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Copied from Knoxville Waste Book
08/08/1797 Copy of documentCopy of the entries for August 8, 1797, in the waste book of accounts at Knoxville.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Copied from Knoxville Waste Book
08/07/1797 Copy of documentCopy of the entries for August 7, 1797, in the waste book of accounts at Knoxville.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Copied from Knoxville Waste Book
08/01/1797 Copy of documentCopy of the entries for August 1, 1797, in the waste book of accounts at Knoxville.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Conveying Dispatches for General Wilkinson
06/10/1797 Autograph Letter SignedThe Secretary of War wants an express ready to proceed with all possible expedition until he overtakes the Pittsburgh mail so as to convey important dispatches for General Wilkinson. The mail leaves …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Contractors for rations
1797 Document SignedLists the names of contractors for rations; includes location.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Continued Harmony Between Our Nations
05/06/1797 Contemporary Copy of LetterGayoso de Lemos assures Pope that he continues to be convinced of the harmony that exists between Spain and the United States and strongly condemns the person who has provided information that argues …
Fifth Congress: President's Messages Transmitting Specific Documents or Information to the Senate [5A-E2] (RG46) (M1704, Roll 2)
Confirmation of Account Settlement
08/25/1797 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons remarked on letter from Coffin to Samuel Lewis, clerk, on July 23rd which contained duplicate receipts for the amount of $154.70. Difference in amount mentioned and Coffin's account was …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
Confers License on Stephen Hawkins to Trade with Creeks
10/12/1797 LetterbookFollows instructions to the Agent of War. Reports that Stephen Hawkins, of Georgia, is back in New York. Hawkins has been licensed to trade in the Creek nation.
Letters Sent by the Creek Factory (Letterbook of the Creek Trading House), 1795-1816. (RG75) (M4)
Conducting Indians to Philadelphia
01/26/1797 Autograph Letter SignedOne thousand dollars is advanced to the Quartermaster's department so that John Wilkins, Quartermaster General, can advance said amount to Capt. John Heth to be used for conducting Indians to …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Concerning the account of Nathaniel Alexander
02/23/1797Informs the Comptroller of the Treasury that the state of North Carolina has settled with Nathaniel Alexander for his pay and subsistence at the Military Hospital of the Southern Department. The …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Concerning supplies and rations for troops marching to Knoxville
06/28/1797 Copy of Signed DocumentMcHenry reports that orders have been given for a regiment of infantry to march to Knoxville without delay and that arrangements are being made for ample supplies and rations. McHenry has already …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Compliance with a bond
02/14/1797 Author's Letterbook CopyRepeats his request that Slough ensure compliance with the terms of the bond entered into with his son and warns of legal action if the amount is not paid or proper vouchers submitted to the War …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
Completion of Frigate
08/28/1797 Autograph Letter SignedRequest for materials and officers to staff ship prior to launch.
Area File of the Naval Records Collection, 1775-1910. (RG45) (M625)
Completing and Manning the Three Frigates
12/06/1797 Letterbook CopyThe Committee of the House of Representatives for the protection of commerce has called on the Secretary of War for information relative to completing and manning the three frigates for sea. Hodgdon …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Compensation of William Coats, for attesting recruits
05/17/1797 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification that $9.75 is due William Coats for attesting 65 recruits enlisted by Captain Cornelius R. Sedam agreeably to his Certificate from March 3, 1795 to July 17, 1796.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Compensation of Troops in Georgia
06/23/1797 Autograph Letter SignedJohn Hambersham, Collector of Customs in Savannah, has been paid $13,000 for the pay and forage of the troops in Georgia up to 31 March 1797. The further sum of $385 has been paid to Capt. Nicoll for …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Compensation of Nicholas De Finiels, temporary Engineer
03/20/1797 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification that $34.84 is due Nicholas De Finiels, temporary engineer, being the balance of his compensation up to March 18, 1797, the day of his resignation.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Compensation of Kalteisen & His Detachment
06/13/1797 Autograph Letter SignedStevens has paid Capt. Michael Kalteisen $695.07, being his pay and that of the detachment under his command, including the forage of Surgeon's Mate Frederick Dalcho, for the period up to 30 April …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Compensation of Josiah Fox, Constructor of the frigate building at Norfolk in Virginia
04/03/1797 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification that $190.40 is due Josiah Fox, Navy Constructor of the frigate building at Norfolk in Virginia, being his compensation for January through March 1797.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Compensation of Joshua Humphreys, constructor of the frigate building at Philadelphia
01/06/1797 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification that $500 is due Joshua Humphreys, being his compensation as Constructor of the frigate building at Philadelphia from October through December 1796.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Compensation of Joshua Humphreys Constructor of the frigate building at Philadelphia
04/03/1797 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification that $500 is due Joshua Humphreys, being his compensation as Constructor of the frigate building at Philadelphia for January through March 1797.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Compensation of Joseph Nicholass, deceased interpreter
02/17/1797 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification that $80 is due the estate of Joseph Nicholass, being his compensation as Indian Interpreter from April 1 to September 30, 1796, the day of his death.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Compensation of John Scott, Clerk of the Navy Yard at Philadelphia
04/01/1797 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification that $187.50 is due John Scott, being his compensation as Clerk of the Navy Yard at Philadelphia for February and March 1797.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Compensation of John Scott, Clerk of the Navy Yard at Philadelphia
01/02/1797 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $187.50 is due John Scott, being his compensation as Clerk of the Navy Yard at Philadelphia from October through December 1796.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Compensation of John Nicholson
05/12/1797 Author's Letterbook CopyCertification that $210 is due John Nicholson for his services inspecting swords, muskets, bayonets, musket and pistol barrels and all the parts of small arms, examining all arms to be repaired and …
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
