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Request for Issue of Arms & Accoutrements for Bucks County
07/24/1798 Document SignedDirects issue of 75 muskets, with accompanying cartridge boxes and bayonets with scabbards, to a resident of Bucks County.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Issue of Accoutrements, Rations & Writing Materials to West Point
04/24/1798 Document SignedDirects issue of cartridge boxes, cartridge, bayonet and sword belts, rations & writing materials to West Point garrison.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Issue of a Fife
01/30/1798 Document SignedDirects issue of a fife.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Issue of a Drum
04/19/1798 Document SignedDirects issue of a drum.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Issue of a 24-Pounder Elevating Screw
06/12/1798 Document SignedDirects issue of an elevating screw for a gun carriage being repaired.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Issue of 2 Companies' Worth of Clothing, Emphasis on Linen
05/18/1798 Document SignedDirects issue of 2 companies' worth of clothing to the Walnut Hills -- specifying that less woolen and more linen overalls be sent.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Issue & Sale of Shot and Grapeshot; Check Slip for Same
02/28/1798 Document SignedDirects issue & sale of shot and grapeshot, and check payment slip.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Issue & Sale of Shot and Grapeshot to Ship Owners; Response as to Payment
03/08/1798 Document SignedDirects issue and sale of shot and grapeshot to Willings & Francis, 2 owners of a ship, with postscript from Willings & Francis.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Inquiry on Important Documents
08/05/1798 Autograph Letter SignedExasperated, Freeman requested Simmons relieve him of suspense regarding unanswered letters sent by Freeman to the War Office. Freeman requested Simmons inquire about an important letter with …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Request for Information on the State of Accounts for the Port of Salem
04/23/1798 Autograph Letter SignedSimmons had recommended that the accounts for Salem be examined. Hiller replied but has not heard back and asks for information.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Request for frigate cannon from War Office to Governor John Jay of New York
03/19/1798 LetterbookIron for 24 pounder cannon for frigate United States found unfit. Request for loan of cannon procured by New York from foundry in Connecticut.
Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To
Request for Favor Regarding Government Incentives
07/18/1798 Autograph Letter SignedFreeman has heard that Congress is in the process of increasing the establishment. He hopes Simmons will support him in the effort to secure an office such as deputy paymaster, if possible.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Request for expenditures of the War Department, in comformity with enclosed resolution of the House of Representatives dated 28 March 1798
03/28/1798 Autograph Letter SignedIn comformity with the enclosed resolution of the House of Representatives dated 28 March 1798, Simmons is ordered to arrange the expenditures of the War Department under the following heads: Indian …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Request for exact return on plank sent from Portsmouth New Hampshire navy yard to Boston for frigate Constitution
03/20/1798 LetterbookRef: materials provided for the construction of the frigate Constitution from the Navy Yard at Portsmouth.
Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To
Request for Estimate of Cost of Military Stores for Ships
03/24/1798 Letterbook CopyThe writer requests estimates of the kind and costs of stores for a six month cruise for: one ship of 22 nine pound guns; one ship of 20 nine pound guns; one ship of 16 six pound guns.
Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), May
Request for Enclosed Letters to be Forwarded
07/31/1798 Autograph Letter SignedAccount information discussed. Request for enclosed letters to be forwarded.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Request for Dimensions
08/16/1798 Letter SignedDiscusses order for ordnance stores, requested dimensions of cartridges;
Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187)
Request for Detailed List of Navy Transactions, and to Settle All Accounts
09/03/1798 Autograph Letter SignedLetter describing actions for transferring accounts relating to the Navy Department to the Accountant of the Navy Department
Letters Received by the Accountant of the War Department, Nov 24, 1794-Ded 23, 1817. (RG217)
Request for Delivery of Uniforms & Accoutrements for New Recruits
01/17/1798 Document SignedDirects issue of artillerists' clothing, knapsacks and canteens for new recruits at Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Delivery of Sheet & Rod Iron
01/27/1798 Document SignedDirects issue of sheet iron and rods for camp kettles, for use of troops in Tennessee.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Delivery of Muskets & Ammunition to East Coast Ports
05/23/1798 Document SignedDirects issue of 1,000 stand of arms & accoutrements and 25,000 musket cartridges each to the ports of Wilmington North Carolina, Charleston South Carolina, and Savannah Georgia.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Delivery of Iron to Pittsburgh
01/25/1798 Document SignedDirects issue of iron for use with cannons at Pittsburgh [presumably for shot].
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Delivery of Clothing for Troops on the Natchez
02/01/1798 Document SignedDirects issue of various clothing for troops on the Natchez.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Delivery of Camp Accoutrements & Regulations
01/24/1798 Document SignedDirects issue of kettles, buckets and regulation books for garrison at Mud Island.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
Request for Delivery and Sale of Rifles for Indian Department
02/01/1798 Document SignedDirects issue, for sale, of rifles for the Indian Department.
Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92)
