Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Certification of payment; $354.35 to Fuller Barber, contractor for rations, quartermaster and hospital supplies furnished troops of United States at Hebron, Connecticut.
Encloses a letter from Alexander Hamilton concerning the pay for and parts of rations due to the First Regiment. Requests that the accountant report back to him information to send to General Hamilton.
Expresses concern about officers drawing double rations in Charleston, SC. Seeks list of officers. Refers to transition of posts, but requests information on which posts are double posts.
Statement of "sufferings and losses in the Cause of American Liberty." Maxwell, originally from Rhode Island lived in Nova Scotia, but moved from the British Province due to his patriotism.
Major Isaac Craig discusses troops' clothing and local politics with Samuel Hodgdon, Commissary of Military Stores. Also mentions that he received his letter regarding Joseph Johnston's power of attorney.
Mr. Fisher is going out under the direction of Captain Vance. Wilkins wants to know whether Fisher should settle with Hodgdon for his disbursements previous to this period or with Wilkins. If Hodgdon settles with Fisher for five hundred dollars, Wilkins should not be charged with same. If Wilkins is to settle with him, he needs to know the time of Fisher's engagement and the terms under which he is to be paid.
Major Craig informs William Simmons of the difficulty of in obtaining reimbursement for overpayments made to officers that have subsequently deployed to western posts.
