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Additional Necessary Supplies & Inadequacy of Furnace; Order for Advance down the Ohio
Informs Hodgdon that the bills he had drawn will be paid. Expresses dismay at a reported need for additional supplies, particularly for shells, which cannot be obtained; casts aspersion on Turnbull & …
Knollenberg Collection, Group 26;Series 1Accounts of Major Samuel Finley
Howell discusses the accountsof Major Samuel Finley of the late line of Virginia.
Settled Miscellaneous Treasury Accounts, Sept. 7, 1790 - Sept 29, 1894. (RG217) (M235)Accounting for horses
The Quartermaster General requests that the Superintendent of the Horse Department take a very accurate account of all the horses - both public and private - now employed in the department. Asks that …
Shane CollectionAccount of Colonel Wood
The Comptroller of the Treasury discusses the settlement of the account of Colonel James Wood.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)Account and expenses of Lieutenant Heth
Joseph Howell has enclosed the account of Lieutenant Heth for expenses incurred while to and from New York with a detachment of the 1st and 2d Regiment. Howell is of opinion that this duty should be …
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)A Warning to the Delaware Nation
St. Clair recounts the hostile attitude of the Shawnee and Miami Indians toward the United States. Relying on the friendship of the Delaware, St. Clair recommends Colonel Thomas Procter as emissary.
Northwest Territory Collection, M367Traveling Expenses
Enclosed traveling expenses of the Secretary of War. Expenses incurred visiting military posts. Charges still pending;
[Empty Placeholder Collection for Incomplete Collection Associations.]Transmission of Petitions & Vouchers of Men Desiring Placement on Pension List
Transmits petitions and vouchers of two men, Eliphalet Easton and Salmon Burr, who wish to be placed on the U.S. pension list.
Jeremiah Wadsworth PapersSympathies for Lack of Recruits
Letter, mentions recruiting and treatment of deserters.
Bezaleel Howe PapersSubsistence Money due Mr. Greaton
Sarah Greaton has written the Secretary at War, for the second time, concerning subsistence pay for her husband, Mr. Greaton. Sarah Greaton writes that she has worked exceptionally hard just to afford …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)Speech made to the Oneidas by Congress and the Board of War September 1781 and overdue claims for service during late Revolution made by Good Peter and Skenandoah
Pickering informs Knox that Good Peter handed him a speech made to the Oneidas by Congress or the Board of War in September 1781. According to the Reverend Samuel Kirkland, Good Peter and his friend …
Samuel Kirkland PapersShipment of uniform clothing, arms, knapsacks, canteens, camp kettles to Boston for Captain Jonathan Cass of Exeter, New Hampshire
Stagg writes that the Secretary of War requests that Hodgdon ship the following items to Boston, addressed to Stephen Bruce and marked for Captain Jonathan Cass of Exeter New Hampshire: 50 suits of …
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)Shipment of suits of clothing to be forwarded to Captain George Fleming at West Point
Stagg requests that Hodgdon have packed up for Captain George Fleming at West Point, and forwarded by water to New York: 20 suits of infantry clothing complete for 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 18 …
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)Shipment of Stores belonging to General Anthony Wayne
Letter, advises Issac Craig of a shipment of stores. Asks that Craig inform Wayne upon receipt.
William Knox MiscellaneousSettlement of accounts of William Bailey
William Bailey informs Joseph Howell that he has sent his son to settle his accounts and asks that he not be delayed. Son lives 150 miles from the city and being absent from his hands will be a loss …
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)Request to make up the deficiency to amount of clothing entitled to John Barns
R.J. Vandenbrock request to Constant Freeman that he make up the deficiency in clothing which John Barns is entitled to, the deduction having been made on the settlement of his account.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)Request to Forward Clothing for Captain John Pratt's recruits
A request to have articles of clothing forwarded to New Brunswick New Jersey for Captain Pratt's recruits of 1st Sub Legion. Also mentions sending woolen overalls to Captain Cornelius Sedam's …
First Congress: President's Message Transmitting Reports From the Secretary of War to the Senate [1A-E4] (RG46)Request to deliver a trumpet to Mr Oeller
By order of Secretary of War, John Stagg requests that William Knox deliver a trumpet to Mr Oeller. He says it shall be returned. Knox reports that Andrew Martin will deliver a trumpet.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)Request that Secretary Knox be informed on whether stores have been procured and forwarded to Pittsburg
John Stagg relays General Knox's request to William Knox to be informed on whether stores for the Quartermaster's Department have been procured, as directed on 11 May, and forwarded to Pittsburg. If …
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)Request that Infantry Clothing be Forwarded to Captain William Buchanan of Baltimore
Stagg informs Hodgdon that Secretary of War requests delivery of 25 suits of infantry clothing for privates, to Captain William Buchanan at Baltimore, Maryland by way of the New Castle stage.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)Request for the provision of tents for the detachment under marching orders
Delivered at the City Tavern to Major John Stagg and addressed as Public Service to War Office Philadelphia, Mills reports that there are no tents and asks for some common and horseman's tents to be …
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)Request for Rifles
Request for as many good quality rifles as Hand can provide, not to exceed 1,200.
Charles Roberts Autograph CollectionRequest for pay for men despite records lost during St Clair defeat
Carbery asks that his men be paid, despite records lost during the St Clair defeat on 4 November 1791. States that Major Henry Gaither can provide any information required.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
