Certification that $93.14 is due Ensign William R. Boote and the recruits under his command at the rendezvous at New Brunswick New Jersey, being his and their pay through November 1797.
Certification that $121.28 is due Lt. Duncan Campbell and a detachment of militia under his command called into service by Governor Isaac Shelby of Kentucky, in pursuant of orders from the Secretary of War, for the protection of Big Bone Lick on the Ohio River, being his and their pay from March 25 to May 27, 1795, payable to Bickham and Rees, substitutes for John Hinds, Attorney for said militia.
If the impediments to navigation of the Delaware River should be sufficiently removed to permit the departure of vessels from Philadelphia, Hodgdon should have the clothing forwarded to Richmond and Charlottesville.
Committee of the House of Rep. requested Pinckney seek out information regarding the Remonstrance and Petition of the State of Tennessee. Information needed from McHenry to determine what relief can be given per request.
Certification that $310.04 is due Capt. Staats Morris, Lt. Samuel T. Dyson, and the non-commissioned officers and privates under the command of Capt. Morris, being his and their pay for November 1797.
Simmons wishes to address charges that he has committed "reprehensible conduct." Charge appears to have arisen from Simmons refusing to sign a warrant to a clerk from another department. Simmons explains his reasons, mainly that he did not feel authorized by to sign this warrant without the prior signature of the Secretary of War. Says he eventually relented and signed the warrant anyway (which was meant to provide pay for troops), feeling that the Secretary of War would be responsible for any complications. Mentions censure by the Secretary of War, who believes the War Department accountant to be a passive agent with no capacity for such judgment; Simmons states he believes he was acting within the duties assigned to him by law. Levels countercharges of impropriety on the part of the Secretary of War in bypassing the Accountant's Office. Simmons encloses to the President relevant documents, including an extract from a letter written by the Attorney General, Charles Lee on 30 May 1796. Simmons also encloses a copy of Captain Henry Debutts account as secretary to the commissioner for treating with the Indians Northwest of the Ohio. DeButts account has multiple endorsements. [All of these enclosures included].
