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Transcription Project

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  Certification of payments; Lieutenant William Elliott in the Regiment of Infantry

  Certification of payments; $10.23 to Lieutenant William Elliott in the Regiment of Infantry, for subsistence.
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  Certification of payments; Lieutenant Robert W. Osborne,1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers

  Certification of payments; $45.84 pay to Lieutenant Robert W. Osborne,1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers, and for expenses in attending court martial at Philadelphia for trial of Captain Thomas Lewis.
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  Certification of payments; Captain George W. Kirkland, Regiment of Infantry

  Certification of payments; $40 to Captain George W. Kirkland, Regiment of Infantry, for pay.
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  Certification of payments; John Foncin for services drawing plates of a book on artillery

  Certification of payments; $56 to John Foncin for services drawing plates of a book on artillery, conformably to letter from Secretary of War.
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  Certification of payments; Lieutenant James Tripplett, 1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers

  Certification of payments; $30 to Lieutenant James Tripplett, 1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers, payable to Mary Nicholas.
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  Certification of payments; Ensign Hugh Potts, Regiment of Infantry

  Certification of payments; $91.06 to Ensign Hugh Potts, Regiment of Infantry,for pay and subsistence.
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  Recommending a Recruiting Rendezvous & A Recruiting Officer

  McHenry recommends Litchfield, Connecticut as a promising recruiting rendezvous and a lieutenant [name illegible] as an effective recruiting officer.
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  Business with 24-pounders and Transportation.

  Promises to present his case before the President. Reports number of 24-pounders on Mr. Brown's wharf in Providence. Suggests communication with Mr. Craig about transportation.
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  Request for Issue of Horse & Camp Equipment, With Complaint

  Directs issue of horse & camp equipment for the quartermaster general. A note from the QMG is appended, complaining of the slowness of fulfillment.
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  Request for Issue of Uniforms, Weapons & Camp Equipment for 2d Artillerists & Engineers

  Directs issue of uniforms, weapons, & camp equipment to a company of the 2d Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers.
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  Encloses Information about Appointment as Captain of Infantry

  Encloses information about his official appointment as Captain of Infantry. Makes reference to request for French to join his regiment.

• Original Letters from General Wilkinson

  McHenry sends copies of seven original letters from General Wilkisnon from which Hamilton can take extracts as needed.

• Letter Citation

  Cited in Williamson to Hamilton, 05/14/1800.
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  Contract between Winchester and Jackson for rations for recuits in Boston

  Articles of agreement between Jonathan Jackson, supervisor at District of Massachusetts, and Edmund Winchester of Boston for rations for recruits 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers.

• Soldier's discharge

  Abraham Rand's discharge. Enclosed in Jackson to Hamilton, 08/10/1799.

• Agreement between Manuel Gayoso de Lemos and John M. Lovell

  Agreement between Manuel Gayoso de Lemos and John M. Lovell.
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  $1430 Drawn for the Use of the War Department

  Ernest has drawn on Hodgdon a draft of $1430 in favor of Hugh Callaghan for the use of the War Department.
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  Personal and Business Matters

  Stevens' sister-in-law has appealed to him to purchase her house and mortgage, and he asks Hodgdon to stand as executor of the business. Other business matters discussed.

• Courts-martial and military discipline

  Routine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline

• Army recruiting

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army recruiting

• Courts-Martial and Regimental Organization

  Routine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline. Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments

• Army officers and soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
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  Making Amends for the Loss of Kentucky Horses, Etc.

  Along with a discussion of the opening for navigation of several rivers, Hamtramck explains the measures that should be taken to punish Indians for the theft of a number of horses in Kentucky.
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  Controversy over the lack of a commission for a Massachusetts local

  Representative Sedgwick writes to McHenry expressing his constituent's disappointment in the failure of the War Department to offer a local gentleman Samuel Church a commission.
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  Contracting for the Rations of the Troops in Connecticut

  McHenry discusses in detail the kinds of rations, and amounts thereof, needed for the troops located in sundry rendezvous throughout Connecticut. Negotiations with contractors should proceed with the goal of obtaining the lowest cost for the United States.