Simmons certifies that Lieutenant David Hale and recruits under his command, Portland Maine, are due $102.83 for pay during the month of May and June 1795.
Simmons certifies payment of $239.89 due to a detachment of Cavalry enlisted by Lieutenant John Posey under command of Captain Samuel Tinsley of Richmond for September and October 1795.
Simmons certifies payment of $341.41 to Lieutenant Trigg and recruits under his command at Fincastle, Virginia both for his pay and the pay of his recruits, from the date of their enlistments to 31 July 1795, to be transmitted to Edward Carrington, Esq., Supervisor of Virginia.
Simmons certifies that $36.00 is due Thomas Griffith, Surgeon's Mate, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers for pay and forage for the month, 1794, which is payable to Captain James Bruff.
Smith recounted invasion of frontier settlement, Knoxville, by Cherokee Indians. Many were killed and Smith believed that much more suffering is in store for the settlers of the Northwest due to the Indian "infestation".
Certification of payment; Benjamin Gale, Concord New Hampshire for quarters, stove and fuel furnished Captain Greene, Lieutenant J.W. Kelly [Nelley], and Lieutenant Moses Levett, and recruits of 16th Regiment, for carriage of clothing to Concord New Hampshire, and recruits to Oxford, and medical aid furnished Captain Greene.
Certification of payment; $161.01 to Ephraim Curtis, Charlestown, New Hampshire for quartermaster, hospital supplies, expenditures for recruits of 16th Regiment at same place.
Certification of payment; $33.77 for pay to estate of Private Moses Griswold, stationed at Fort Niagara, under command of Major Rivardi, payable to James Taylor, attorney for widow Mary Griswold.
Certification of payment; $120.91 to Francis Mentges for clothing, boarding, and presents to the Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa Indians, and Whitmore Knaggs Interpreter, to the Chickasaw and Cherokee Indians, and interpreters Malcolm McGhee, Samuel Riley.
Certification of payment; $319.90 to John Marc Feno, printer, for furnishing paper and newspaper, including subscription advanced 31 December 1799 for the War Department.