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Request for Issue of Assorted Military Supplies to 6th Regiment at Wilmington, NC
07/02/1799 Letter SignedDirects delivery of uniforms, accoutrements, arms, camp items, and office supplies for 6th Regiment at Wilmington, North Carolina. An attached note discusses the need for sending arms and gun worms …
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Issue of a Seine for the Garrison of Fort Mifflin
05/10/1799 Letter SignedDirects delivery of seine [perhaps a fishing net] for use of Fort Mifflin garrison.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for delivery of clothing and equipment
11/05/1799 Letter SignedRequest to deliver clothing and equipment to Captain Joseph Elliot for use of a detachment of men belonging to Captain John Bishop's company.
Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe And
Request for clothing and equipment
11/04/1799 Letter SignedLetter, directs delivery of uniforms, blankets to Captain John Bishop's company of Second Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers.
Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe And
Request for Choosing Regimental Medical Personnel from List of Applicants
06/24/1799 Letter SignedSends to two regimental officers a list of applicants for surgeons and surgeons mates from the state of Massachusetts, asking them to choose one surgeon and two surgeon's mates from the lot, that …
John Adams Papers- No image
Reports from Loftus's Heights
12/19/1799 Letter SignedHamtramck explains that he has had no reports from Loftus's Heights because it appears that the troops on the Mississippi consider themselves independent of his command in the absense of General …
Printed Versions 
Report from the Western District
01/31/1799 Letter SignedGeneral Wilkinson gives his interpretation of the affairs of the Western District during the latter part of 1798.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Relative Rank of the Field Officers of the New Regiments, Etc.
04/23/1799 Letter SignedMcHenry wants Hamilton's opinion regarding the rule used to determine the relative rank of field officers in the new regiments and inquires as to whether there should be alterations in the rule …
Alexander Hamilton Papers- No image
Relative Rank of My Officers
11/06/1799 Letter SignedRice indicates to Hamilton the changes in rank he recommends for his sundry officers.
Citations 
Relations with the Northwestern Tribes
04/30/1799 Letter SignedMc Henry discusses in some detail relations with the northwestern Indians and refuses to consider a reassessment of the lines established by the Treaty of Greenville which a number of Indian chiefs …
Timothy Pickering Papers- No image
Reinforcement of the Garrison of Detroit
02/23/1799 Letter SignedMcHenry encloses letters from several officers and speeches from Indian head-men as well as his response to the speech made in Philadelphia to assist Hamilton in deciding whether the garrison of …
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Regulations Regarding the Payments of Bounty to Recruits
06/21/1799 Letter SignedMcHenry reviews the regulations regarding the payments of bounty to recruits and the bonus payments to officers who do the recruiting.
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Regulations Regarding Officers' Uniforms
05/11/1799 Letter SignedMcHenry discusses the confusion surrounding the regimental officers' unforms provoked by a letter from General Washington.
Printed Versions 
Regiments of Artillerists and Engineers
04/27/1799 Letter Signed"I have considered the arrangement and distribution of the two Regiments of Artillerists and Engineers submitted to me...and approve of the same. You will be pleased to cause the said arrangement and …
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Regarding request for report on what may be done with several papers received from Comptroller of Treasury
01/24/1799 Letter SignedTransmits letter from John Steele, comptroller of Treasury Department with several papers referred to and requests that Simmons report what may be done on the subject.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Regarding Replacement of Poor Quality Shoes
07/05/1799 Letter SignedDiscusses the poor quality of recently procured shoes and the procurement of a new order of shoes based a different pattern.
Jeremiah Wadsworth Papers
Regarding Clarance Mulford request for appointment as cadet
05/09/1799 Letter SignedIt will be best for Clarance Mulford to request that Colonel Ogden procure his appointment as cadet, which will favor his future promotion.
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Reducing Provisions to the Indians, Etc.
05/25/1799 Letter SignedMcHenry warns that provisions to the Indians should be given with the strictest economy unless their affections are diminished. He worries that the land speculation may anger the Indians but advises …
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Recommending Individuals for Army and Navy Appointments
12/08/1799 Letter SignedRoutine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments.
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Recommending Individuals for Army and Navy Appointments
12/05/1799 Letter SignedRoutine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments.
Printed Versions 
Recommending a Recruiting Rendezvous & A Recruiting Officer
04/02/1799 Letter SignedMcHenry recommends Litchfield, Connecticut as a promising recruiting rendezvous and a lieutenant [name illegible] as an effective recruiting officer.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Recommendations for Medical Staff & Chaplain; Approval of Officer Appointment Substitute
08/06/1799 Letter SignedAdams recommends several individuals for medical staff in the 14th Regiment, as well as a man who has applied for a chaplaincy, whom he wishes added to the list. He also approves the appointment of a …
John Adams Papers
Recommendation of Willard Warner
02/19/1799 Letter SignedPhinney, Morris, Edwards, and Griffin recommend Lieutenant Willard Warner of the county militia for a Subaltern's commission in the Army of the United States.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Recommendation of Mathematics Instructor for Artillerists & Engineers School
08/10/1799 Letter SignedRecommends Mr. Consider Sterry as a mathematics instructor for the Military School of Artillerists & Engineers, based on the recommendations of others.
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Papers
Receiving pay for army services
09/26/1799 Letter SignedResponds to Dr. Osborne's request that he be paid his dues for serving as surgeon's mate from June 1 to August 9. McHenry's tone is particularly brutal, as he chastises Osborne for not knowing the …
James McHenry Papers
