Certification of payment; $82.95 to Lieutenant Theodore Meminger, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, while acting as paymaster to troops stationed at Reading, Pennsylvania.
Letter to the Secretary of Treasury, enclosing dialogue and documents. McHenry asks Wolcott to keep the papers confidential and to send them to Chauncy Goodrich.
Even though at the time of his service the office of Deputy Paymaster was not in the law, Captain Guion is entitled to the thirty dollars compensation per month that the law now allows because he did in fact perform those duties with efficiency and accuracy.
Fleming did not receive an order to deliver hospital stores and stationery to Captain Stille but he concluded that it was not amiss to deliver some of Captain Ingersol's to Captain Stille. By the same principle, the phyisician at West Point has delivered medicine for Stille's company.
Houdin's account for the quarter ending on the 30th of September has been processed. $7.50 was deducted for postage. Simmons asks Houdin to forward the receipt of the Postmaster with his account to confirm that the letters received by Houdin were related to public service.
Letter from the Secretary at War to Alexander Hamilton about the presidential election of 1800. The Federalists are running John Adams and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
Williams discusses the need for an investigation into the conduct of the officers of his department, including himself but assures Hodgdon that he is innocent of wrongdoing.
Captain Isaac Guion of the 3rd U.S. Regulars was called upon to act as Paymaster to the troops along the Mississippi. In this service he disbursed $63145.1. While no compensation was offered Captain Guion, he has claimed for his extra duty $660 in addition to his normal pay and benefits as an officer between the beginning of August 1797 and the end of May 1799. Simmons wishes Dexter to write back and inform Simmons of what part or whole of the sum Guion is charging is to be paid to him.
Simmons confirms receipt of Jackson's letter of September 15th and with it his receipts and account of expenditures for August relating to Boston's fortifications. They were deemed correct and the amount which will be be credited to Jackson and owed to the United States is $12,966.81 and will be carried to Jackson's debit upon their next settlement.
