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Infantry tactics
03/18/1800 Autograph DraftMajor Alexander Hamilton wants experiments by commanders regarding the natural pace of an average man of 5 feet eight inches, so as to establish the proper measure of a pace which is of primary …
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Indian Complaints Respecting Maj. Rivardi
03/18/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentIndian Agent Israel Chapin has informed McHenry that the Tuskarora Nation has charged that Maj. Rivardi's men have killed three of their horses and have not offered compensation. James Bruff made …
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Indian Annuities
09/26/1800 Autograph Letter SignedMajor Craig informs Samuel Hodgdon that the Indian annuities destined for Detriot have been shipped via Presque Isle while the annuities intended for the Choctaws and Chickasaws will descend the Ohio …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Indian Affairs South of the Ohio River
08/24/1800 Author's Letterbook CopyReport, describes the state of affairs under the charge of the principal agent for Indian affairs south of the Ohio River. Mentions progress of civilization plans.
Benjamin Hawkins Letterbook
Indemnification for Injuries to Property
05/22/1800 Copy of Signed DocumentSimmons claims that sundry injuries to his property have been sustained while such property was leased to the public. He maintains that he is owed indemnification for the listed damages.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Inadmissible Charges
05/21/1800 Author's Letterbook CopyNotification that extra pay given to soldiers for labor on fortifications at Fort McHenry was inadmissible without proper authorization from the Secretary of War. Simmons requests the authorization …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
Inadmissable Charges
09/12/1800 Author's Letterbook CopyCharges by Messrs. Carpenter and Findley for printing the returns of recruits, monthly returns, and advertising on their paper were inadmissible. the vouchers necessary for settlement are the …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
Inadequate Compensation
01/24/1800 Autograph Letter SignedMajor Craig complains to Samuel Hodgdon of not being compensated for acting as the commissary of miltary stores and clothing. Craig suggests that he intends to appeal to Congress for satisfaction.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Inability to Forward Letter to James Taylor
03/29/1800 Author's Letterbook CopyLetter with request for enclosed letter to be forwarded to James Taylor can not be honored since no man of that name was in the Department.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
In Reference to Poor Salt Petre
06/20/1800 Autograph Letter SignedDiscussed the ongoing business of poor salt petre.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Impropriety of Monetary Advances
11/26/1800 Autograph Letter SignedRefusal to advance additional sums to Mr. Chandler until he has brought for accounts for examination. Requests receipts.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Improper Requisition of Goods from Contractors
05/30/1800 Author's Letterbook CopyAccounts 1-92 sent to Swan to be entered on his books and charged to the officers in question for improper requisition of goods from contractors.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)- No image
Impressment of American Seamen
04/24/1800 Autograph Letter SignedHamilton sends a paragraph from the [Hartford] "Connecticut Courant" respecting an account of the British capture of any American vessel that affords the slightest pretext for impressing American …
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Implications of a Federalist defeat in November
06/10/1800 Autograph Letter SignedLetter from General Pinckney to the former Secretary at War. Pinckney focuses on the 1800 election throughout most of the letter. He fears the "Jacobinical Party," directly associating Thomas …
MMC, McHenry, James: Mm85004543
Immediate Arrangements for Reducing Regiments
05/29/1800 Contemporary Copy of Letter SignedA letter from McHenry is reproduced in which he cites orders from President Adams to Major Generals Hamilton and Pinckney to begin reducing the twelve regiments on June 14th. The Superintendent of …
Orderly Book of the Deputy Adjutant General to District Commander Maj. Gen. Charles C. Pinckney, Apr-Jun 1800. 1 Vol (No. 383/267). (RG98)- No image
Illness of the Troops, Etc.
05/13/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentPinckney observes that since he has removed the troops near Harpers Ferry to the camp on the high ground their illness has considerably decreased. In the 8th and 9th Regiments there have been 14 …
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I Will Continue My Duties as long as the Service Requires
05/08/1800 Autograph Letter SignedWilliams expresses his gratitude for the honorable testimony respecting his character communicated by the President of the United States [Adams] and pledges to continue his duties as long as the …
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I Know Nothing of the Charges Against Me, Etc.
08/11/1800 Autograph Letter SignedSix hundred dollars in post notes on account of the Armory have been received. Williams has received an invoice of articles from Oxford and has been busily engaged in examining, airing, and unpacking …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
I hear several of the public offices are removed to Washington...
07/10/1800 Autograph Letter SignedMrs. Hodgdon reminds Samuel not to work too hard and to try and get some exercise. She chides him for visiting a friend and not extending his journey to her nearby village. She refers to the removal …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)- No image
I Am Not Your Rival
02/20/1800 Autograph Letter SignedLee assures Hamilton that, despite opposition papers' claim to the contrary, he is not Hamilton's rival and such insinuations are entirely groundless.
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Hospital Stores and Stationery to Captain Stille
10/01/1800 Autograph Letter SignedFleming did not receive an order to deliver hospital stores and stationery to Captain Stille but he concluded that it was not amiss to deliver some of Captain Ingersol's to Captain Stille. By the same …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)- No image
Horses, Horses, Horses
01/04/1800 Autograph Letter SignedBayard sends Hodgdon a strong, sound, and serviceable horse, nearly half-blooded, six years old and 15 hands high, for which he paid 20 pounds to Mr. Bartlett, a man of veracity. He wants to know …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection 
Hopes for a President Charles Pinckney
10/12/1800 Autograph Draft Letter SignedRequests that Hamilton deliver the enclosed letter to Oliver Wolcott, Jr. as he passes through New York to visit Connecticut. McHenry also states emphatically that "Gen. Pinckney will be our next …
MMC, McHenry, James: Mm85004543- No image
Hope that New Seat of Government is Sound
11/26/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentAcknowledged G. Washington's memory, hoped that new seat of government will be sound and that Congress will be productive under Divine guidance.
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Honors Paid to British Visitors
05/15/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentRivardi requests Hamilton's guidance in honoring General Peter Hunter, commander of the British forces in Canada, and the Duke of Kent, son of George III, upon their visit to the garrison at Niagara.
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