Guion informs McHenry that he has drawn three bills of exchange on the Department of War to be paid to Whitstone for one thousand dollars. One of these bills is enclosed with the letter.
Williams has received an invoice of clothing and casks supposedly containing the clothing. The casks will be opened and checked against the invoice as soon as possible. Williams thinks the clothing should have been shipped via New York.
Williams encloses return of articles and expenditures for the armory at Springfield. He has not yet received the two thousand dollars Hodgdon sent on the 4th.
Returns of stores and receipts signed off on by David Offley between March 1799 and January 1800. Includes a newspaper clipping about goods stolen from public stores.
The court martial presided over by Captain Lyman is dissolved. The General Court Martial of Captain Preston on charges brought by Colonel Hamtramck will begin tomorrow with Major Burbeck as president
Williams encloses pay and muster rolls for November as well as an estimate of expenditures for December. William has sent a power of attorney to Samuel Hodgdon. The wood has been received at two dollars per cord, which appears to be the going rate.