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  Memorandum of the bills paid in the War Office were the third set of each enumerated in the bond

  From Meeker and Hunt, the memorandum indicates the bills paid in the War Office were the third set of each enumerated in the bond.
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  Correspondence on military matters and French diplomacy

  Tracy discusses controversy surrounding a particular officer that he had previously recommended for commission, but stands by other recommendations. Tracy also discusses diplomatic relations with the French minister of foreign relations.

• Defects in the Supply System

  Discusses duties and salary of Ebenezer Stevens. States: "The necessity of a more adequate organization of our Departments of Military Supplies (to which adequate compensation is an essential idea) presses more and more upon my conviction. The details of execution are extremely defective." Gives examples of defects in the supply system and concludes: "These are small samples of the continual succession of irregularities of which almost every new occurrence furnishes evidence."

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  Letter, Citation only
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  Application for captaincy and commentary on the Napoleonic Wars

  Congressman Dennis forwards a letter of recommendation from Capt. Newton for a particular individual's application for captaincy, insisting that he is a "good Federalist." Dennis proceeds to discuss events surrounding the Napoleonic Wars, expressing gratitude that the English, Turks, and Germans have united under a coalition to defeat Napoleon and that this will likely free the Dutch, Belgians, and Italians from tyranny.

• RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

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

• RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

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

• RE Individual Officers and Soldiers

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

• RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

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

• RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

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

• RE Individual Officers and Soldiers

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

• Stands of Arms and Gun Worms for your Regiment

  "I am advised by the Secretary of War that Mr. Williams, Storekeeper at Springfield, has been instructed to furnish the Quartermaster of your regiment, upon your order, 680 stands of arms and as many gun worms. Mr. Williams is to have them transported to your regimental rendezvous. If they have not been received, you will take measures to obtain them."
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  Certification of payment; Captain Jonathan Carson, 1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia commanded by Colonel Francis Gurney to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania 1794

  Certification of payment; $21.60 for retained rations to Captain Jonathan Carson, 1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia commanded by Colonel Francis Gurney to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania 1794.
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  Certification of payment; detachment of recruits stationed at Staunton Virginia under command of Lieutenant Alexander Gibson

  Certification of payment; $793.66 pay to detachment of recruits stationed at Staunton, Virginia under command of Lieutenant Alexander Gibson.
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  Certification of payment; Captain Griffith McRee for pay of recruits for apprehending deserters

  Certification of payment; $977.99 to Captain Griffith J. McRee, collector, for expenditures for pay of recruits for apprehending deserters.
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  Certification of payment; Doctor William Shippen for examining invalids

  Certification of payment; Doctor William Shippen for examining invalids and for taxing claims against the United States.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Henry that his receipt rolls were received.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons provides an account balance to Orne. Simmons also informs Orne that receipts taken from men who cannot write their names must be witnessed by someone "respectable."
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons forwards an abstract of Joshua Orne's expenditures to Samuel Hodgdon.
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  Request for Choosing Regimental Medical Personnel from List of Applicants

  Sends to two regimental officers a list of applicants for surgeons and surgeons mates from the state of Massachusetts, asking them to choose one surgeon and two surgeon's mates from the lot, that their appointments may be sent to President Adams for approval. The appended document lists applicants by name, place of abode, grade applied for, and the name of the person who recommended them.
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  Notification of Recommendations for Medical Personnel for 13th Regiment

  Notifies Adams of the recommendations for several men for medical appointments [likely a surgeon and surgeon's mates] to the 13th Regiment, commanded by Lt. Col. Taylor. Asks for permission to make the appointments.
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  Request for Issue of Musket Stocks to Arms Manufacturers in Danbury, Connecticut

  Directs issue of 200 musket stocks to contractors in Danbury, CT, for use in arms manufacture. There is also a note describing some mitigating circumstance in the delivery, presumably written by John Harris.

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  Letter, Citation only

• Temporary Saving with Immediate Employment for the Officers

  "I received this morning your letter of the 21st instant. The remarks you have offered relative to the Cavalry are deserving of attention, and the course you propose which combines a temporary saving with immediate employment for the officers in a mode conformable to the constitution of this kind of troops will be considered. I shall inform you of the result. I observe, however, that my present opinion is it will be best to adopt the mode your propse..."
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  Work for the Department of War

  Simmons is to report on the enclosed account so that a warrant may be issued for the amount indicated, the work having been done according to McHenry's directions for the use of the War Department.