Certification that $244.16 is due Major Thomas H. Cushing of the 1st Regiment and Inspector, being for his pay, subsistence, and forage for May and June 1798.
Certification that $24.50 is due the estate of Private David Corker, late of the detachment of Lt. A. Y. Nicholl at Fort St. Tammany, being the balance of pay due him from November 1, 1792 to July 5, 1793, the date of his death.
Certification that $49.60 is due the estate of Private John Stanley of the detachment commanded by Lt. A. Y. Nicholl at Fort St. Tammany, being the balance of pay due him from November 1, 1792 to March 6, 1794, the date of his death.
Encloses letter to Major Cushing to the President. Requests Cushing's presence at Fort Washington with General Wilkinson, then explains Cushing's respite from this order until he could receive certain papers and vouchers. Refers to an affair with Captain Lewis, resulting in a court martial. Reports Cushing's desire to remain without leaving Captain Lewis in his state.
Acknowledges receipt of money for the pay of the Fort Johnson garrison. Discusses his pay roll. Sends his muster and pay rolls and "account current." Discusses pay due to a returned deserter. Cited in Simmons to Kalteisen, 07/26/1798; Cited in Simmons to Kalteisen, 07/30/1798.
Submits questions to the attorney general for consideration. In the event that an officer commanding American troops on the Mississippi receive word that French troops were ascending under a Spanish flag, should the officer permit them to pass through forts? Should he receive evidence that a hostile military force is approaching, may he move beyond national boundaries and attack, or wait until they arrive, under circumstances of disadvantages?
Rivardi has been advised by Mr. and Mrs. McClallen that his expenses for portage and quarters will not be allowed although he still hopes to be reimbursed since the amount he charged was not one-fourth the amount he was forced to disburse. Patrick McDonnell's second enlistment needs to be checked since it seems that he had deserted during his first enlistment.
Before Simmons can report on the arrearages of pay for Capt. Griffith McRea's detachment of recruits at Wilmington, he needs to know whether Capt. McRea is still in service or did his commission as captain expire when he accepted the position of Collector.
Sargent provides exhaustive, and legible, details regarding an incident in which His Excellency caused him to be arrested for his own suit for the sum of two thousand dollars which are professed to be damages inflicted by the Ohio Company.
In response to McHenry's request, Simmons lists the people employed in his office, their administrative tasks, and their salaries. Simmons claims that due to the increase in business, an additional clerk was employed..
