George Fleming has been directed to purchase materials and employ workmen to rebuild the wall of the powder magazine in Old Fort Clinton at West Point. Fleming should be given whatever instructions are necessary for his government of the premises.
Sitgreaves forwards "The Address of of a Meeting of the Military Officers and other Citizens of the new County of Wayne, in Pennsylvania," dated July 20. The address is not included.
A list of military appointments including Alexander Hamilton to Major General, Henry Knox to Major General, Henry Lee to Major General, Edward Hand to Major General, et al.
Mr. Whitney has a great desire to enter the Corps of Artillery and Freeman recommends him to Hodgdon as an honest man who has faithfully discharged his duty to his country and possesses a heart filled with sentiments of honor and integrity .
Cover for receipts from Lieut. David Hale, George Fleming, Lieut. Dayton, Lieut. Nehemiah Freeman, Captain F. Frye, Ensign William Boote, Lieut. Rodrigue, and Frederick Sprig in the amounts listed. Cited in Simmons to Fish, 07/28/1798.
O'Hara recommends James Blain of Carlisle for a Majority [appointment as a Major] in one of the regiments to be raised in the present military establishment. Blain is a man of strict honor and unblemished character.
Reports that Washington will not be making any appointments for an aid any time soon, as he has determined to come to no conclusions until he has properly prepared to take the field as Lieutenant General and Commander-in-chief of the army. States that aids would be of little service to him at this time.
