Refers to correspondence with the Secretary of State and the Honorable David Morgan. Mentions survey of Virginia land and superintendent offices in Louisville in discussion of good land. The Secretary of War has announced the whole business illegal. Questions his judicial power.
Power solicits Hodgdon's advice regarding a law suit against him relative to the debt of Captain Thomas Wylie on the presumption that Power had received his commutation and land warrant in his role as administrator of his estate. The land warrant was made out for Power, as ordered by Hodgdon, because Wylie was indebted to the United States.
Apologizes for not writing earlier. Discusses the status of treaty negotiations. Mentions his state of health. Speaks of attitude toward America and attitudes of individual cabinet members precluding a sense of unity. Is anxious to return to Maryland.
Peter Hagner informs James Marshell that an account current and the applicable receipts need to be on hand at the Accountant's Office before an examination can begin.
Certification of payments; Richard Town, late a private in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers under Captain Donald Mitchell's Company, the sum of $7.43 from 1 January to 24 February 1798, the date of his discharge.
Notification that Hawkins drew on McHenry in favor of J. Habersham, who advanced Hawkins $1,000.00. Mentioned inability to sell bills in his current location, and therefore sent the bills to Habersham for an exchange.
Captain Guion explains the procrastination of his communications that is due to the ill state of his health which he has endured for more than three months and the difficulty of communicating because of the unsettled nature of affairs among the Indian Nations He declares that the Spanish contingent in his quarter is no more than 600 and is by no means a formidable force.
"At sight of this, my second exchange, first of the same tenor and date not paid, pay to Major John Habersham, or to his order, one thousand dollars for the like sum advanced me for my sallary, due to the 8th of September last, exclusive of my ration allowance as P.T. Agent for Indian Affairs South of the Ohio."
Cited in Hagner to Dexter, 03/05/1798. Peter Hagner informs John Dexter that the Accountant's Office has received and credited Capt. Joseph Elliot's receipt.
Cited in Hagner to Boote, 02/26/1798. Peter Hagner informs Ensign Boote that the Accountant's Office has received his payroll and receipts for bounties paid.
Certification that $86.94 is due Ensign Samuel Parmele, being the balance of his account for subsistence through December 1797 and for recruiting and incidental and contingent expenses.
