Collection
42,880 items

Sum Due John Nicholson
05/13/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $303.33 is due John Nicholson for inspecting swords, muskets, and the parts of small arms and pistols and examining arms to be repaired and inspecting them when repaired by the …
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)- No image
Sum Due John Habersham
07/18/1796 Cited letter or documentCITATION only. Hagner to McHenry, 07/19/1796. [Simmons certifies that $2.14 is due John Habersham, Collector of the Customs for Savannah, Georgia, the amount he discounted from the monies arising …
Citations 
Sum Due Johannis Lieser
03/31/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $34.15 is due Johannis Lieser for the rent of a lot of ground at Fort Plain where a block house was built for the deposit of public military stores from Mar. 4, 1795 to Jan. 1, …
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Sum Due Captain Edward Yarbroughly
04/04/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $21 is due Captain Edward Yarbroughly being the sum paid by him to Albright Springs for making a carriage for brass six pounders belonging to the US.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)- No image
Suggestion to Establish Navy Yard
1796 Printed Document"At this time, McHenry 'suggested to Hamilton the establishment of a permanent navy yard, and enclosed a draft of his departmental report in which he tried not to censure his predecessors.'"

Suggestion for Conveyance of Money to West Point
03/04/1796 Autograph Letter SignedRochefontaine suggests that Mr. Main would make a safe carrier of any money which might need to be brought from Philadelphia to West Point.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Suggesting Like Oak be Unloaded in New York Instead of Philadelphia
05/23/1796 Autograph Letter SignedTalbot suggests that a shipment of like oak that was to be sent along to Philadelphia be unloaded in New York because of unfavorable winds and the recent arrival of a separate shipment of lumber in …
Silas Talbot Papers, 1767-1867. Collection 18.
Suffering for a Want of Flour
09/17/1796 Autograph Draft LetterWolcott discusses the measures taken to relieve the want of flour in General Wayne's Army, confusion over shipments.
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers.
Subsistence of Surgeon's Mate Francis G. Brewster
02/06/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $16.94 is due Francis G. Brewster, Surgeon's Mate, being his subsistence for November and December 1795.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Subsistence of Lieutenant Peter Shoemaker
11/03/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $27.60 is due Lieutenant Peter Shoemaker, being his subsistence for August through October 1796.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Subsistence of Lieutenant Henry Muhlenberg
09/09/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $16.20 is due Lieutenant Henry Muhlenberg for his and his waiter's subsistence for June 1796.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Subsistence of Cornelius R. Sedam
03/05/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $39.91 is due Cornelius R. Sedam for his subsistence from December 1795 through February 1796.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Subsistence of Captain Donald G. Mitchell
07/11/1796 Letterbook CopyHagner certifies that $138.28 is due Captain Donald G. Mitchell of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being for his subsistence for January through June 1796.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Submits Voucher
06/20/1796 Autograph Letter SignedHas altered the enclosed voucher because Denny, the person signing it, has been absent and will be for some time, and Hunt believed Hodgdon wanted it immediately.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Submits Returns for May 1796 with James Hackett's Contractor Receipts
06/06/1796 Autograph Letter SignedClerk Edmund Quincy submits returns for May 1796, to include James Hackett, Constructor, receipts for articles delivered.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Submits Returns for March 1796, Contractor Receipts from Edmund Quincy and James Hacket
04/04/1796 Author's Letterbook CopyEdmund Quincy, clerk at the Navy Yard Portsmouth New Hampshire, encloses his returns along with those of James Hackett, constructor of the frigate USS Congress.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Submits Clothing Needs
06/03/1796 Autograph Letter SignedCol. Tousard requested that McClellan write to say that West Point is in great need of summer clothing. Lists items needed by men before they leave the garrison. Col. Rochefontaine requested an …
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Submission of Returns with Explanations from Peter Hunt
03/07/1796 Autograph Letter SignedPeter Hunt, writing from Lamberton New Jersey submits his returns; encloses copies with explanations.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Submission of Returns for May 1796 for the Boston Navy Yard
06/06/1796 Autograph Letter SignedClerk Caleb Gibbs submits returns for Boston Navy Yard for month of May 1796.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Submission of returns for Boston Navy Yard for April 1796
05/03/1796 Autograph Letter SignedCaleb Gibbs, clerk at Boston Navy yard, submits returns for month of April 1796.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Submission of Returns for April 1796, with James Hackett's Contract Receipts
05/02/1796 Autograph Letter SignedEdmund Quincy, Clerk at Portsmouth NH Shipyard, transmits returns for month of April 1796, along with James Hackett, constructor, receipt for articles delivered him.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Submission of Receipts
09/09/1796 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed receipt rolls for pay, forage, and subsistence for troops under R. Butler. Requests acknowledged receipt and credit to account.
James Robertson Papers
Submission of Receipt Roll of Detachment of Militia
05/19/1796 Letter SignedSends receipt and rolls of detachment militia under his command.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Submission of Exchange with List of People Owed
06/06/1796 Autograph Letter SignedSubmit exchange for the Secretary of War with the request that the money be divided and discharged to several different accounts in the city as listed. Hopes to return the favor at some point.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Submission of Accounts
03/26/1796 Autograph Letter SignedHale submits his accounts starting from May of 1795. He explains in the letter what he has included and omitted, and why. Despite a lack of vouchers, he includes his expenses for travel when …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
