Certification of payments; $3171.81 pay, forage, subsistence, hospital department and bounties for soldiers stationed at West Point under command of Captain George Ingersoll.
Certification of payments; $19.28 pay to Corporal John [?], Detachment Corps of Artillerists and Engineers under command of Major John Jacob Ulrich Rivardi.
In addition to alerting Hodgdon to a certificate in the amount of $2728.98 that will be presented by Mr. Cranch, Fleming discusses in detail the construction of shells for mortars and howitzers.
Hamilton informs McHenry that he is travelling to Philadelphia in order to settle some important matters in a personal conference which should promote the future good of the service.
Forwards a letter for Mr. Foncin, the superintendent engineer for Fort McHenry's construction, asking that the Naval Committee of Baltimore first review it for their own information.