Included with the letter are the charges against Major Bradley. Simmons asks that Swan receive his accounts and examine them properly, admitting what he is allowed and reporting what he feels he is not allowed.
Certification of payment; $2003.18 to Elias B. Dayton of Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, for rations supplied and quartermaster and hospital stores for troops of United States in New Jersey
Dexter provides conditions under which George Wells can be discharged from service. Mr. Wells enlisted while underage. Dexter states that Wells must find a replacement.
Comments on Congress' possible intervention in some dispute; recommends a "Mr. Paine of Vermont" as a good candidate to serve as the next Secretary of War.
Blackburn's letter dated December 1st apparently was to ask what the name of the Contractor for Virginia for 1801. The answer Simmons provides is Michael McKewan at Martinsburg.
Hamilton was advised to postpone publication of writings. Mentioned the "stunted, idling knaves" of Denmark that McHenry believed to be hovering around the throne. Affirmed the rights of members of Congress to obtain information and papers from the office of the State. Invited Wolcott to dinner in Baltimore.
Directs issue of supplies to complete the stock of military stores at Detroit, to wit: cannon implements, drum heads, raw minerals, paper, files, vises, wire, & crucibles. A postscript by Hodgdon asks that a duplicate of the above order be assembled and sent to Fort Niagara.
