Stevens has received Simmons' letter acknowledging receipt of Constant Freeman for $28,320 and also the receipt of Ensign Torrans, acting for Captain Kalteisen, for $716.53.
Mitchell apologizes for his inattention to the proper format in compiling his recruiting account. He re-submits his account following McHenry's directions.
Requests arms, accoutrements for Captain Edward Miller's recruits in Middletown, Connecticut. Requests that he write the man in charge of the public store at Springfield to forward requested materials.
McHenry predicts that the merchants and traders of Baltimore will demand that the appropriations be made that will cause the treaty with the British to be put into effect.
Simmons certifies that $500 is due James Hackett, Constructor of the frigate at Portsmouth, New Hampshire being his salary for January through March 1796.
Simmons certifies that $187.50 is due Edmund H. Quincy, Clerk of the Navy Yard at Portsmouth New Hampshire, being his salary for January through March 1796.
Simmons certifies that $11.93 is due Angus McPhail, late a private in Captain Griffith McRee's Company of Artillerists and Engineers, being his pay from Oct. 17, 1794 to Feb. 4, 1795, the date of his death.
Nathan Jones conveys Secretary of War request that Hodgdon have 70 paper cannon cartridges made and transported to Cecil Furnace. In a related document, Mr LaCosta requests that models be made for making paper cartridges.
This is a certified true copy of the estimate of expenditures in the Quartermaster Department at Pittsburgh for 1796. The document is certified by Samuel Hodgdon and the document was likely authored by Major Isaac Craig.
Simmons certifies that $18 is due Francis G. Brewster, late Surgeon's Mate, for his pay, subsistence, and forage from April 1 to April 13, 1795, the day of his resignation.
Simmons certifies that $17.59 is due Lieutenant William Henry Harrison, being his his pay as Ensign, Lieutenant, and Aide de Camp through Oct. 1793 and subsistence to Oct. 7, 1793 and for bounty and premiums for enlisting recruits.
Simmons certifies that $102 is due Lieutenant Simon Geddes of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers and the recruits under his command, being their pay for March 1796.
Requests a list of prices for articles needed to equip a dragoon, including saddle, bridle, pistol, etc. Seeks a rough estimate for a company of cavalry.
