Benjamin has arrived safely in Alexandria and visited a third party in jail. Relates to a vessel and business. However, no one can now talk to the imprisoned man without the jailer being present.
Accounts for erecting fortifications in harbor of Boston received and to be examined. Jackson to receive commissioned amount for purchases made in Quartermaster's Department.
Certification of payment; $19.92 to William Leverett, contractor, for rations, quartermaster, and hospital stores furnished recruits at Westminster under command of Captains Fraste, Woodward, Bissell, and Dunham.
Major Craig forwards a return of ordinance stores and clothing to Samuel Hodgdon. Craig also discusses plans to procure the tools and labor needed for glass manufacturing.
Buchanan laments that he has yet to hear from the Secretary of the Navy and wants be relieved from a state of suspence more intolerable than total rejection. He has been nominated for the Surgeoncy of New York and wishes only to be informed of his fate.
Apologized for any embarrassment the Quartermaster General caused. Specifically addressed delivery of Gibsons box, stated whoever received the package should pay for its transportation. Requested information on current amount of powder and to account for it in returns.
Letter from the former Secretary at War to Alexander Hamilton concerning the 1800 presidential election. McHenry discusses Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's prospects, a candidate whom he prefers to Adams. On Adams, McHenry writes that he "absolutely exhausts and kills himself by being President."
Enclosed is a return of the articles received from Oxford. Williams finds differences with the numbers of the return left him by Mr. Henshaw, agent of the Quartermaster General. He will make up his receipts for the articles in his return when he completes his quarterly accounts.
Simmons examined account submitted by Pollard as much as his office required. Balance sent to Comptroller of Treasury for his decision. Department of Treasury holds jurisdiction over decision, papers returned to Pollard.
Request to deliver completion of summer allowance of clothing to Private George Groses of the First Regiment of Infantry as requested by Captain Charles Hyde. Includes shirts, shoes, overalls, to complete summer allowance for year.
Letter from William Simmons, War Department Accountant, to David Henley, agent for the War Department in Knoxville, Tennessee. Simmons informs Henley that his letter enclosing the copy of his waste book has been received, and will be filed.
