799 Autograph Letter SignedDavid Ames, Superintendent of Army Supplies, has applied for the indicated quantity and sizes of the best rolled iron.
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Balances Withheld by Officers
01/30/1799 Extract of LetterAll persons accountable for monies owed the War Department are to settle their accounts in a speedy manner. If balances are withheld by officers subject to the Articles of War, it will be Simmons' …
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Balance of Joseph Keeper's Pay to His Father
08/01/1799 Autograph Letter SignedElias Langhan has transmitted a Power of Attorney to Hodgdon from Joseph Keepers whose son Joseph, Jr. died while serving as a soldier in Captain Bissell's Company. The Power of Attorney authorizes …
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Balance Due for Taking a Load of Goods to Tennessee
07/27/1799 Letter SignedMcKinley reminds Hodgdon of a small balance due him relative to the opportunity provided by Jacob Giddian for a load of goods taken to Tennessee in March 1798. The return load was partly handled by a …
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Avoiding Inconvenience from the Muskets' Delay, Etc.
02/11/1799 Autograph Letter SignedResponding to Hodgdon's concern that the muskets would not arrive in time, Kilty applied one of the muskets already on hand to the purpose for which the others had been directed so no inconvenience …
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Authorization to Pay Accounts
05/31/1799 Autograph Letter SignedFrancis is authorized to pay all accounts for making, mending, or altering articles to be contracted for or otherwise procured for the service, including all accounts for inspecting articles intended …
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Audit of Expenditures at the Springfield Armory
02/04/1799 Autograph Letter SignedAn audit that includes the following entries for the years 1795-1798; total expenditures; muskets manufactured; muskets cleaned and repaired by new stocks, bayonets, ramrods, springs, and screw pins …
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Articles wanted to complete the contract and the order for additional Regiment of Artillery
01/15/1799 Document SignedArticles listed include overalls and shirts for infantry and artillery privates and sergeants. Items are articles wanted to complete contract and order for additional regiment of artillery.
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Articles Ready for Inspection
01/08/1799 Letter SignedThe articles which Simon contracted to furnish are ready for inspection.
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Articles of Agreement for Rations
10/01/1799 Printed Document SignedArticle of Agreement for rations for New York
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Articles of Agreement for Rations
10/01/1799 Document SignedArticles of Agreement for Rations between Secretary of War and William and Robert Colfax and Alexander Richards. Rations to be issued in Massachusetts.
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Articles of Agreement for Rations
10/01/1799 Printed Document SignedArticle of agreement between Secretary of War and William and Robert Colfax of New Jersey and Alexander Richards of New York City for provision of rations to New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Articles for the Northhampton Expedition, Etc.
04/19/1799 Autograph Letter SignedMiller wants to know whether the articles delivered to Captain Vann for the Northhampton Expedition should go through the Quartermaster General's books in the same way as articles sent to other posts. …
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Articles Delivered Agreeable to the Invoices
04/03/1799 Autograph Letter SignedFord has received Hodgdon's letter by the wagoner William Bass who has delivered the articles agreeable to the invoices. The quartermaster Lieutenant Meminger has received and receipted for them.
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Arrival of Mr. Wright, Etc.
05/20/1799 Autograph Letter SignedMr. Wright, the United States factor for the Indian trade, arrived at Fort Wilkinson the previous day from Knoxville,
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Arrearages of Pay & Subsistence
07/02/1799 Autograph Letter SignedLt. Shepard of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers asks Simmons to transmit to him arrearages of pay and subsistence due him since the acceptance of his appointment on March 13 to June 30, 1799.
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Arreages of Pay & Subsistence
07/23/1799 Autograph Letter SignedLt. Shepard of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers asks Simmons again to transmit to him arrearages of pay and subsistence due him since the acceptance of his appointment on March 13 to June 30, …
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Apprehension Respecting Indian Hostilities
08/30/1799 Autograph Letter SignedMajor Craig makes Samuel Hodgdon aware of popular apprehension regarding Indian hostilities. Craig hopes the distribution of the Indian annuity will serve to pacify the Indians.
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Appointment of Joshua Orne
02/07/1799 Autograph Letter SignedJoshua Orne is informed of his appointment as agent of fortifications at Marblehead, Massachusetts. His compensation will be three percent of the sums he pays in execution of his duties as agent …
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Applying for Another Line of Honest Business
12/20/1799 Autograph Letter Signedde Kraffs asks for Hodgdon's recommendation for a position in a business in one or another honest branch. He has had extensive employment in surveying and drawing until the unhappy time when the fever …
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Appeal of Capt. Lewis
03/15/1799 Autograph Letter SignedHerewith is transmitted a copy of a report made by the auditor ,and admitted by the Comptroller, in favor of Capt. Thomas Lewis in answer to an appeal made by him to the Treasury in response to a …
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Annelly's Pay During the Month of March
12/09/1799 Autograph Letter SignedMr. Annelly has been absent from Harpers Ferry during March so, according to the Secretary's instructions, he cannot be paid even though he asserts that he was employed doing public duty. Therefore, …
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