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Services & Materials Needed for Algerine Frigate
05/1797 DocumentAppears to be a list of services and materials needed to construct a frigate for the Dey of Algiers.
Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers
Report of Conference between Comm for US and Indians.
07/24/1797 DocumentRecord of meeting between Commissioners of Indian Department and other men (names detailed). Topic of land laws and acquisition recorded in detail. Border line dispute effects related.
David Henley Papers, 1791-1817
Regarding the Pay of John Lane
01/06/1797 DocumentFreeman discusses the pay of John Lane, Wilson's servant; for April and May. He suggests a way for Lane to receive the pay.
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Receipts for Bounty Enclosed
12/16/1797 DocumentMuhlenberg sends the receipts for bounty paid to recruits.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Pay Roll
04/1797 DocumentAbstract of the pay roll of the troops at the garrison of Fort Niagara. Lists amounts of pay given to each officer's detachment.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Pass for Merchant at Michilimackinac
03/29/1797 DocumentDirects the commander of the post at Michilimackinac to not restrict the bearer, a merchant, in his travels.
John Adams Papers
Pages Missing
04/18/1797 DocumentPage[s] missing from this document.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Memorandum regarding neutral vessels
1797 DocumentDiscusses rules of engagement between a neutral vessel and a belligerent power. Questions whether or not a neutral vessel has a right resist - by force - a search of their ship, or if a belligerent …
James McHenry Papers
Lt. Wright's Expenses
02/07/1797 DocumentThis is documentation that Lieutenant Charles Wright's expenses were $50.83 while waiting in Philadelphia for dispatches from the Secretary of War and $149.19 while carrying dispatches from the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
List of Vouchers
05/05/1797 DocumentList of vouchers transmitted to accountant of the War Department by Issac Craig.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
List of Invalid Pensioners and Compensation Amount
01/18/1797 DocumentList of names, rank, state, and amount of compensation pensioners should receive.
Fourth Congress: Reports and Communications to the Senate by the Secretary of War [4A-F3] (RG46)
List of Invalid Pension Applicants from New Jersey
02/08/1797 DocumentList of iInvalid pension applicants, belonging to the State of New Jersey, who have been re-examined by Physicans, by direction of the district Judge agreeably to the Resolve of Congress of the 18th …
Fourth Congress: Reports and Communications to the Senate by the Secretary of War [4A-F3] (RG46)
List of Invalid Pension Applicants from Connecticut
02/20/1797 DocumentList of invalid pension applicants, whose names were transmitted to the Judge of the district of Connecticut, and who have been re-examined by physicans, agreeably to a Resolve of Congress of the 18th …
Fourth Congress: Reports and Communications to the Senate by the Secretary of War [4A-F3] (RG46)- No image
Letter Citation
12/06/1797 DocumentCited in Simmons to Butler, 01/05/1798. William Simmons discusses the accounts of Captain Joseph Brock with Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Butler.
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Invoice of Timber for Algiers.
08/31/1797 DocumentAn invoice of timber sent to Algiers.
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Inventory following construction of USS Constellation
12/07/1797 DocumentAn inventory of all the timber, plank, and other materials remaining in the Navy Yard at Baltimore, after the completion of the frigate Constellation, December 7th, 1797.
Miscellaneous Printed Records, 1774-1830. (RG93)
Indian Speech made at treaty negotiations in September 1797.
09/1797 DocumentAppears to be speech made at Seneca treaty negotiations that began on August 26, 1797 and continued until mid-September. Cornplanter notes that his people have agreed to sell their lands. He hopes …
Jeremiah Wadsworth Papers
Indian Goods and General Return
04/21/1797 DocumentRegrets for lack of information on Polhemus. General returns of stores enclosed. Noted General Wilkinson travel to Fort Washington.
James Robertson Papers
Illegible Document
10/20/1797 DocumentIn this illegible letter, only the words "United States" and "strength" can be ascertained.
Special Folder- No image
Extract from General Orders
05/12/1797 Documentlist of absentees to be submitted to accountants office to be struck from the muster roll.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) 
Estimate of the sums necessary to complete and equip the Frigates United States and Constitution, of fortyfour guns and Constellation, of thirty six guns.
01/16/1797 DocumentReported list of necessary costs relative to maintenance of frigates in U.S. Navy.
Fourth Congress: Transcribed Reports and the Communications From the Secretary of the Treasury to the House of Representatives, 4th Congress, 1st
Estimate of the sum necessary on account of the fortifications of the ports and harbours of the United States for the year 1797.
01/16/1797 DocumentList of expenses necessary for maintaining specifically named fortifications in ports and harbors.
Fourth Congress: Transcribed Reports and the Communications From the Secretary of the Treasury to the House of Representatives, 4th Congress, 1st
Estimate of Military Stores Wanted for Three Frigates
1797 DocumentEstimate of stores for frigates on hand which need to be repaired or replenished, as well as what needs to be procured.
Register of Estimated Requirements for Military Supplies Kept by Samuel Hodgdon and William Irvine, Jan 1796-Feb 1805. (RG45)
Concerning Franco-American relations and the ambassador to France
1797 DocumentMcHenry considers the possibility that French colonists in the West Indies will begin demanding from their mother country that freer and more liberal trade with the United States be allowed. McHenry …
James McHenry Papers- No image
CITATION ONLY
12/08/1797 DocumentCITATION IN FULL TEXT DOCUMENT. GIST OF F.T. DOC. AS FOLLOWS: [Craig advised Hodgdon that the "24 Pounders" should not be mounted on ship or garrison carriages. Craig requested Hodgdon forward iron …
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