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Sail Duck for Mr. Dowers
01/02/1798 Letterbook CopyHarris is directed to deliver twenty pieces of sail duck, delivered to the public store by mistake, to Mr. Dowers for the use of the schooner building for Algiers.
Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), May
Safe Conveyance of the Box
05/02/1798 Autograph Letter SignedMrs. Murray had intended to send a box to her brother with Mr. Goodhue but fears that he will leave Philadelphia before her letter arrives. Therefore, she asks Hodgdon to send the box with the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Russell's Receipts
07/30/1798 Autograph Letter SignedW. D. Russell's receipt for $135.30 is transmitted.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Rules and Regulations Respecting the Recruiting Service
09/19/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are the rules and regulations respecting the recruiting service that have been adopted by the President of the United States, John Adams. As soon as the blanks in the fifteenth and sixteenth …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Rule Governing Extra Expenses
08/09/1798 Autograph Letter SignedIn cases where services performed by an officer are extra, expenses are to be allowed according to what has been allowed other officers under similar circumstances.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Rifles for the Wyandot Chiefs
01/23/1798 Letter Signed"Be pleased to deliver to Colonel Mentges for the use of the Wyandot [Huron] chiefs and their interpreter three new rifles."
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Returns of the Boston Navy Yard
11/06/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are the returns of the Boston Navy Yard for the months of September and October 1798.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Returns from the Navy Yard at Boston
02/05/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are the returns for the Navy Yard at Boston for the month of January 1798.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Returns from Posts on the Frontiers
04/06/1798 Autograph Letter SignedWilkins transmits to the Secretary of War a general return of the Quartermaster's stores on hand at the several posts on the frontier based on the most authentic returns from those posts.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Returns for September & October 1798
11/01/1798 Autograph Letter Signed"Enclosed you will receive the several returns of this post for the months of September and October last."
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Returns for May and June 1798
07/09/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are the returns for the Boston Navy Yard for the months of May and June 1798.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Returns for Cannon, Carriages, and Stands of Arms
05/23/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are returns for: iron 18-pounder cannon and carriages, iron ship four-pounders, and chests of French stands of arms forwarded by order of the Secretary of War. Enclosed also are Captain Lee's …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Returns for August 1798
09/10/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are the returns from the Navy Yard at Boston for the month of August 1798.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Returns agreeable to Military Stores orders
12/04/1798 LetterbookWrites that he arrived in Lamberton, New Jersey the prior evening and proceeded immediately in making out returns agreeable to Hodgdon's orders. Encloses the returns along with vouchers.
Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187)
Return of Two Iron Pots, Etc.
05/10/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are the returns of the Navy Yard at Boston for April 1798. Two iron pots have been returned but they are omitted because they are not the property of the United States having been loaned to …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of the Yellow Fever, Etc.
08/24/1798 Autograph Letter SignedMajor Craig discusses the return of Yellow Fever to Philadelphia and several drafts made on Samuel Hodgdon's account.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of the Navy Yard for July 1798
08/06/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed is the return from the Boston Navy Yard for the month of July 1798.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of Tents On Hand
09/01/1798 Document SignedA return of tents on hand, including new common tents, old common tents repaired, and old horseman's tents repaired.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of Sundries Shipped by George Fleming
05/15/1798 DocumentReturn of sundries shipped by George Fleming by order of Samuel Hodgdon on board the sloop "Eliza," John Harrison, Master, and consigned to Melancton Smith, merchant in New York.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of Stores for 1797
01/10/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed is the return of stores received and delivered during the year 1797 and the receipts for the stores delivered.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of Stores
10/01/1798 DocumentReturn of military quartermaster stores.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Return of Ordnance & Stores at Loumiers
02/28/1798 Document SignedReturn of ordnance and military stores at Loumiers and its dependencies, 28th February 1798.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Return of Items Wanted at West Point
02/10/1798 LetterbookReturn of clothing, accoutrements, and stationery
Register of Estimated Requirements for Military Supplies Kept by Samuel Hodgdon and William Irvine, Jan 1796-Feb 1805. (RG45)
Return of Clothing to November 20th
11/20/1798 Document SignedA return of clothing to the 20th of November 1798.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Return of Clothing and Military Stores
01/06/1798 Autograph Document SignedReturn of clothing and military stores wanted for a Detachment under the Command of Major Lewis Tousard of the Artillerists & Engineers
Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe And
