Funds have been transmitted to Lt. Freeman of the Corps of Artillery and Engineers, through the hands of Nathaniel Gorham (Supervisor at Boston), for the use of the recruiting service.
Funds have been remitted to Wentworth to be transmitted to Lt. John Parker Hale, of the Corps of Artillery and Engineers at Portsmouth, for the use of the recruiting service.
A remittance of five hundred dollars has been directed, through the hands of Nathaniel Gorham, to Capt. Frye, of the Corps of Artillery and Engineers, for the use of the recruiting service.
Five hundred dollars is remitted to Gorham to be transmitted to Capt. Frederick Frye, Corps of Artillery and Engineers at Salem, and $250 for Lt. Nehemiah Freeman, at Boston, both for the use of the recruiting service.
Knox informs Bray of the impending arrival of military stores and equipment intended for the recruits and orders that these items be delivered to the troops and that transportation be provided for their baggage to be forwarded to Trenton and on to Pittsburg.
Tench Coxe of the Revenue Office informs the Treasury Secretary that the purchase of Indian supplies made by N. Hoffman & Co. for distribution by General Israel Chapin amounts to approximately 680 British pounds in New York currency, i.e. bank notes.
[Difficult handwriting] The vessel sailed on the 16th with the cannon and with orders to call on Col. Yeats for the truck wheels and proceed on to Norfolk and deliver them to Major Bedinger.
Hodgdon's account as Quartermaster General has been admitted and passed in the Comptroller's Office without any alterations. The remaining part of the account should be rendered without delay.
Howe acknowledges receipt of Howe's letter and will comply with its contents regarding his account. He hopes that his men will not be disappointed as they expect to receive their pay for May at Pittsburgh.
Pitkin respectifully refuses to accept his appointment as a Captain in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers. He is honored by the appointment but his current situation in life and the professions in which he is engaged force him to decline.
Knox informs Secretary of Treasury Hamilton that he forwards list of articles for equipping 44 gun ships; expects requirements to be similar for 36 gun ships. Heavy cannon and shot already requested. Military stores to be specified. Knox sends this letter in order to better enable Hamilton to determine means of procurement, whether by contracts or through agents appointed at the ship construction locations. Captain Truxton has useful information on procurement of copper and anchors.
Treasury Secretary Hamilton transmits to Knox a list of articles which will be required for the equipment of each of the 44 gun ships. The heavy cannon and shot have already been requested; twelve pounders will hereafter be more specifically stated. The military stores will in due season be fully specified. The object of the transmission at present is to enable Knox to determine which of the articles he will have procured by general contracts. Hamilton also encloses a copy of a letter from Captain Truxton that may afford some useful information as to the procurement of the copper, bolts, and anchors stated in a former estimate.
