Refers to Bounties, Clothing, and Court Martial
Document 1799Refers to bounties, clothing, and court martials.
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War Department
2[undecipherable] May.. 179[undecipherable]
Gentlemen,
At his name has no representation or complaint made to me officially; I could not alter use. that the [undecipherable] for [undecipherable]. He [undecipherable] over has [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] by the [troops?] none employee on the expedition to [suit?] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] into [Bampton?] and [undecipherable] of Pennsylvania.
It [undecipherable] had to [the under?] [undecipherable] established in that, as well as other [undecipherable], [importing?] [to have?] jurisdictions by [Robert Jourdan?] Bankers and [Jonathan?] Williams, the [undecipherable] to be to [undecipherable] [McKerson?] on the [expeditions?], [undecipherable] [royal?] officers, and of the [troops?] [generally?], [none?] [dangerously?] [allegations?] on [equal?] [terms?] in the [rumors?].
[undecipherable] at [undecipherable], publication has [certainly?], [undecipherable]. [Under?] [Similar?], [was?] [inspected?] the [force?] [receiving?] in the [campets?] [undecipherable] the [campaign?] [sitting?] [force?] indelibly in the [market?] [undecipherable], and [organization?] of these [undecipherable] [officers?]
[undecipherable] [troops?], [use?] [undecipherable] in the public services and pay.
[Since?] the [Troops?] of horse employed on the expedition, have been dismissed from service, with the [various?] [their commander?], the [undecipherable].
[undecipherable] [strange?] one of the troops of horse, with [undecipherable] [certain?] [upon?] from [inhabitants?], [undecipherable] with [extending?] the [numbers?] that [positive?] [undecipherable] insidious [undecipherable] [one?] [undecipherable] [implied?] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable].
[undecipherable] [recommendation?], an [undecipherable] [additional?] [undecipherable], [no?] [minor?] charges [appear?] at length, [scheme?] [undecipherable] [others?] [either more?] [manner?] by the [Troops?] [undecipherable] of [Society?], [undecipherable] [partial?] submission [undecipherable] other [principally?] of the commissions officers [undecipherable] to have been held as [conclusion?] [undecipherable] sections [undecipherable] as the [same?], or [name?] [undecipherable] [favorite?] thereof, [undecipherable] [represented?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [general?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [reporting?] [these?] [losses?] on [undecipherable] [themselves?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [some?] of [justice?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to obtain the [undecipherable] of the [bridge?] [frontier?] [undecipherable] the [range?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] representations, and that [of?] the [troops?] [charge?] [undecipherable] with [rising?] [not?] free [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [territories?] of the [undecipherable] [outside?] [undecipherable] relations, [respects?], [and?] the [last?] [traces?] [undecipherable] [stemming?] [Regulations?] [the Union?]
[undecipherable] [caused?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [whipped?] by [undecipherable] [Nienhuis?] one of the [City militia?]. [troops?] [none?]. The officers generally, [quite?] the [pay done?] of [undecipherable] [employ?] [above?] the inter[undecipherable] [expedition?], [except?] from [a] [Captain?] in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. I have had no [official?] information [undecipherable] [direction?]. the last occurrence.
I wish the [decision?] [rate?] [opinion?] one of the [undecipherable] [?] [Plate?] [Treasury?], and the [Henry?] and the [Attorney General?], [who?] [the?] [manner?] [undecipherable] [whether?] [undecipherable] [application?] officially a [company?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] military and [company?] [undecipherable] [especially?] [among?] [undecipherable] [their?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [alluded?] to.
It is proper [absence?] that of the [undecipherable] [force?] with [for whose?] officers, [are?] implicated [Captain?] [McHenry?] and one [uncommoner?] [undecipherable] [?] [prisoner?] [?] [Rigby?] [Dober?] & [Wharton?] [undecipherable] [Captain?] [point?] [one?] [upon?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [upon?] to [the?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and the [Officers?] by the same [consequently?] [undecipherable] of the [troops?] and [militia?].
[undecipherable] [cannot?] [and?] the [rising?] for the [militia?] of the [United States?] [undecipherable] [to?] [?] the [promise?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [passed?] the 2[4?]th May 1795, and [named?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [?] [correspondence?] [accepted?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [?] [to?] [?] [undecipherable] [to do?] will. [For you?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [the?] [President?] [will?], [undecipherable] proper,
within two years, after he shall [use?] of the same and when [collected?] into actual service, and while remaining in the same. Shall [undecipherable] [under?] The same rules and regulations, and shall be entitled to the same pay, [rations?], [forage?], and emoluments of every horse, [mounting?], County and clothing, as the other [troops?] to be raised by this act.
That [by?] the [4th?] Sections of the [undecipherable] [Articles?] of [wear?] Officers and Soldiers of any [Troop?], whether [?] men, militia or others; [in?] [municipal?] [level?], and in continental pay. [that?] at all times, and in all places, when [jointly?], or sitting in conjunction with the regular forces, [undecipherable] [owned?] by the [undecipherable] and Articles of War, and [subject?] to be tried by Courts Martial, which shall be composed of militia officers [entirely?], of the [corps?] [Provincial corps?], with [undecipherable].
I have the honor to be
Gentlemen with great [respect?]
your obedient
humble servant
James. W. Henry[undecipherable]
Secretaries of State
Treasury
Henry and
Attorney General,
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Refers to bounties, clothing, and court martials.
Date
05/21/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799052100601
Page start
1
Note
Illegible document.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Jonathon Wilkinson
General McPherson
Attorney General
Charles Lee
Notable locations
War Department

