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[Receipt for Supplies]
Stores, receipt for ship supplies sent to Pittsburgh including tar, oakum, half-hour glass, and flags.
General Information Index, 1794-1918. (RG94)[Inventory of Tools wanted for the Armoury to be established at Harpers Ferry on the Potomac in Virginia]
Lists items required to stock Harper's Ferry armory.
General Information Index, 1794-1918. (RG94)"Remarks on the abstract for the year 1793, contigent expenses.
Notation that vouchers for "this abstract" were submitted to the War Department. Related to contingent expenses.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)"Reasonable Expenses"
Major Cushing is extremely desirous that he be reimbursed for the expenses he incurred when ordered by General Wilkinson to proceed from Tennessee to the seat of government. The principle of …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Yellow Fever & Invoices
Major Craig discusses Yellow Fever and invoices with Samuel Hodgdon.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Works project at Harper's Ferry
States that he will soon enclose an abstract of articles purchased by the Secretary of War for the public works at Harper's Ferry. John Harris will be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187)Works project at Governor's Island
Describes works project at Governor's Island, New York, fortified as part of an extensive coastal defense system. Includes articles needed to be purchased.
Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187)Work for the Department of War
Simmons is to report on the enclosed account so that a warrant may be issued for the amount indicated, the work having been done according to McHenry's directions for the use of the War Department.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Wood for the Garrisons at New York
The Secretary of War has ordered Col. Stevens to provide wood for the several garrisons in the harbor of New York. His compensation as agent is under advisement.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Without You I Would be a Plow Man
Jones expresses his gratitude that Hodgdon has taken him under his protection and given him valuable instruction without which he would be a plowman. Jones's wife ["my rib"] extends her respects to …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Withholding Security for Payment of the Money, Etc.
Kilty found the person in question, not at Price's, but at another shipyard and he was informed of Hodgdon's claim. He did not immediately consent to provide security for the payment of the money but …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Withdrawal of vouchers
Request to withdraw vouchers sent sometime ago.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Winter Clothing Due Freeman's Company
Ebenezer Stevens, Agent of the War Department in New York, notified Freeman that he would receive from Hodgdon the winter clothing still due the company under his command. Freeman asks Hodgdon to …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Winter Billeting of Troops, Etc.
Major Craig discusses winter billeting of troops and clothing shipments with Samuel Hodgdon. Mentions the recent marriage of Captain Lyman to Susana Reese, sister of Thomas Reese.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Wind Not Being Fair for the Packets to Sail, Etc.
Stevens has received the bill of lading of quartermaster's stores and forwarded it to Albany, He hopes Hodgdon has received the draft on the Secretary of State. Benjamin will proceed to Newport but …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)We Are in Want of Almost Everything
DeBerger is currently in the hospital but probably only has a cold. The clothing will be very acceptable since most of the men are in want. Freeman has recently made a general return of all the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Warrant received on account of manufacturing and delivery of pistols
Request to pay Henry Voigt of Berlin Connecticut for manufacture of five hundred pistols.
Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217)Warrant for defraying expenses of George Colbert
Malcolm McGhee received $300 to defray expenses of himself, George Colbert, a chief of the Chickasaws, his wife and two other Indians from Philadelphia to Knoxville, to be settled with David Henley, …
Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217)Want of Sergeant's Clothing and Private's Overalls
Kalteisen requests a supply of clothing, especially sergeant's clothing and private's overalls. The reason he needs overalls is his loan of same to Capain Huger who received none in his shipment of …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Want of Clothing for Kalteisen's Company
Enclosed is a return of the clothing due to Captain Kalteisen's company of the 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. What was sent appears to have been intended for Captain Huger's company of …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Want of Camp Equipage
Hodgdon is asked to provide as quickly as possible camp equipage for two companies of infantry to be recruited for the 1st Regiment. General Hamilton informed Blake at Trenton that an order for them …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Want of a Quartermaster, Etc.
Rivardi laments the lack of a quartermaster at Niagara and warns that hishealth is such that he fears that he will not be able to transact the business of a quartermaster as well as he might wish and …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Wagon in Which My Baggage is Being Sent
McKee observes that he arrived at the post without any complaint against the horse other than his frequently stumbling during the journey. To allay his anxiety, he wants information by post of the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Vouchers of Troops in Georgia
Five-page list of vouchers delivered by Ensign Hugh McCall, Paymaster to the Federal Troops in Georgia, to John Habersham on behalf of Lt. Truman, agent for the War Department, to be submitted by him …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
