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  Hodgdon discusses military stores and accounting matters with Major Craig

  Samuel Hodgdon informs Major Craig of War Department resignations and the general effects of political turnover, the move of the capital to Washington City.
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  Pay and Credit to Accounts

  Straightened out payment and credit to accounts of O'Hara, St. Clair, and Archibald Read. Credit to O'Hara's account.
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  Request for Forms

  Forms for keeping accounts of factory requested, per advice from late Sec. of War.
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  Information to be tranmitted to Caleb Swan for action

  Information to be transmitted to Caleb Swan, paymaster general, who will provide information based on the muster rolls in his office.
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  Certification of payment; James Caldwell for rent of his store at Albany wherein public property is deposited

  Certification of payment; $250 to James Caldwell for rent of his store at Albany wherein public property is deposited.
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  Irregularities in the Handling of Mail

  The Postmaster at Springfield tells Williams that letters are now distributed by the post office at Stratford agreeable to the intentions of the Postmaster General. Of course, those routed to Boston must be attributed to their being placed in a wrong bundle or mail at Philadelphia. Should the irregularity continue, Hodgdon will be advised of it.

• Cited Document

  Cited in Hagner to Carraway, 07/05/1800.
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  Request for Purchase of Vinegar for Annual Military Stores Fumigation

  Directs Whelen to purchase ten galllons of vinegar, for use in the annual fumigation of the military stores, which is described.
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  Accounts of fortifications and of Thomas Welsh

  Accounts of fortifications and Thomas Welsh are delayed because of movement of office to Washington.
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  Movement of office to Washington

  Accounts would have been settled had it not been for the movement of the office to Washington.
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  Movement of office to Washington

  Accounts will be entered when papers and books of office arrive in Washington
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  Brother and legal heir of Winchester

  Requires evidence to show that brother of Ethan Winchester, deceased, is the brother and legal heir, and that he died without children.
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  Movement of the office to Washington

  Matters would have been attended to had it not been for the removal of the office to Washington.
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  Receipt of John Foncin

  Encloses receipt for John Foncin;
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  Movement of office to Washington

  When the books and papers of the office are properly arranged at Washington, accounts will be taken up.
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  Movement of office to Washington

  Letters and enclosures will be attended to when office is moved from Philadelphia to Washington.
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  Certification of payment; James Boyd, Physicians for medicine and attendance furnished Charles Miller, in Captain Ashman’s Company, 10th US Regiment

  Certification of payment; $13 to Lieutenant James Boyd, Physicians for medicine and attendance furnished Charles Miller, in Captain Ashman’s Company, 10th US Regiment
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  Letter to the Agent in Knoxville

  Letter from Peter Hagner, War Department clerk, to David Henley, agent of the War Department at Knoxville, Tennessee. Hagner is writing due to the absence of William Simmons, War Department Accountant.

• Official Nomination

  Presidential nomination of Lewis Tousard [Toussard?] to rank of Lieut. Col. of artillerists and engineers. Request for acceptance or declination.
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  Sorting Through the Numerous Applications & Recommendations

  Dexter assures Senator Dayton that he is diligently compiling a list of applications and recommendations to be submitted to the President for his approval.
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  Falsehood of the Charge Against Me

  Sargent laments that he has been falsely accused of usurping power and refutes the charges against him.

• Letter to the Supervisor in Massachusetts

  Letter from Jonathan Jackson, Federal Supervisor in Massachusetts, to Peter Hagner, War Department clerk. Citation only.

• Letter to the War Department Clerk

  Letter from Lieutenant John Saunders to Peter Hagner, War Department clerk. Citation only.
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  Inquiry into the Supposed Reduction of the Provisional Army

  Forwards a letter from two officers; Adams professes no knowledge of a plan to reduce the provisional army or the volunteer corps. Consults Dexter on the matter.
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  Advance of Pay and Subsistence Captain William MacRea

  MacRea received furlough for health reasons. He requests that Dexter direct paymaster general to pay him pay and subsistence and advance him three months pay.