Simmons received account information regarding monies paid for fortifications at Ocracock. Before Simmons can direct an examination he needs account particulars of Mr. Blounts with certificate of Tredwell annexed. Simmons cited letter from Secretary of War to Tredwell.
Simmons certifies that $100.57 is due John Habersham, Collector of the Customs for Savannah, Georgia, the amount he discounted from the monies arising from duties on imposts and tonnage and for which he is accountable in pursuit of a warrant to be issued in his favor.
Certification that $121.75 is due John Bryant, Deputy Commissary Military Stores at Springfield Massachusetts, being his compensation for July through September 1797 including the contingent amount for the same period.
Lowry acknowledges that he has voluntarily enlisted to serve one year in the Marine Service, unless sooner discharged, according to the Act passed July 1st 1797 which provides a Naval Armament. The rules and articles of the Navy against mutiny and desertion have been read to him and he will be paid six dollars per month.
Enclosed is a receipt of John Habersham, dated September 30, 1797, for $157 applied by him to defray the incidental and contingent expenses of the War Department in Georgia. This receipt is to be annexed to a warrant on the Treasury in favor of said Habersham who is to be charged and held accountable for same on Simmons' books.
Rand requests three months advance since he is being assigned to Detroit and it will be nearly impossible, or at least inconvenient, for him to be without it. Capt. Miller's recruits have not yet arrived from Middletown.
Steele affirms that he has received $420. 37 for his pay and the pay of his recruits through September 1797. Robert Young's and John Smith's pay were not included so they have been added to the Receipt Roll and paid accordingly.
Pickering informs McHenry about a letter he received from Kentucky on a possible forced settlement at the Muscle Shoals. 1000 men were said to be ready to proceed, but Pickering firmly believes that this is an exaggeration and does not consider the letter to be of much consequence.
