Collection
42,880 items

Bounties Paid, Settlement Account
02/04/1799 Autograph Letter SignedSimmons received Leonard's latest bounty receipts, will review of Leonard's recruiting account.
Abiel Leonard Collection
Bounties Paid, Settlement Account
01/21/1799 Autograph Letter SignedSimmons received Leonard's receipts for bounties paid to him;to be reviewed upon the settlement of Leonard's recruiting account.
Abiel Leonard Collection
Bounties Paid and Payment of Recruits
04/16/1799 Autograph Letter SignedHagner received Leonard's receipts for bounties paid by him and will review them. Leonard's receipt roll for payment to young (new?) recruits received.
Abiel Leonard Collection
Bounties Paid
04/22/1799 Autograph Letter SignedHagner notes receiving Leonard's receipts for bounties paid which will be filed until review of Leonard's recruiting account.
Abiel Leonard Collection
Books Balanced According to Your Plan
05/24/1799 Autograph Letter SignedMiller admits that he does not understand how the books of the Quartermaster's department for the public stores balances with Hodgdon's plan.He would like Hodgdon to honor Mr. Banger's request to show …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bill of Stationery
12/02/1799 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed is Young's bill of stationery furnished for the Governor of the Mississippi Territory.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bill of Lading of Two Brass Field Pieces
09/08/1799 Autograph Letter SignedThe Secretary of War has directed Lewis to enclose the bill of lading of two brass field pieces, six-pounders (condemned) for Hodgdon to take the measure of upon their arrival.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bill of lading for pieces of kentledge
04/23/1799 LetterbookEncloses a bill of lading of seventeen pieces of kentledge shipped on board Capt. Jackson's schooner "Weymouth" in the harbor of New York and bound for Philadelphia.
Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187)
Bill of Exchange from David Henley
11/05/1799 Document SignedPay James Cowan $2,750, it being for value received of him in specie for paying artificers.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bill of Exchange for Samuel Mitchel
05/22/1799Bill of exchange for $500 due Samuel Mitchel, temporary agent to the Choctaw.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bill of Exchange for James Ferguson
04/12/1799$200 due James Ferguson for cash paid by him to Swan for the pay of the army.
Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217)
Bill of Exchange for James and William Park
10/02/1799Bill of Exchange for $1,000 due James and William Park for money for paying the regular troops in Tennessee under Lt. Col. Butler.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bill of Exchange for Gideon Dennison
01/02/1799Order to pay Dennison $1000 for payment for the Nickajack expedition.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bill of Exchange for Elias Boudinot
03/11/1799Payment of $1,000 due Elias Boudinot to reimburse him for cash given to Swan.
Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217)
Bill of Exchange for $200
08/21/1799 Document SignedEnclosed is a Bill of Exchange on David Calley for two hundred dollars which Hodgdon should collect and transmit to Stevens.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bill of Exchange due to William Morton
04/08/1799Bill of Exchange of $666 due William Morton for cash received for the pay of the army in 1799.
Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217)
Bill of Exchange due Thomas Gibson
04/12/1799Bill of Exchange for Thomas Gibson for $2000 for cash paid by him to Swan for pay of the army.
Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217)
Bill for Sundry Cannon Balls
04/19/1799 Document SignedLane provides a bill with the cost of the following: doubleheaded shot - 35 pounds (currency) per ton; cannister and grape - 37 pounds per ton; shells - about 35 pounds per ton.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bill fo Exchange for Tousard's Traveling Expenses
11/07/1799 Document SignedRequest to pay Messrs. Gibbs and Channing $400 for Tousard's traveling expenses.
Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217)
Bill Embracing the New Organization of the Army, Etc.
01/21/1799 Draft LetterAt the request of a committee of the Senate, McHenry has furnished them with a bill embracing the new organization of the Army and is preparing another respecting the provisional army and a third for …
Special Collections, MSA SC 1407. McHenry Collection, M11697.- No image
Best Understanding Between Our Nations
04/25/1799 Autograph Letter SignedWilkinson includes an extract of a letter from Governor Gayoso in which the cordial nature of Captain Shaumburgh's expedition to New Orleans is viewed as evidence of friendly relations between the …
Printed Versions 
Best Quality of Rolled Iron
02/20/1799 Autograph Letter SignedDavid Ames, Superintendent of Army Supplies, has applied for the indicated quantity and sizes of the best rolled iron.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)- No image
Best Modes of Supplying Recruits
05/24/1799 Autograph Letter SignedRice believes that a district deposit of clothing and issue thereof is the best mode of proceeding and notes that Jackson has said that one-quarter of the coats he contracted for will soon be ready …
Printed Versions - No image
Bentley Listed as Replying to McHenry's Circular of 7/13/1799
07/30/1799 Autograph Letter SignedBentley is listed as replying to the Circular of 7/13/1799 in which McHenry asked for the details of each officer's military service which would be used in settling their relative rank.
Printed Versions 
Believes Court Martial of Sergeant Hunt was Illegal
07/06/1799 LetterbookMentions correspondence with heads of departments concerning the court martial death of Sergeant Hunt. Suggests role of Commission in such matters. Refers to General Hamilton and the president of the …
Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To
