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• Letter to Major General Hamilton

  Letter from William C. C. Claiborne to Major General Alexander Hamilton. Image not available.

• Ordering the Officers of the Regiments

  Enclosed is an extract of a letter relating to the ordering of the officers of the First, Second, and Third Regiments in Georgia to join Brig. Gen. Wilkinson and the ordering of officers of the Fourth Regiment on that frontier. Details on routes several officers will take to reach the frontier.

• Relative Rank of Field Officers, Etc.

  The relative rank of field officers should be universally decided and promulgated without delay.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers. Discussed frequency of receiving correspondence on relative rank of field officers and the influence rank has on rations. Hamilton desired the issue of rations, quantity, and price be settled universally. Enclosed commission of Lieut. Flagg and his resignation letter.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

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

• Certificates Given to Contractors, Etc.

  Certificates given to contractors should express the quantity of articles supplied but contain no opinion on their price. If the price is unusually high, Rice should make a note on the certificate or communicate the matter to Hamilton. No standards on price have been approved yet.

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  Letter, Citation only
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  Certification of payment; Alexander Corbean, Regiment of York County Militia commanded by Colonel Jeremiah Mosher, ordered into service in 1794 to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania

  Certification of payment; $16.40 for retained rations to Alexander Corbean, Regiment of York County Militia commanded by Colonel Jeremiah Mosher, ordered into service in 1794 to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania.
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  Request for Issue of Cannon Cartridge Paper

  Directs issue of two reams of cannon cartridge paper to Captain Joseph Elliott.
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  Request for Issue of Powder & Portfires for Cannon Testing at Cecil Furnace

  Directs issue of cannon powder & portfires for use in proving a cannon at Cecil Furnace.

• Letter Citation

  Cited in Simmons to Chandler, 04/18/1800.

• Organization of Individual Regiments

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers, Etc.

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers and routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.

• Resignation of Capt. Babbit

  Lt. Col. Rice conveys Capt. Erasmus Babbit's request to resign his commission and recommends that the resignation be accepted by the Secretary of War.

• Petition of Amelia Gray

  Petition from Amelia Gray to an unknown recipient. Image not available. Possibly a widow looking for a settlement of her husband's account.

• Letter Citation

  Cited in Simmons to Henry, 04/15/1800.

• Letter Citation

  Cited in Simmons to Chester, 03/27/1800.

• Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

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

• Army Recruiting

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army recruiting.

• Letter from the Commandant at Detroit

  Letter from John Francis Hamtramck, Commandant at Detroit, to General James Wilkinson. Image not available.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

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

• Doctor Barron, Surgeon's Mate

  Dr. Barron is to be considered as a temporary Surgeon's Mate from the time he began to serve in the 14th Regiment. As soon as that date is received, his warrant will be sent.

• Disturbances on Private Vessels

  Hamilton warns that it is irregular for Marshals to interfere in cases of disturbances on private vessels at the request of private individuals.
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  No Updates on Account of Armourer

  Mentioned he wrote Quartermaster General on armourers accounts which were refused, but Hodgdon has not received a reply. Mentioned Congress still in session, but has not discussed any issues of national importance.
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  Certification of payment; Lieutenant George Steel in Captain Jacob Darling’s Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia County Militia, commanded by Colonel Joseph Cowperthwaite, ordered into service in 1794 to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania

  Certification of payment; $10 retained rations to Lieutenant George Steel in Captain Jacob Darling’s Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia County Militia, commanded by Colonel Joseph Cowperthwaite, ordered into service in 1794 to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania.