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01/20/1798 Cited letter or documentCited in Dayton to Simmons, 02/06/1798. Citation does not exist in Dayton to Simmons, 02/06/1798
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03/02/1798 Cited letter or documentLetter, citation only. Document gist of 03/23/1798 as follows: Simmons informs McRee that payment will be delayed until appropriations are passed by Congress.
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04/25/1798 Cited letter or documentCited in Simmons to Kilty, 04/28/1798.
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Circumstances Are Notorious
11/07/1798 Author's Letterbook CopyIsaac Philips was paid $225 to deliver a load of public stores to Knoxville but got no farther than Lancaster where he was arrested and the goods delayed for many weeks.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.- No image
Circular to the Heads of the Departments on Foreign Policy
01/24/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentPresidents request to Heads of Department for their opinions on foreign policy. Special notice to be given to relations with France which Washington believed are tied to relations with Spain, Great …
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Circular to the Heads of the Departments on Bribe by France
03/13/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentAdams requested advice on declaration of war against France due to bribe by Tallyrand.
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Ciited Document
09/26/1798 Cited letter or documentCited letter or document; cited in Thomas & John Clifford to Simmons, 09/27/1798.
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Cherokee Annuities Forwarded on the Sloop "Robert"
06/19/1798 Author's Letterbook CopyEnclosed is the cash invoice of the annuities for the Cherokee Indians sent to Habersham's address. The invoice will be of importance to Colonel Hawkins and should be sent on to him.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.
Checks for the Use of the Navy
06/18/1798 Letterbook CopyHarris is directed to deliver to Purveyor Tench Francis all the checks now in the store, to be paid for by him at just valuation, for the use of the Navy.
Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), May
Check to be delivered to Tench Francis for use of frigates
06/28/1798 Letter SignedMcHenry and Hodgdon request that John Harris deliver all the checks in store to Tench Francis for the use of the Navy for construction of frigates.
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Charleville Muskets to Serve as Patterns
10/10/1798 Author's Letterbook CopyHodgdon advises Kilty that he will be receiving six Charleville muskets to be used as patterns for the contractors at his post [Baltimore].
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.
Charleville Muskets to Serve as Patterns
09/10/1798 Letter SignedHarris is directed to forward to John Kilty, Supervisor of Revenue at Baltimore, the best six muskets of the Charleville model in the public stores to serve as patterns for small arms which residents …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Charleville Muskets to be Used as Patterns
10/06/1798 Author's Letterbook CopyHodgdon is sending eight Charleville muskets to be used as patterns for the contractors in Rhode Island.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.
Charleville Muskets to be Used as Patterns
09/03/1798 Author's Letterbook CopyHodgdon instructs Harris, Fleming, and Williams as to the careful process for selecting the Charleville Muskets to be used as patterns for the contractors who have agreed to produce additional numbers …
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.
Charges for Freight Must be Consistent, Etc.
08/15/1798 Author's Letterbook CopyHodgdon points out that the same freight allowed Capt. German to South Carolina must also be allowed Capt. Gildea. As bills are paid in gross sums, Hodgdon cannot ascertain for certain the specific …
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.
Charges Due the Accountant of the War Department
1798 Letter fragmentAccount for money paid and due, involving the Quarter Master and the Accountant of the War Department
Robert Oliver Papers- No image
Character Description of Officers on Board War Ships
06/12/1798 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentHigginson felt current officers character was deplorable and ships should be manned by good officers who would add to the ships efficiency as a weapon of war.
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Chain of Command in the Provisional Army
07/18/1798 Autograph Letter SignedGeneral Washington has provided the names of the leading commanders in the Provisional Army with Hamilton, as Inspector General, the senior officer. The appointment of William S. Smith, the …
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Certification of payments: 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, Fort Johnston, South Carolina under command of Captain Michael Kalteisen
11/22/1798 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification of payments: $626.91 company of 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, Fort Johnston, South Carolina under command of Captain Michael Kalteisen; for pay of himself, Lieutenant …
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Certification of payments; William Wright for repairing various sundry tents
11/21/1798 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification of payments; William Wright for repairing various sundry tents, furnishing the materials agreeably to certificate of Samuel Hodgdon, superintendent of military stores.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Certification of payments; William Wilson, Lieutenant, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
11/01/1798 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification of payments; $46 to William Wilson, Lieutenant, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers for subsistence.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Certification of payments; William Wilson, Lieutenant, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
11/01/1798 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification of payments; $145.60 to William Wilson, Lieutenant, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers for expenses in attending a court martial.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Certification of payments; William Wilson, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
11/01/1798 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification of payments; $46 to Lieutenant William Wilson, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers for expenses attending general court martial.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Certification of payments; William Miller
05/10/1798 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification that $8.77 is due William Miller, late a saddler and soldier in Captain James Taylor's Troop of Dragoons, being his pay from June 1 to July 4, 1795, following the day he was discharged.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
