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  Regarding relative position of first and second Majors

  Letter marked private. Discussion on the relative position between first and second position between the first and second Major in the interior of the Regiment.

• Relative Position Between Majors

  Hamilton affirms the policy that states that the relative position between first and second Major in the interior of the Regiment should be fixed. Selection was made with this view in mind.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Organization of Individual Regiments

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Relative Rank of Field Officers

  General Pinckney expresses his belief that the seniority rule should apply within regiments and not between regiments as currently seems the practice which is to be regretted. Commander in Chief agreed.

• Formation of a Regiment

  Hamilton encloses a plan of the formation of a regiment for exercise or battle and requests reflections on the plan from Pinckney, Rice, and Smith.

• Necessary Articles for Visiting the Troops

  Hamilton enumerates the articles he will need when he visits the troops at Scotch Plains and New England in the Spring: a dining Markee; a lodging Markee; 2 horsemen's tents; 2 common tents.
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  Certification of payment; Governess of New York hospital, for expenses of board, attendance and funeral expenses for Private James Cullen, insane, in Captain Jacob Frye’s Company, 1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers

  Certification of payment; Governess of New York hospital, for expenses of board, medicine, attendance and funeral expenses for Private James Cullen, insane, in Captain Jacob Frye’s Company, 1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers.
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  Questions on Accounts of Elias B. Dayton

  Dayton, Contractor for New Jersey paid considerable sums upon orders of Officers for bed sacks for soldiers in Union camps. Simmons requested guidance on the requirements and rules for billing.
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  Returned Accounts for Obtaining Orders, with details

  Simmons returned accounts to Stevens in order to obtain orders from General Hamilton in order to pass sum to Stevens' credit.
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  Refusal of Recommended Furlough; Rule on Communication Between Sec. of War and Subordinate Officers

  Rejects Ellicot's request that a Captain Bowyer be given furlough, recommending that Bowyer address the issue through normal channels to General Hamilton. Refers to correspondence between Ellicot, the Sec. of State, a Dr. Dart, and the Sec. of War concerning Dart's worth as an agent of the government; informs Ellicot that it is improper for the Sec. of War to communicate directly with subordinate officers, whose requests should be routed through their commanders.
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  Request for Issue of Powder for Proving Gun Barrels

  Directs issue of powder for use in proving gun barrels.
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  Dr. Brown's Traveling Expenses

  Dr. Brown is entitled to one servants, thus he should be allowed to include his servant in his traveling expenses from Detroit.

• Relative Rank of the Field Officers

  McHenry explains that seniority should be the basis of assigning relative rank to field officers within the regiments of infantry. If there are two majors, the senior major is assigned the higher rank.

• Proceedings of the Court Martial of John Leybourne

  Letter from James Read, Federal Collector at the port of Wilmington, North Carolina, to an unknown recipient. Image not available. Document addresses the proceedings of the court martial of John Leybourne.

• Letter to the Paymaster General of the Army

  Letter from General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to Caleb Swan, Army Paymaster General. Image not available.
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  Articles Needed for the Dey & Ministry in Algiers

  A list of articles wanted for the Dey and Ministry with the commission for timber on the annuity, i.e., to launch and pave the way for said timber to turn out at Algiers to the advantage of the United States. All the listed articles should be directed to O'Brien at Algiers and he warns that these articles should be particularly attended to or he shall have no friends to aid himin the business. Since the timber cannot be transported on one vessel, the listed articles should be divided between the vessels carrying the timber.
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  Articles for the Dey & Ministery of Algiers

  A list of articles wanted for the Dey and Ministry with the commission for timber on the annuity, i.e., to launch and pave the way for said timber to turn out at Algiers to the advantage of the United States. All the listed articles should be directed to O'Brien at Algiers and he warns that these articles should be particularly attended to or he shall have no friends to aid him in the business. Since the timber cannot be transported on one vessel, the listed articles should be divided between the vessels carrying the timber.
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  Articles Wanted for the Dey & Ministry

  A list of articles wanted for the Dey and Ministry with the commission for timber on the annuity, i.e., to launch and pave the way for said timber to turn out at Algiers to the advantage of the United States. All the listed articles should be directed to O'Brien at Algiers and he warns that these articles should be particularly attended to or he shall have no friends to aid him. Since the timber cannot be transported on one vessel, the listed articles should be divided between the vessels carrying the timber.
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  Timber from Algiers

  A list of items to be provided to the Dey in Algiers in exchange for timber for the United States. 400 yards of cloth are to be handed to Secretary of State Timothy Pickering.
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  Packet Forwarded Via Havanna

  The packet for the matches has been forwarded via Havanna since an immediate conveyance to New Orleans was not immediately available. Stevens wrote Mr. Simmons and the Secretary of War relative to remitting to Stevens the balance due him on the clothing he furnished the government.

• Letter Citation

  Cited in Simmons to McRee, 02/08/1800.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.