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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons provides an account balance to Lt. Freeman.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons authorizes Fish to make payment to Lt. Freeman.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons authorizes Chester to make payment to Major John Buell.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons provides Buell a balance of his account and informs him to expect payment from John Chester.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons directs Vincent to send his abstract of payments.
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  Certification of payments; Private James Pecker

  Certification that $36 is due Private James Pecker of the 2nd Regiment under Major John H. Buell, being his pay for October 1797 through June 1798.
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  Certification of payments; Corps of artillerists and engineers at West Point

  Certification that $628.52 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at West Point, being for the pay, subsistence and forage of the commissioned officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, through June 1798.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons rejects Rivardi's account.
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  Certification of payments; detachment at Governors Island

  Certification that $691.75 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Governors Island under the command of Captain Frederick Frye, being the pay , subsistence, and forage of the officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, through June 1798.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Boote that his receipts for bounties were received.
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  Receipts for Bounty Paid and State of Accounts

  Simmons has received Boote's receipts for bounty paid. Boote's accounts are in the same state as the last time Simmons and Boote discussed them.
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  Signal Colors and Pendants to Boston

  Harris is directed to deliver two complete sets of signal colors and pendants to Samuel Hodgdon for transportation to Boston.
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  Suggest Castle Island as Not Appropriate for Convicts

  Encloses copy of letter to Brigadier General Wilkinson and Governor Sumner. Suggests that convicts should not remain on Castle Island, but that a garrison with regular troops be used.
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  You Should Not Decline the Appointment, Etc.

  Hamilton urges Washington to accept leadership of the provisional army being proposed in respond to the threat of a war with France.
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  Articles for General Wilkinson & Myself

  Wilkins requests a list of articles for General Wilkinson and a list for himself, including brown sugar, coffee, tea, brandy, and sherry wine.
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  Bill of Exchange in favor of James O'Hara

  Bill of Exchange No. 95 for $792.85 in favor of James O'Hara has been drawn on Hodgdon.
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  Acknowledge receipt of payment from James Stille to Samuel Lewis

  Acknowledges favor of 6 July of $200 for recruiting service duly received last post.
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  Letter from the comptroller on John Wilkins Jr accounts from the Treasury books

  Wilkins transmits a packet containing vouchers of disbursements in Quartermaster Department.
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  [Untitled]

  Letter, discusses foreign affairs; discusses European powers on the frontier; directs information re French travelers; mentions Congress.
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  Balance of appropriations for fortifications of ports and harbors

  Balance of appropriations for fortifications of ports and harbors. The Treasury Department notes that there are some unsettled accounts that will likely amount to not much more than $2,000.
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  Clothing for Lieutenant Shoemaker

  In the absence of Captain Morris, Dyson has received the letter enclosing an invoice of clothing for Lieutenant Shoemaker which will be forwarded as soon as a conveyance can be arranged. The [?] has been delivered according to Hodgdon's instructions.
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  Recommendation for Employment in Public Works

  Recommends Jonathan Phillips for employment in public works.

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  Cited in Simmons to Freeman, 07/13/1798; Cited in Simmons to Freeman, 07/28/1798.

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  Letter, Citation only.
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  Ordnance & Military Supplies to Portland, Province of Maine

  Hodgdon lists ordnance and military supplies to be sent to Portland and discusses the best route by which they should be transported.