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Seize Him & Put Him in Jail
12/01/1796 Autograph Letter SignedRelates a conversation between Casper Iserloan and Mr. Powers in which Powers allegedly tried to convince Iserloan to give false testimony. There is another man at large who is still being pursued.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Seeks to Acquaint Hodgdon with Col. Gaither; Bill of Lading
04/05/1796 Autograph Letter SignedDid not receive Hodgdon's previous letter from December until just now because it was on a vessel carried into North Carolina where it sprung a leak and was detained. Refers to Col. Gaither in command …
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Seeks Information about Tents
04/09/1796 Autograph Letter SignedAsks if there are returns that will give them information about the quantity and quality of tents belonging to the army. McHenry is apprehensive that tents are much wanted at headquarters.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Seeks Information about Legal, Just Payment
06/14/1796 Autograph Letter SignedNotes that Thomas Holt showed a letter from the "Minister" of War stating Perkins is allowed $70. Perkins notes that he has referred Holt to Hodgdon and relies on justice agreeable to contract.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Secretary of War to Quartermaster General Requesting Account Against Contractor for Transportation Expenses
10/31/1796 DocumentSecretary of War to Quartermaster General requesting account against contractor for transportation expenses to enable contractor to fulfill terms; transmit to Secretary Treasury.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Secretary of War Requests Express to go to Susquehanna Ferry
03/19/1796 Autograph Letter SignedNathan Jones informs Hodgdon that Secretary of War requests an express to go to Susquehanna Ferry; or further if wanted.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Scarcity of Officers at West Point
07/12/1796 Autograph Letter SignedRochefontaine submits the muster and pay rolls for June. Due to the low number of officers at West Point, he has appointed Cadets as quarter master and pay master, and he would like them to be …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Saunders' pay account
07/26/1796 Author's Letterbook CopyAcknowledges receipt of Saunders' account for pay and subsistence. A certificate verifying that Saunders received no rations is required before payment can be made.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
Saunder's pay
10/19/1796 Author's Letterbook CopyNotification to Saunders that he will receive the money for his pay, subsistence, and recruiting from Edward Carrington, federal supervisor at Richmond, Virginia. States contract price of a ration at …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
Samuel Hull's pension claim
07/21/1796 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses the service record of Revolutionary War soldier Samuel Hull in regards to the rejection of Hull's pension claim and his claim for pay.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
Sale of Spiritous Liquors to the Indians, Etc.
06/23/1796 LetterbookMcHenry informs Byers that he has ordered the Commanding Officer at Tellico to put an immediate stop to the sale of spiritous liquors to the Indians. The Purveyor has received the skins and the goods …
Letters Sent by the Secretary of War Relative to Indian Tribes (Letters and Instructions to the Factors of the Indian Trading Houses From Their
Salary of Silas Dinsmore [Dinsmoor], Deputy Agent of Indian Affairs
09/02/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $250 is due Silas Dinsmore, Dinsmoor] Deputy Agent of Indian Affairs, being his salary from June through August 1796.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Salary of Samuel Hodgdon, Superintendent of Military Stores
04/05/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $1090 is due Samuel Hodgdon, Superintendent of Military Stores, being his own, his clerk's, and the storekeeper's salary for January through March 1796.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
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
03/31/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $191.54 is due Josiah Fox, temporary constructor of the frigate building at Norfolk, being his salary from January through March 1796.
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 Joshua Humphreys, Constructor of the frigate building at Philadelphia
04/08/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $505.75 is due Joshua Humphreys, Constructor of the frigate building at Philadelphia, being his salary for January though March 1796.
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 James Hackett, Constructor of the frigate building at Portsmouth, New Hampshire
07/11/1796 Letterbook CopyHagner certifies that $500 is due James Hackett for his salary as Constructor of the frigate building at Portsmouth, New Hampshire from April through June 1796.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Salary of James Hackett, Constructor of the frigate at Portsmouth, New Hampshire
04/14/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $500 is due James Hackett, Constructor of the frigate at Portsmouth, New Hampshire being his salary for January through March 1796.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Salary of James Hackett
07/11/1796 Author's Letterbook CopyDirects Wentworth to pay the salary of James Hackett, constructor of Navy frigate building at Portsmouth
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
Salary of George Claghorne, constructor of the frigate building at Boston
09/12/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $333.33 is due George Claghorne, constructor of the frigate building at Boston, being his salary for July and August 1796.
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 George Claghorn, constructor of frigate at Boston
04/11/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $500 is due George Claghorn, Constructor of the frigate building at Boston, being his salary from January through March 1796.
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
07/22/1796 Author's Letterbook CopyHagner certifies that $500 is due George Claghorn, constructor of the frigate building at Boston Massachusetts, being his salary from April through June 1796.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
