Frye confirms receipt of 120 pairs of overalls for the use of his Company of the First Regiment of Artillerists stationed at Governors Island. Overalls are part of the uniform allowed by the government for said troops.
Enclosed are the returns and vouchers of the clothing department and Indian goods for the last quarter of 1798. No returns or vouchers have been received from Fort Wayne. The clothing on its way to Detroit has been damaged because it was packed in bad casks and the impact of this for the furture is of no small moment.
Kalteisen acknowledges receipt of Hodgdon's letter and also a box of medicine by Captain Garman. Enclosed are the returns for November and Decembe 1798.
Certification of payments; $134 pay to detachment of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at Fort Johnston, North Carolina under command of Sergeant John Williams Soles.
List of monetary disbursements made by the commissioners for surveying and marking the boundary of the Creek Nation from January to February 1798 listing the date of the transaction, the persons involved, what the disbursement was for, and the amount of the transaction. Lists mainly disbursements to members of the commission and their assistants, but includes some transactions for supplies and payments to river pilots. Many of the names are illegible.
List of monetary disbursements made in the Indian Department for activities in the Southeast from 29 November 1796 to 22 June 1797, listing the date of the transaction, the persons involved, what the disbursement was for, and the amount of the transaction. Lists many transactions involving Creek Indians. Some of the names are illegible.
This is a list of eight measures to be taken immediately in the event of an invasion of the United States by a large army. Among sundry matters, It discusses an academy for military and naval instruction, the raising of a corps of non-commissioned officers and privates, a draft of the militia, a naval force of six ships, the raising of money, and the amount of needed revenue.
The Secretary of the Treasury recommends the following division of the Naval business. The Secretary of War is responsible for governing and directing the officers and men in service and making the pay of the officers and men. The Secretary of Treasury will undertake the purchase, building and supply of all the vessels. The President determines the number and size of the vessels to be purchased or built.
The son of Mr. Reynolds has studied medicine for several years and has been in practice in Matthews, Virginia. He wishes to go into the Navy as a surgeon and can be recommended as a young man of excellent character and attentiveness to his profession who is desirous of improving himself by the opportunities such a birth would afford him by seeing much practice and attending the effects of climate on human health. If all the frigates have surgeons, he wishes a place on one of the ships to be purchased.
Egbert Benson, John Taylor; and Simeon De Witt reported that their meeting with the Oneida Indians resulted in the affirmation to sell land to the United States. Conditions of sale include the allowance of Indian families to retain their lands.
Extensive list of men reviewed for appointments to army officer positions. Prior military service, professions, and character reviewed. Claiborne, Sevier; and Judge Anderson main reviewers.
