Sterling Library: Manuscripts and Archives
40 documents
Concerning the Respectability of the Army
McHenry seeks to make the army respectable through the actions of [individual; illegible].
John M. Brown & Preston Brown Papers, #105.Complaints & Fears Surrounding the Possibility of Not Being Reinforced by Butler
Repeats instructions that the detachment of [several companies of] the 3rd Regiment in Tennessee immediately reinforce him at Massac, along the Ohio River. Complains about the leeway McHenry has …
John M. Brown & Preston Brown Papers, #105.Boundary Between the Cherokees and the U.S.
McHenry wants Hawkins and Pickens to examine the enclosed paper from William Blount relative to the boundary line between the Cherokees and the U.S. If the principles contained therein would more …
Washington and His Cabinet Folder.Orders to Deliver Muskets
Delivery of four thousand well seasoned muskets to Capt. William Wallace.
Eli Whitney Papers, Film:HM #219, #544Muskets Shipped
In response to letter from Whitney, Hodgdon shipped muskets for Whitney and Nathan Elliot together in one order.
Eli Whitney Papers, Film:HM #219, #544Muskets Arrived
Three thousand muskets stocks arrived safely. Whitney will send for the remaining one thousand in the spring.
Eli Whitney Papers, Film:HM #219, #544Letter from the Secretary of War
McHenry provides a summary of force allocation for the seaboard of the United States. McHenry also makes the case for additional troops.
Miscellaneous MSS Collection, #352.Disposal of Privateers' Booty in Massachusetts
The President has ordered that privateers' prizes brought to Massachusetts should be returned to their original masters or to the consul of the country from which they were captured.
Park Family Papers, #384.Demos Crestfallen or Thunderstruck, Etc.
Washington advocates the mouth of the Shenandoah River as the ideal location for the proposed arsenals and cannon foundries. He observes that the Democrats were thunderstruck by the dispatches from …
Washington's Family Papers, #538Additional Orders for Muskets
Follow up letter regarding an order for muskets place several days prior.
Eli Whitney Papers, Film:HM #219, #544Notification of the Record & Qualities of General Wilkinson & Recommendation for His Promotion
Notifies Adams that General James Wilkinson, lately in New York to discuss the affairs of the military in the west, is coming to Braintree to pay respects to Adams. Offers his opinion of Wilkinson, …
John M. Brown & Preston Brown Papers, #105.Accepting Hunt's resignation
McHenry apologizes for forgetting to mention it in his previous dispatch but notes that the President has accepted Hunt's resignation of his commission.
Southard Hay Autograph Collection, #268.Letter from the Secretary of War
McHenry requests a copy of a return indicating persons licensed to trade with the Indians.
Miscellaneous MSS Collection, #352.Fortification Expenditures for 1801
Samuel Dexter suggests a budget of 200,000 dollars for fortifications for 1801.
William Griswold Lane, #189
