Certification of payment; $150 to Captain Alexander Gibson for ground rent for cantonment at Staunton, Virginia for damages and for digging a well for troops
Certification of payment; $56.60 to G. Craft, Printer, Trenton, New Jersey for printing proposals in the New Jersey Gazette for supply of rations to U.S. Army.
Certification of payment; $18 to John Bradford, Printer at Lexington Kentucky, for printing proposals in the Kentucky Gazette, for the supply of rations in the U.S. Army and orders for officers to report themselves to General Wilkinson.
A request for a final settlement on account of the completion of the fortifications at Marblehead; Simmons confirms receipt of Orne's letter of Jan. 28th with his accounts and vouchers up to the end of the previous year.
Simmons informs Congressman Condit that the documents requested by Joseph Bloomfield were destroyed in the fire that consumed the War Department. Documents were deposited on the third story of the house occupied by the war department.
Adding a credit to Alexander Humphrey's account related to accounts of Alexander Humphreys for money expended in erection of huts for recruits at Staunton Rendezvous.
Details of clothing shipped to several posts per General's orders. Mentioned claim Craig filed for extra services rendered to the military and the manner in which it was treated by McHenry and Simmons. Noted McHenry will advocate for Craig's payment. Questions on who the next Secretary of War will be.
Simmons requesting Hodgdon examine the records of Hugh Howard to determine if 20 barrels of pork were sent by the Commissary at Detroit to the Schooner Nancy to Michilimackinac.
