Thanks the Treasury Secretary for a note that suggested a particular idea (unstated in this letter); confirms that he believes the Secretary's idea to be correct.
The Spanish have abandoned posts on the Mississippi River, rendering it necessary to send a galley from Pittsburgh. The galley should be prepared to descend the Ohio River at any moment's notice.
Writes that he can find no orders from either the Treasury Secretary or the War Secretary for musket stocks, excepting the two-thousand sent to Harper's Ferry
Mentioned sending muster and pay rolls to McHenry. All money paid to men has been out of pocket and therefore can't recruit anymore due to want of more money. Requested a drum for his company.
Cover letter for his accounts and vouchers. Explains his reasons for making a particular charge in his accounts. Requests that Simmons remind the Secretary of War that Stevens is in need of a remittance for an advance.
In addition to the articles shipped to Oswego, Smith is asked to forward the clothing intended for the troops at Niagara with all possible dispatch by water if possible and by land if necessary.
Hodgdon responds to Williams' letter stating the that muskets delivered are not the same as the pattern muskets examined and approved by Hodgdon and the Secretary of War. He asks Williams to write those who have received muskets to point out the defects. In a post script Hodgdon describes features of a pattern or model musket.
Despite his efforts to be minute and particular, Hodgdon laments the fact that the pattern muskets delivered to him are imperfect in comparison to the ones sent to Springfield.
Certification of payments; $187.10 pay to Boote, non commissioned officers and detachment of recruits under Ensign William Boote at New Brunswick, New Jersey.
An act of Congress authorizes the sum of $1,794 to settle the accounts of the militia who served on an expedition commanded by Major Turner Ose [?] against the lower Cherokee Indians in 1794.
Stoddert is anxious to sell some of his lots in the city but is concerned about the prospect of selling at a price that reflects what he considers the appropriate value of the property.
Mentions boxes that are to be forwarded to Captain Wadsworth in New London. Adds that he has seen no order from James McHenry for the delivery of musket stocks.
Many forwards the receipt of Joseph McMahone for the four dollars he received for his bounty and also the receipt for the two dollars bounty of Jonathan Smith.
