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Account Summary of Cecil Company
07/04/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Materials list of cannon balls and cost of hands, teams, and carriages for Cecil company. Joseph Elliott noted 23 July, 1801 that the last charge should not be admitted.
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Account Summary of Cecil Company
07/04/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Expense of hands, teams, carriages, and 60 shot for improving 48 frigates and 21 forts. Elliott noted that the last charge for 60 shot should be the only admitted for reimbursement.
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Account of Ships Muster Roll and Promise to Merchants for Safe Passage
06/23/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Truxtun notified McHenry that he would accompany merchant ships providing safe passage against French pirates followed immediately by his departure to the assigned location for patrol.
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Account of Execution of Indian Chief and Request for Policy
02/23/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Letters between governor and Hawkins outlined and numbered. Hawkins recounted an ambush of U.S. officers, and complaints of white neighbors of Tuskeegee Tustunnagau and other Creek Indians. …
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Acceptance of Post, Travel Plans for Philadelphia
05/28/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Believed himself unqualified for the appointment given by McHenry, but accepted the appointment with patriotic vigor. Will travel to Philadelphia, Stoddert's family will follow shortly thereafter. …
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Accept and Return Draft
09/01/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Forwards an enclosed letter and requests return receipt. Requested money as well.
Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187)
[Note explanatory of a sum rendered by the War Department].
01/31/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Details of amounts paid by the Treasurer to the War Department, the Navy, etc.
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[No. 15] Presidential Briefing of Foreign and Domestic Property Disputes and Treaties
12/08/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Request for regulations regarding health law. Adams notified House of Rep of failure of previous diplomacy with France. Pursuit of peace between France and U.S. must be acted upon by France. Until …
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[No. 136 Expenditure of the Executive Departments] Act Creating the Accountant of the War Department
07/05/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Harper expressed frustration that the Treasury Department and the War Department did not operate exclusive of each other. Act written by Committee proposed the creation of the Accountant of the War …
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[Enclosure] Request for Missing Documents
11/13/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Information requested via a meeting with the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury and Washington, Washington deemed appropriate to obtain individually. Washington requested documents not enclosed …
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[Contracts for the Supply of Cannon]
04/12/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
McHenry submitted the contracts to the House of Representatives. Details on the contract made by the Commissioner of Revenue and the Hope Furnace in Rhode Island for the fabrication of cannons of …
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Thanks to McPherson and His Men
05/16/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
President Adams asks McHenry to extend his gratitude to General McPherson and his officers and troops for their service during the recent expedition [to quell the distrubances in Northampton County, …
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Seeks Military Rank and Higher Pay
01/11/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Mangin was hired to supervise construction of the batteries in New York and later to fortify Governors Island. He describes his qualifications as an engineer and he is now seeking military rank and …
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Request for Military Appointments
08/16/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Harper recommends Memereau Walker for a commission in the permanent army. Walker is qualifed to be an infantry officer but would like the artillery for which he is not yet qualifed. Harper himself …
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Reminder for Expected Letter
02/05/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Hamilton needed a letter from Wolcott prior to the execution of an order regarding a military escort for the marking of an Indian boundary line.
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Power of President to Appoint Officers to Battalion
05/03/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Hamilton felt the president did not have the power to appoint officers, citing verbiage in law.
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Order to Report to New Superintendent
03/01/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Hamilton ordered Rivardi, now under his command, to visit all posts in Northern and Northwestern quarters to review current situation for possible changes regarding defense and trade.
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Only a Partial Survey Available
01/26/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Hamilton is able to submit only a partial survey to Jay due to inadequate engineering support. More investigation and thought is needed before a specific plan can be proposed to the Legislature.
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Notification of Treaty with the Cherokees
01/15/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
"I transmit to you the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians, signed near Tellico, on the second day of October 1798 for your consideration. I have directed the Secretary of War to …
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Notation of Letter
03/03/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Annotation of document only.
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Notation of Letter
02/21/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Annotation in appendix only.
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Methods of Payment
09/07/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Discussed methods of payment made to troops, reaffirms current orders.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Merit to Determine Rank
05/07/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
McHenry's advice that rank from revolutionary war should determine promotion, Adams believed merit was the only qualifying factor. Enclosed letters soliciting for recommendations.
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Letter to be Forwarded by Bushrod Washington
02/25/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Washington will forward the letter to General Lee via his nephew Bushrod Washington who lives near the General.
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Interpretation of Articles Governing Courts Martial
02/23/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Hamilton provides a detailed interpretation of those parts of the the Articles of War that relate to those officers who have the authority to convene Courts Martial. He concludes that none but a …
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