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Regarding the resolutions of Congress: payments to officer and soldier claimants
05/28/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentHamilton voices objections of a serious and weighty nature to the resolutions of the two houses of Congress concerning certain arrears of pay due to the officers and soldiers of the lines of Virginia …
Printed Versions 
Regarding the petition of William Gould
06/02/1790 Autograph Letter SignedResponds to the War Secretary's request for information on the petition of William Gould, senior surgeon at a hospital in Virginia.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Regarding the Petition of Joseph Tucker and Others
05/25/1790 Document SignedReport on the petitions of Joseph Tucker, Thomas Hollis Condy, Robert Williams, and Samuel Armstrong. The Sec. of War did not allow the further payment of petitioning officers, whose claim was that …
First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War [1A-D2] (RG 233) {Reference Microfilm}
Regarding the account of William Blount
06/02/1790 Autograph Letter SignedThe Auditor of the Federal Treasury writes that the Comptroller of the Federal Treasury has referred to him the accounts of William Blount, late Deputy Paymaster General of North Carolina, for …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Regarding the account of William Blount
05/08/1790 Autograph Letter SignedThe Comptroller of the Treasury Department requests from the Commissioner of Army Accounts to transmit to his office the papers of William Blount for examination.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Regarding the account of William Blount
05/04/1790 Autograph Letter SignedThe Comptroller of the Treasury informs the Commissioner of Army Accounts that William Blount - Deputy Paymaster General of the State of North Carolina - stands charged on the books of the Treasury …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Regarding the account of Capt. Olie
03/31/1790 Autograph Letter SignedResponds to Sweir's request for information on the accounts of Capt. Henry Olie, which Howell states he has no papers on.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Regarding Receipt for Transport of Public Stores
10/29/1790 Autograph Letter SignedLetter, encloses receipt for transport of public stores.
Jeremiah Olney Papers
Regarding Receipt for Transport of Public Stores
10/04/1790 Letter, Type UndeterminedLetter, encloses receipt for transport of public stores.
Jeremiah Olney Papers- No image
Regarding purchases of lands; mutinies of militia; defeat of General Harmar's forces; Yazoo Battalion
09/25/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentAsks for authority as agent of Yazoo company to purchase lands. Regarding trade and purchases with Choctaws, it would be better if O'Fallon had authority as general agent. Reports on the defeat of …
Printed Versions 
Regarding Payment of Salary
05/25/1790 Letter SignedLetter, discusses salary payment.
Jeremiah Olney Papers- No image
Regarding Payment of Pensions to Invalids in Maryland
02/06/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentWilliams will cheerfully execute the pleasure of the President respecting the payment of pensions to invalids in Maryland.
Printed Versions 
Regarding Payment of Invalid Pensions (2)
06/04/1790 Contemporary Copy of LetterLetter, discusses payment of Invalid pensions.
Jeremiah Olney Papers
Regarding Payment of Invalid Pensions
05/25/1790 Letter SignedLetter, discusses payment of Invalid pensions.
Jeremiah Olney Papers
Regarding pay of La Neuville brothers
05/26/1790 Letter SignedThe War Secretary requests information on the La Neuville brothers, foreign officers who left the service prior to 1780. Asks whether or not they had the depreciation of pay made good to them.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)- No image
Regarding pay and subsistence; President Washington's illness
05/23/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentBills of exchange for pay and subsistence have been honored. President Washington was critically ill, but is greatly on the mending. Send Beatty as soon as possible. Speculations that have taken place …
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Regarding loss sustained by robbery from public officers during late war
10/09/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentRegarding loss sustained by robbery from public officers during late war, Harison is of opinion that officers are not chargeable on that account unless negligence can be imputed to them.
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Regarding Knox's Proposals on the Militia
01/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentLincoln notes that although Knox's proposals would make for the strongest militia in the world, the people of Massachusetts will not support it on the basis of expense, pay of officers, no pay of men, …
Printed Versions 
Regarding Invalid Pensions, the Constitution, Rhode Island Convention, & Office of Collector of Imports
01/28/1790 Contemporary Copy of LetterLetter, discusses returns of Invalid pensions; mentions Constitution; discusses state convention; asks for appointment to Collector of Imports.
Jeremiah Olney Papers
Regarding Invalid Pensions
05/25/1790 Autograph Letter SignedSecretary Knox notifies General Lincoln of circumstances that have caused him to update the pay warrant prior to issuance.
Interleaved Document in Washington Irving's Life of George Washington.- No image
Regarding French colony on the Scioto
05/19/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentHamilton discusses the establishment of a French colony on the Scioto, headed by John Joseph de Barth. This is within the limits of the Manasseh Cutler and Winthrop Sargent purchase. Hamilton …
Printed Versions 
Regarding Fiscal Affair
11/11/1790 Letter, Type UndeterminedLetter, appears to pertain to a financial matter.
Letter From the Governors
Regarding Carriage Accident & Vessel from Halifax
10/14/1790 Autograph Letter SignedMentions a recent carriage accident, which the occupants escaped from unharmed; postscript appears to tell about a vessel which sailed from Halifax which brought whalers who left fearing they would be …
Jeremiah Wadsworth Papers- No image
Regarding Camp Kettles and Other Supplies
02/03/1790 LetterbookInforms the Secretary at War that he has tried the tin intended to make camp kettles and that he has contracted with Mr. Morrow to make 40 of them. Tells Knox that if he believes that more than 40 …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790. 
Regarding Bill for Shipment of Military Stores
09/11/1790 Letter, Type UndeterminedLetter, encloses bill for shipment of stores.
Jeremiah Olney Papers
