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Report on National Defense
Reports on salient issues of national defense, that the president may include them in his upcoming State of the Union address to Congress. Advises that the president call for an increase in the U.S. …
John Adams PapersReport on Indian Affairs in the Southwest
Hawkins reports on his tour through the Southwest frontier, including trading affairs and his observations on the Upper Creeks and Cherokees and the intentions of their Chiefs
#373-Benjamin Hawkins PapersReport on Georgia Expedition
Hawkins reports on an expedition taken through Georgia
#322 Hawkins Family Papers.Report on financial matters at Fort Niagara New York
Sends his "account current" with explanation of certain items, including the entertainment of visitors to the fort. Mentions visits of British officers. Entertainment of visitors has been worthwhile …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)Report on financial matters at Fort Niagara
Captain Bruff sends a receipt and his muster, pay, and receipt rolls. Mentions soldiers reenlisting, detachments marching to Detroit, and expiration of the enlistments of the artillerymen. Explains …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)Report on financial matters at Fort Niagara
Sends muster, pay, and receipt rolls. Mentions a detachment marching to Detroit, soldier's clothing and shoes, procuring firewood, the reenlistment of a soldier, discharge of 10 soldiers, and receipt …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)Report on financial matters at Fort Niagara
Sends his muster and pay rolls. Explains the reasons why he thinks some of his soldiers are entitled to extra pay. Complains of the delay in receiving pay and acknowledgement of his vouchers for …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)Report on conferences with Cherokees and his boundary surveys
Hawkins reports on his conference with the Indians at Tellico, his plans to lay out small towns and trading posts at the sites of new military posts in the region, his surveys of boundary lands, his …
#373-Benjamin Hawkins PapersReport on boundary line survey
Report on the progress of the survey of boundary lines. Reports gathering of Indians to meet the commissioners, difficulties with the Army officer commanding in the area, and that "lawless persons" …
#373-Benjamin Hawkins PapersReport on affairs at Fort Niagara
Forwards muster and pay rolls and his ration account. Explains his allotment of commands to officers, listing the units commanded by each. Mentions vouchers for bounty paid to recruits and mentions …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)Report of the Secretary of War to the President in Report of the Secretary of War, Accompanying a Confidential Message from the President of the United States.
Cover letter detailing contents of report regarding the causes of Indian attacks and murder on Western frontier. Report contains extracts of letter from various military officials and Governor Gayoso …
FO 5/18 Foreign Office Correspondence, America(United States), General Correspondence.Report of the Secretary of War
In his report to the President, McHenry encloses all of the correspondence relative to the disposition of the Indians on the western frontier and the correspondence with the Governor of Louisiana …
Fifth Congress: President's Messages Transmitting Specific Documents or Information to the Senate [5A-E2] (RG46) (M1704, Roll 2)Report of payments to Kaltheisen's detachment at Fort Johnson
Stevens paid Captain Michael Kaltheisen's detachment, including surgeon's mate Frederick Dalcho, at Fort Johnson for May 1797.
Muster Rolls of Regular Army Organization, 1784-1912. (RG94)Report of Conference between Comm for US and Indians.
Record of meeting between Commissioners of Indian Department and other men (names detailed). Topic of land laws and acquisition recorded in detail. Border line dispute effects related.
David Henley Papers, 1791-1817Report from the Cumberland
Hawkins reports on various affairs on the frontier, the current attitude of the Indian nations in the region, and the progress of his survey of the Chereokee and Chickasaw border lines
#373-Benjamin Hawkins PapersReport from Foster to McHenry: What to do with the goods contracted for sale by government to supply to the Indians?
Foster tells McHenry that he is in a quandary regarding what to do with the goods that he had contracted with the government to supply to the Indians. Since the country people have little interest in …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Report from Fort Williamson on matters with the Indians and the Spanish
Report on affairs on the frontier in the region of Fort Williamson, including a report of the surveying of the line of the U. S. Spanish border and the evacuation of Spanish forts and some current …
#373-Benjamin Hawkins PapersReport from Fort Niagara
Explains his receipt rolls and muster and pay rolls that he has sent to the War Office. Mentions detachment sent to Oswego. Mentions returned deserters. Explains his method of paying his troops. …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)Report from Cusseta Georgia in the Creek Nation
Report from Benjamin Hawkins. Surveying of the Spanish border from the Commandant at Pensacola was premature. Hawkins reports that he expects a meeting of Indian chiefs of the upper and lower towns at …
#373-Benjamin Hawkins PapersReport from Captain Obrian, having just returned from the Eastward, regarding the Algerine frigate Crescent
Captain Obrian having just returned from Eastward reports that it would be proper to have the quarters of the frigate boarded up with their stuff and filled in with cork. Parts should be painted red.
Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters ToReplying to Leith, Shepherd and Duff's petition
Wilkinson responds to Leith, Shepherd and Duffs petition to be able to continue trade in the Ottawa towns. Wilkinson notes that recent military regulations were designed to bring the misdeeds of …
Robert Prescott Papers.
