James McHenry
5199 documents

[PRIVATE] Suspending the Recruiting Service
03/03/1800 Copy of documentIf it is true that has a law has been passed suspending the recruiting service for the twelve additional regiments, instructions from the War Department should precede Hamilton's agency upon that law.
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[ENCLOSURE] Employment of Soldiers
02/10/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentDiscussed employing soldiers during the summer months to dig a canal. This work would ward off idleness and would encourage discipline however the soldiers that were proposed to dig canal have little …
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[Deposition of Mattias Halsted to John Halsted residence in Quebec in Canada]
03/24/1800 Document SignedNoted John Halsted and the "greatest and best manufacturer of flour in the said province [of Quebec]". Detailed his places of residence.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
[COPY] Transportation of Stores
04/24/1800 Autograph Letter SignedClarification and standard policy requested for the transportation of private stores for officers to the post at which they are stationed.
General Information Index, 1794-1918. (RG94)
[COPY] Sanction the Appeal in Captain Ellery's Case
05/26/1800 Copy of Signed Document"I have the honor of sending you the enclosed papers in order that you may be apprised of the subject of them. I request that you will add your sanction, lest the want of it should be an obstacle with …
Special Collections, MSA SC 1407. McHenry Collection, M11697.- No image
"Oh Mad! Mad! Mad!"
05/23/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document"The letter with the enclosed [1800/05/20 McHenry to AH] came to hand the day preceding my leaving the City for this place [Camp Scotch Plains]. The hurry of the first moments here prevented my …
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Indian War
04/08/1801 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentWar broke out b/w Chippewa and Pottawatomie Nations. Ottawa Nation will join and all the tribes will carry the war to Spanish territory. G. Knaggs sent out to seek compromise and that the U.S. …
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Expenditures of the Indian Department
04/09/2000 Letter SignedRespecting McHenry's request requiring statements of expenditures of the Indian Department, Simmons stipulates that he needs to know the specific period of time being examined. He warns that the …
Sixth Congress: Petitions and Memorials to the Senate [6A-G2] (RG46) (M1706, Roll 4)
Accounts
Autograph Letter SignedUpdating account of Colonel Hawkins. Personal opinions and accounts.
Correspondence (Letters Received, Letters Sent, and Accounts) of the Creek Factory, 1795-1814. (RG75)
Certificate of military rank
Autograph Letter SignedEncloses a certificate of military rank, endorsed by Henry Knox.
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Cover for Inventory of Frigate Raleigh
Letterbook CopyCovering note for an inventory (not included) of articles from the Raleigh Frigate, a 32 gun ship, to equip it for 5 months. Either arrived from or heading to France. The inventory also described the …
Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers - No image
James McHenry answer to Letter from Samuel Osborne
DocumentMcHenry answers letter from Mr. Samuel Osborn.
Samuel Osborn Papers, Misc. MSS. Coll., Mm8001407 - No image
Letter from Henry Lee
DocumentRequest for a meeting with McHenry and Benjamin Stoddert at McHenry's house.
MMC, McHenry, James: Mm85004543 - No image
Letter of Thanks
LetterReturns with many thanks something lent by McHenry. They have excited his astonishment beyond expression.
MMC, McHenry, James: Mm85004543 - No image
Memorial on State of Refugee
Document SignedOfficial document describing history of Thompson, a refugee from Canada and originally born in Boston, who supported and promoted the American cause in Canada during the American Revolution. Seeks …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217) 
Process By Which Contracts Are To Be Awarded
Autograph Letter SignedActing in the absense of the Secretary of the Treasury, Comptroller Steele explains the process by which contracts are awarded and recommends that the United States by divided into three sections with …
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Regarding the Treaty of Holston and Survey Lines
DocumentLine run pursuant to the Treaty of Holston runs from the River Clinch. Large number of inhabitants ordered off land pursuant to the running to the line. Ferry across Clinch has been disrupted by …
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Supplying the Western Army
Autograph Letter/Document SignedProvides a list of locations and figures. Discusses the contract with Williams, Phelps & Smith. Phelps thought he could supply his tenants. Col. O'Hara proposed that he could supply them cheaper than …
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers.
