Simmons certifies that eight dollars is due Rene O'Brien, matron to the recruits under the command of Captain Cornelius Sedam at the Renedezvous at Spring Garden New Jersey, being her pay from Nov. 11 to Dec. 11, 1795.
Simmons certifies that $17.16 is due Leonard Highmaster, late a private in Captain Armstrong's Company 1st Sub Legion, being his pay from January 1 to May 9, 1795, the day of his discharge.
Simmons certifies that $153.89 is due Major William Kersey of the 4th Sub Legion, being his pay, subsistence, and forage for October and November 1795.
Simmons certifies that $22.90 is due Samuel Sparks, late a private in the 5th Troop of Dragoons under Captain Leonard Covington, being his pay from January 1 to June 22, 1795, the day of his discharge.
Simmons certifies that $18.45 is due William Moffett, late a private in Captain Thomas Lewis's Company 3rd Sub Legion, being his pay from January 1 to May 19, 1795, the day of his discharge.
Informs Stevens that the Treasurer will remit him the sum of 306 dollars to be transmitted to Jerome Merlhie, for his pay as director of artillery artifices.
Pickering provides Hodgdon with a piece of General Wayne's letter informing him that the powder given to the army is defective and must be replaced. However, transporting new powder might not be feasible until next Spring. Thus, if before that time the opportunity arises, the powder should be sent to Pittsburgh and the powder quality tested.
Pickering lists a number of items and wonders whether they can be obtained and received at West Point by early April. The carriages of the wagons should be adapted to the kind of ammunition they will carry. Whatever is deposited at Springfield can be transported as soon as the ice breaks up on the Connecticut River. Colonel Rochefontaine choose to have the wagons completed at West Point but Pickering is certain that they can be obtained by contract at half the cost of making them at West Point.
Notification that problems will arise over land rights around the territories of North Carolina due to recent influx of settlers, Cherokee land holdings, disputed boundaries, and land grants issued by the government.
Letter from the War Department Accountant to the Paymaster at West Point, discussing matters of muster and pay rolls, bounties, receipt rolls, and other account information.
