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Seacoast Gun Carriages
06/17/1794 Autograph Letter SignedThe Secretary of War requests that one of the models of the seacoast gun carriages be transported to Col. Rochefontaine at Boston.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Sea Coast Gun Carriage
07/28/1794 Autograph Letter SignedIf the model for the Sea Coast Gun Carriage has not been sent to Col. Rochefontaine, the engineer in New England, the Secretary of War [Knox] will take it with him.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Schedule of sums of money
09/15/1794 DocumentIn absence of the Secretary of War, clerk John Stagg encloses a schedule of several items of money furnished David Henley as agent for War Department in the Southwest Territory
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Schedule of sums of money
09/18/1794 Document SignedIn the absence of Secretary of War, clerk John Stagg encloses a schedule of several items of money furnished David Henley as agent for War Department in the Southwest Territory.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Satisfaction Relative to the Cecil Company's Contract, Etc.
10/15/1794 Contemporary Copy of Letter SignedIt will soon be obvious how much satisfaction can be given by the Cecil Company relative to the contract they have negotiated. Mr. Nancy cannot be spared before he has completed five or six guns.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Samuel Hodgdon estimate of cost of frigate from 8 to 12 hundred tons at the present price of building in Philadelphia
01/04/1794 LetterbookEstimate of cost of 800-1200 ton Frigate. Hodgdon describes the estimate as accurate for a ship built in Philadelphia. This size ship is equivalent to a British 36 gun ship. When outfitted with …
Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To
Salary of Michael Houdin, Assistant Store Keeper Military Stores at Albany
04/05/1794 Author's Letterbook Copy$180 has been remitted to Nicholas Fish, Supervisor at New York, to pay nine months salary to Michael Houdin in 1793 and 1794.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Salary of Michael Houdin
10/28/1794 Author's Letterbook CopyThe sum of $120 has been remitted to Nicholas Fish for six month's salary of Houdin. The unspent balance of $200 for his expenses should be refunded by Houdin to the United States.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Salary of Jasper Parish, Indian Interpreter
06/14/1794 Author's Letterbook CopyParish will receive from israel Chapin seven month's salary due him for his service as an Indian Interpreter.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Safety of Money Transmitted
10/29/1794 Autograph Letter SignedFreeman concerned over the safety of money transmitted to him. Freeman contacted the Supervisor in Savannah who was supposed to possess the sum, but learned nothing. Blamed irregular mail. Other …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Saddle, Bridle, & Cartridges for Reynolds
10/14/1794 Letter SignedThe Secretary of War wants Hodgdon to furnish James Reynolds, the express rider, with a saddle and bridle to replace the old ones he brought with him. He also will need a few pistol cartridges.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Reynolds & His Horse
06/25/1794 Autograph Letter SignedThe bearer, James Reynolds, is an express and has arrived with dispatches from General [Anthony] Wayne. Hodgdon is directed to attend to him and his horse and also he wants some money.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Revised Receipt Roll
12/04/1794 Author's Letterbook CopyIn order to save an infinity of time, a new regulation has adopted the enclosed revised receipt roll which should be furnished to the Sub Paymasters.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Returns of My Recruiting Party, Etc.
09/09/1794 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are the returns of the last weeks of Sparks' recruiting party.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Returns Forwarded to General Wayne
08/30/1794 Autograph Letter SignedFor his books Jones needs duplicates of the returns forwarded to General Wayne and asks Hodgdon to provide them.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Returned Account Paid to Clerk of Navy Yard Submitted for Payment
05/10/1794 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed account paid to clerk of Navy Yard returned to Samuel and Joseph Sterrett, naval agents, by the Treasury of the United States with instructions to submit it to the Accountants Office for …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Return the Order to Mr. Paris
09/25/1794 Autograph Letter Signed[Mostly illegible] Please to return to Mr. Paris the return [?].
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of Wayne's Legion
05/22/1794 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed is the, confidentially, requested return of the Legion under the command of General [Anthony] Wayne but the troops on the upper parts of the Ohio and in Georgia are not included. The …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of uniforms wanted by Captain Kersey
01/16/1794 Document SignedReceipt for the return of a sergeant's and musicians' clothing from Capt Kersey's Company of the US Legion at Spring Garden.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of the Stores & Ordnance
12/01/1794 Autograph Letter Signed'Enclosed I have the pleasure to forward a return of the stores and ordnance under my care in this department."
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of the Ordnance & Military Stores
09/08/1794 Letter SignedEnclosed is the Return of the Ordnance and Military Stores of the public under Hudson's care at Fort Ranssalear
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of the Legion of the United States
06/05/1794 Document SignedReturn of the non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the Legion of the United States.
Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, Rolls 1-3)
Return of the City Militia
12/12/1794 Letter SignedHodgdon is notified of the expected return of the remainder of the city militia from the western expedition. The Secretary of War wants him to retrieve from them the cannon and military stores and …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of the Arms
07/10/1794 Autograph Letter Signed[Mostly illegible] Holt is forwarding to Hodgdon a return of the arms.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of stores forwarded to the army, November to May 1794 handed to the War Office 16 May 1794
05/16/1794 DocumentInventory of stores returned to Army.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
