Accountant reports on his documents lost in the fire in conformity with Resolution of House of Representatives. Papers destroyed were those only which had been lodged on the 3rd floor.
Certification of payment; $104.20 to William Small, Paymaster and Store Keeper, Harpers Ferry Virginia, [now WV], for pay, rations, transportation of tools to his place of residence, travel expenses, and for vellum and paper for making plans.
Certification of payment; $32.32 to Freneau and Paine, Printers at Charleston South Carolina, for advertising general orders to absent officers and frauds respecting obtaining warrants for county lands.
Certification of payment; $17.80 to Captain Robert Parker, 10th Regiment, Litchfield New Hampshire, for monies disbursed for storage of clothing and transportation of baggage from Amherst to Oxford.
Certification of payment; $12.49 to Carlton Walker, late Paymaster, 6th Regiment of Infantry, reimbursement for stationary, postage and letters on public service.
The fire, which occurred on Saturday night 8 November 1800, consumed many of the papers and has put the office in much confusion. Simmons reports that his papers were generally saved, as they were removed before the fire reached Simmons' apartments. The papers of the Secretary of War are very generally consumed.
Certification of payment; $53 to Doctor Anthony Newman, Salisbury North Carolina, for attendance and medicines administered Captain Birds Company, payable to Joseph Chambers.
Certification of payment; $6.75 to Doctor John Miller for medicine and attendance on Captain Nathaniel Henry, 8th Regiment of Infantry, Moorfield Virginia, agreeably to report by Doctor Joseph Strong, referred for taxation.
States documents destroyed in fire were limited to those on the third floor and were limited to vouchers, muster and pay rolls, and some individual settlements.
