Certification that $149.03 is due a detachment of recruits at Elizabethtown, New Jersey under the command of Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton, being the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates through August 1798.
The principal agents employed to make contracts to procure cannon carriages and materials for workmen for the erection or repair of fortifications are Col. Ebenezer Stevens of New York, Archibald Crary of Newport Rhode Island, Samuel Weeks of Portland Massachusetts, Griffith McKee of Wilmington North Carolina, and William Craft of Charleston South Carolina.
Provides statement of public service experience of several officers and staff members. Refers to Congressional recess and Senate work with the the President's nominations. Discusses the nominations of Dayton as Brigadier or Adjutant and Pinckney's suggestion for Governor Sevier's provisional army. Refers to the disappointment in Colonel Smith. Advocates Pickering as a man of integrity. Makes suggestions for military jurisdictions in each State. Cites ideas on presidential powers and delegation of same.
Notes discrepancy between invoice and items received. Missing items listed. Mentioned that if items were lost by the boatman that transported them he is responsible.
Receipt rolls enclosed. Separate receipts and signature of James Barnet to be mailed due to lack of signature on original submission. Fleming made out a draught by order of the Sec. of War to be sent to Col. Revere of Boston to cast brass cannons for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Fleming then collected evidences and attended the Supreme Court at Goshen after being served a writ regarding the imprisonment of Garrot for assault and battery along with mutinous acts. Fleming explained the circumstances leading up to the imprisonment of [Gar]rot and other inlisted soldiers.
Tousard encloses his account of pay and forage and petitions for an advance. He shares information about illnesses in Newport, and expresses concern for those in Philadelphia. The illness discussed is likely yellow fever. Tousard's house in Philadelphia has been burgled.
Govenor Sevier assures McHenry that neither Zacharia Coxe nor anyone else would be permitted to make settlements unless permitted to do so by the General Government.
Certification that $313.54 is due a detachment of Artillerists and Engineers and a detachment of Infantry, both stationed at Niagara under the command of Major John J. U. Rivardi, being the pay of Captain James Bruff, Surgeon's Mate John G. Coffin, and the non-commissioned officers and privates, for August 1798.
Enclosed are commissions for the Major Generals and Inspectors of the Army of the United States which have been delayed due to the insistence of Mr. Wolcott that he be allowed to examine them before they are forwarded to the president.
Dayton has added Thomas Thompson, a deserter who turned himself in, to the pay rolls. Dayton also notes that he has received his pay and subsistence for June and July from Nicholas Fish.
Acknowledged receipt of abstract from Hodgdon of articles purchased by E. Stevens at New York. Simmons noted that he will make the appropriate entries on his books to hold Stevens accountable for the expenses.
Enclosed is a letter from John Hampton Palmer of Vermont requesting the aid of Judge Cranch in procuring a pair of colors.This young gentleman is a grandson of General Palmer who was active in the early part of the Revolution and probably through the whole of it. He has been represented as a man of spritely abilities so President Adams recommends that he be awarded a commission.
Certification that $699.89 is due a detachment of recruits stationed at Staunton Virginia under the command of Captain Alexander Gibson, being his and their pay for May through July 1798.
