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Cannon to the Order of the Secretary of the Navy
08/06/1798 Letter SignedHarris is asked to deliver to the order of the Secretary of the Navy nine six-pound cannon for which he will return others of equal value in one month.
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Cannon Requirements
05/10/1798 Autograph Letter SignedCited in Hodgdon to Fleming, 05/14/1798. There are no ship carriages for the ten four-pounder iron guns. The four twelve-pounders will be sent in the first available vessel but there are no carriages …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Cannon Powder & Port Fires to Cecil Furnace
07/23/1798 Letter SignedHarris is asked to deliver cannon powder and port fires to Samuel Hodgdon for delivery to Cecil Furnace, Maryland for the purpose of proving cannon cast by Samuel Hughes.
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Cannon Cannot Be Sent Until the Sickness Is Over
09/12/1798 Autograph Letter SignedAnderson is pleased that Hodgdon is well although the risk he is taking is too great. Nothing has been with the Phillips affair so Hodgdon should pursue it. The cannon will be sent down as soon as the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Cannon Are Received & Indian Goods Sent Forward
02/16/1798 LetterbookMajor Craig informs Samuel Hodgdon that cannons are received and indian goods are to be immediately sent forward. Craig also asks how various qualities of gun powder can be determined without opening …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Candles & Shot for the Frigate "Constellation"
05/30/1798 Autograph Letter SignedHarris asked to deliver the following to Samuel Hodgdon for the use of the Frigate "Constellation": boxes of candles, 24 pound cannister shot, 12 pound cannister shot, and cannister shot for small …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Candidate for a Commission, Etc.
08/04/1798 Autograph Letter SignedSmith denies the charges brought against him of violently advocating an election upon principles unfriendly to the Constitution which he fears may cause the Senate to reject his nomination as …
Sixth Congress: Executive Nominations to the Senate [6B-A2 & A3] (RG46) (M1706, Roll 4)
Caleb Swan's Accounts
06/19/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are pay warrants No. 598 to No. 608 with payrolls and receipts annexed in the amount of $11,713.73 and an abstract of monies received and billed by Swan up to June 1, 1798.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Caleb Swan's Account
06/01/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are Swan's warrants No. 598 to No. 608, with payrolls and receipts annexed, amounting to $11,713.73 and an abstract of the same and also an abstract of money received and billed by him up to …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Caleb Swan reports to McHenry that he has drawn up duplicate set of bills of exchange
10/08/1798 Typed letterCaleb Swan reports to McHenry that he has drawn up duplicate set of bills of exchange in favor of Abijah & [illegible] for $500 at Cincinnati for pay of Army 1798
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Caleb Swan reports to McHenry that he has drawn up duplicate set of bills of exchange
09/05/1798 Letter SignedSwan informs McHenry that he has drawn a duplicate set of bills of exchange, number 282, at Cincinnati on 5 September 1798 in favor of John Willson for $600 for pay of army.
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Caleb Swan reports to McHenry that he has drawn up duplicate set of bills of exchange
07/05/1798 Letter SignedCaleb Swan reports to McHenry that he has drawn up duplicate set of bills of exchange in favor of W. Morton, sum of $1200 for pay of army 1798.
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Caleb Swan reports to McHenry that he has drawn up duplicate set of bills of exchange
07/05/1798 Letter SignedCaleb Swan reports to McHenry that he has drawn up duplicate set of bills of exchange in favor of L. Clinton, sum of $500 for pay of Army
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Caldwell and Wilson Have Not Been Paid Off, Etc.
12/04/1798 Autograph Letter SignedAmidst a discussion of sundry accounting and supply matters, Kirkpatrick observes that two assistant commissaries, James Caldwell and James Nelson, have not been paid off and suggests the method for …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Business Being Much Deranged by the Fever, Etc.
09/06/1798 Autograph Letter SignedAcheson has enclosed to Peter W. Gallaudent & Co. William H. Harrison's draft on Hodgdon for $500 in favor of Jesse and A. Hunt which has been endorsed by them to Acheson and by him to Peter W. …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Buchanan's Misconduct
08/24/1798 Letter SignedHopes advises Hodgdon to guard against Buchanan's potential misconduct.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Brass Howitzers for the Frigate "Constellation"
02/28/1798 Letter Signed"Be pleased to deliver to Captain Thomas Truxton ten brass three pound howitzers for the frigate Constellation."
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Brandy, Spikes, Howitzers, Anchors, Etc.
03/06/1798 Letter SignedIn Gibbs' return book is entered three casks of brandy, 434 gallons of which is correct. There is an error, however, due probably to the faintness of the lines in the ledger. The spikes are entered in …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Box of Books Sent and Loss of Garden Seed
05/01/1798 Autograph Letter SignedMrs. Murray sent a letter with Mr. Thatcher advising Hodgdon that she had shipped a box of books to him on board the schooner "Sally" (John Day, Master). Her brother regrets the loss of the garden …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Box for My Brother
05/02/1798 Autograph Letter SignedMurray asks for Hodgdon's assistance in ensuring that a box addressed to her brother arrives safely at its destination in Cincinnati.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bounty Paid Two Recruits
07/02/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are receipts for twenty dollars bounty paid two recruits.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bounty Paid to Recruits & Money for Musicians
10/13/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are five duplicate receipts, three for bounty paid recruits and two for the money paid a drummer and fifer for attendance during recuiting parties around Savannah at various times.
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Bounty Paid This Week
03/17/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are four receipts for bounty paid this week in the amount of eleven dollars.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bounty Paid This Week
03/10/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are eight receipts for bounty paid this week in the amount of $26.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Bounty Paid Recruits
10/19/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are four additional duplicates of bounty paid recruits since Deveaux's last submission.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
