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• Citation Only

  Cited in Simmons to Swan, 10/15/1799; Cited in Simmons to Woodward, 10/15/1799.
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  Receipt of William Simmons to Samuel Lewis transmitted to Captain Edward Turner, Pittsburg on account of recruiting service

  Lewis received warrant for $200 to be transmitted to Captain Edward Turner in Pittsburg on account of recruiting service.

• RE Recommendations for Army and Navy Appointments

  Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments.

• RE Recommendations for Army and Navy Appointments

  Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments.

• RE Organization of Individual Regiments

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.

• Lack of Pay, Shoes, Coats, Etc.

  Parker laments the fact that his recruits have not been paid which renders them open to the insinuations of the enemies of the government. Many of them also do not have basic necessities like shoes, shirts, and tents.

• Arrangements for the Western Army

  "General Wilkinson has just returned to this city and will set out together with myself for Trenton on Monday in order to settle definitively with you the requisite arrrangements for the Western Army."

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  Letter, Citation only

• RE Army Recruiting

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army recruiting.

• RE Letters of enclosure

  Routine letters of enclosure.

• RE Transfer of Army Units and Equipment

  Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.

• RE Transfer of Army Units and Equipment

  Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.

• RE Letters of Enclosure

  Routine letters of enclosure.

• RE Transfer of Army Units and Equipment

  Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.

• RE Transfer of Army Units and Equipment

  Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.

• Winter Quarters on the Potomac

  "...In consequence of your voyage to Newport the Secretary of War lately instructed me to take measures for providing winter quarters in the vicinity of Harpers Ferry on the Potomac for the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth regiments. I have constructed Colonel Parker of the Eighth under the direction of the Commander in Chief who has consented to take charge of the matter to provide ground and make the requisite preparations for the purpose. This I trust will be promptly effected. The Ninth and Tenth Regiments will march without delay for their destination. And you may be assured that nothing will be omitted on my part for accomplishing the object with a careful regard to the comfortable accomodation of the troops..."
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  Goods for the Shawnee

  The goods which St. Clair had arranged to have available for the Shawnee at Fort Miami will be at Fort Wayne instead.

• RE Individual Officers and Soldiers & Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

  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.

• RE Courts-Martial and Infractions of Military Discipline

  Routine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline.

• RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

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

• RE Army and Navy Appointments & Infractions of Military Discipline

  Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments and concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline.

• RE Organization of Individual Regiments

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.

• Payment Procedures

  Protests against having to send money by mail to Army officers whom he does not know. States that it has always been a rule "to make a book entry of cash received or paid at the time of the transaction, filing the voucher at the same time." Also writes: "As there is provision...for the travelling expenses of military officers...whether in the first outset in business, it will not be advantageous as well to the public, as to the troops for the Regimental Paymasters...after the musters are made...[to] come for once at least to this office..." Adds: "In doing this they will get an insight into their business which they cannot so readily acquire by barely seeing the forms."

• Comments on the Military Affairs of this Country

  Hamtramck provides a detailed assessment of what should be done to imrprove the military service of the United States.

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