Timothy Pickering
925 documents

[Extract of a letter from Capt. John Lillie to the Secretary of War]
08/20/1795 Extract of LetterAt request of Capt. Revere, Lillie proved howitzer which he just cast for United States.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
[DUPLICATE] Allegations of Unlawful Seizure
03/30/1795 Autograph Letter SignedReferred to international relations with British. Noted complicated demands made regarding Capt. Home's reassignment due to his "unlawful" detention of a vessel. Enclosed documents that supported …
FO 115/4 Embassy and Consular Archives, United States of America: Correspondence.
[COPY] Protection of Frontier
03/13/1795 Copy of Signed DocumentProposal of military guard for the protection of the frontier from Indian attacks at the expense of the Federal government. Requested reimbursement for money advanced to commissioners for Indian …
Governor's Messages- No image
[Copies of two letters from the Judge of the District Court of Virginia to the Secretary of War]
12/16/1795 Copy of Signed DocumentNo. 1. Cases made by soldiers for receiving pensions.
Fourth Congress: Reports and Communications to the Senate by the Secretary of War [4A-F3] (RG46) 
Vouchers Enclosed for Ordnance Department
01/06/1796 Autograph Letter SignedVouchers for expenditures of Ordnance Department enclosed. Money due workmen. Bryant requests pay for himself and workmen, all of which are in great want of it.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Sum Received with Receipt
02/05/1796 Autograph Letter SignedButler received sum and receipts from Pickering. Butler had in hand pay for Engineer [Martins]and last payment of bounty as directed by Pickering. No word from upper posts.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)- No image
Status of John Nicholson's Appointment
01/08/1796 Typed DocumentSimmons had been paying salary to John Nicholson, thinking he was properly appointed Superintendent of Armorers. It now appears that he may not have been, and Simmons asks for a copy of a letter from …
Printed Versions 
Status of John Nicholson
01/08/1796 LetterbookSimmons had been paying Nicholson's salary, assuming he had been properly appointed as an inspector. However, it turns out that Nicholson was not fulfilling that role, and Simmons hopes that Knox's …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Salary of Samuel Hodgdon, storekeeper, and clerks
01/05/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $1,090 is due Samuel Hodgdon, Superintendent of Military Stores, being the salaries for him, for a storekeeper, and for the clerks from Oct. to Dec. 1795.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Salary of Josiah Fox, Temporary Constructor of the Frigate building at Norfolk, Virginia
01/01/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $187.50 is due Josiah Fox, being his salary as Temporary Constructor of the Frigate building at Norfolk Virginia from Oct. through Dec. 1795.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Salary of James Hackett, shipwright and constructor of the frigate building at Portsmouth, New Hampshire
01/14/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $500 is due James Hackett for his salary as Constructor of the frigate building at Portsmouth, New Hampshire from Oct. - Dec. 1795, sum to be transmitted to Joshua Wentworth …
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Salary of George Claghorn, constructor of the frigate building at Boston
01/11/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $500 is due George Claghorn, constructor of the frigate building at Boston, being his salary from Oct. to Dec. 1795.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Salary of Frederick Sprigg, Assistant Storekeeper at West Point New York
01/12/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $75 is due Frederick Sprigg for his salary as Assistant Storekeeper at West Point from Oct. - Dec. 1795.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Salary of Forman Cheeseman, constructor of the frigate building at New York
01/04/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $500 is due Forman Cheeseman, constructor of the frigate building at New York, being his salary for Oct.-Dec. 1795.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Salary of Edmund H. Quincey, clerk at Navy Yard, Portsmouth New Hampshire
01/14/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $187.50 is due Edmund H. Quincey for his salary as Clerk of the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire from Oct. - Dec. 1795.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Salary of Caleb Gibbs, Clerk of the Naval yard at Boston
01/04/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $187.50 is due Caleb Gibbs, Clerk of the Navy Yard at Boston, being his salary for December 1795.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Return of men working in the New York yard; timber must arrive soon
01/12/1796 Autograph Letter SignedReturn of the men emplyoed in the naval yard; men employed may have to be released soon if materials for the ship do not arrive soon.
Silas Talbot Papers, 1767-1867. Collection 18.
Request for Advanced Salary
02/04/1796 Autograph Letter SignedRequest for warrant to be issued to Anthony Foster (of this territory) to receive Henley's pay as agent of War Department.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Request for additional money
01/20/1796 Document SignedRequests balance due on last estimate and $850 for expenses present month
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Regarding Frigate Construction
10/16/1796 Letterbook CopyLetter, discusses construction of Frigate.
Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers
Regarding enforcement of treaties between United States and foreign powers and the matter of France selling prizes in port of Boston
06/30/1796 Draft LetterAsks about legal right of preventing the sale of French prizes being carried into port of Boston. Refers to some other accounts he has read in the newspaper. References the district attorney of …
Rawle Papers, 3 Official Correspondence, Attorney for U.S. District of P.A., 1791-1800.
Regarding Account of Mr. Greaton
02/03/1796 Autograph Letter SignedMrs. Greaton follows up on her correspondence with William Simmons, trying to secure herself a regularly paid portion of her husband's pay.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Pay, Subsistence, & Forage of Surgeon's Mate Joseph Ewing
01/15/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $396.52 is due Joseph Ewing, Surgeon's Mate, being for his pay, forage, and subsistence and the subsistence of his waiter during 1795.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Pay, Subsistence, & Forage of Major George Bedinger, 3rd Sub Legion
01/09/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $365.02 is due George M. Bedinger, late a Major in the 3rd Sub Legion, being the balance of his pay, subsistence, and forage from Aug. 1792 - Feb. 1793.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Pay Relinquished by David Henley, Agent of the War Department
01/02/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $30 is due David Henley, Agent of the War Department, being the part of his pay relinquished quarterly to the Reverend Burgiss Allison from October to December 1795.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
