Enclosed is a letter to Mrs. Isobel Pike that discusses the $160 of her husband's pay to which she is entitled. Dayton is asked to forward the letter to her.
Proceedings of a Council holden at Buffalo creek, by the Six Nations of Indians. The principal attendees included sachems, chiefs, and warriors of the Six Nations, along with General Israel Chapin and some interpreters. The Indians lodge a complaint against the injustice of some of the actions of militant Americans upon their people and lands. "We are in distress," one of them said, "A number of our warriors are missing, and we know not what is become of them, but suppose that they have been killed by the Americans... The establishing a garrison at Presqu' Isle may occasion many accidents... We want room for our children. It will be hard for them not to have a country to live in after that we are gone."
Offer from the Choctaws to help and fight along side United States in exchange for arms, ammunition, and clothing. The Spanish allegedly offered a deal but were declined.
Among other matters, Boston merchant Higginson discusses his readiness to provide vessels for the importation of products from Sweden not to mention the release of vessels that were being held in Jamaica.
Letter from the Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Treasury enclosing all the papers, which General Knox admits himself to possess, respecting the Ship William. Also mentions the French Captors.
Letter to the Secretary of War, respecting fortifications. The author has visited Jones' Point, for which he has dressed a plan of defense, of which he shall send Knox a draught upon his return from Annapolis. In the meantime, Colonel Fitzgerald will be collecting the materials. The author has also taken means for establishing a cross way through a marsh, which will enable the carrying of materials and earth. The logs, planks, and other timbers are not to be had in the neighborhood without an enormous price, which has induced the author to send to the Bay.
Secretary of State Randolph informs the rest of Washington's Cabinet that citizens in Boston and Norfolk have carried subscriptions for monies to be given for relief of the "Unhappy Citizens of the United States now in captivity in Algiers." Randolph states that the Executive Branch possesses no authority to appropriate private money to such objects, but that the citizens should do so themselves. The United States for many years struggled with the Algiers pirates in the Mediterranean Sea.
There is much that is lacking in Major Butler's accounts that must be provided, including information on deserters, before the accounts can be settled.
