Refers to activities of Blount, Cox, and the Mississippi affair and his inability to follow current needs of the troops. Nothing has come to his notice of domestic or foreign affairs.
There are complications related to the pay of Capt. Zebulon Pike's pay due partly to his relinquishment of twenty dollars per month and subsequent request to withdraw that relinquishment.
Pickering encloses General Wilkinson's proclamation at Detroit, John Askin's petition to General Wilkinson complaining about the proclamation, and Wilkinson's response to the complaint. Also included is Wilkinson's letter to the Justices of the British western district of Upper Canada and their answer.
Follows instructions to the Agent of War. Reports that Stephen Hawkins, of Georgia, is back in New York. Hawkins has been licensed to trade in the Creek nation.
Swan transmits to McHenry the receipt of Capt. Andrew McClary for the sum of $821 on account of the subsistence of the Army up to the 30th of September 1797.
Swan transmits to McHenry the receipt of Capt. Andrew McClary for the sum of one thousand dollars on account of the pay of the Army up to the 30th of September 1797.
Swan transmits to McHenry the receipt of Capt. Andrew McClary for the sum of one thousand dollars on account of the pay of the Army up to the 30th of September 1797.
Simmons received muster and pay rolls for September for detachment under command of Morris. Simmons deducted $0.06 from pay of Pvt. George Arlett due to overcharge. Remaining balance: $349.69. Money will be paid to Morris by John Kilty. Simmons also received receipt rolls for same detachment for August paid by Lieut. Dyson. Total amount: $244.92, money will be paid to the credit of his account. Simmons noted deserters and future course of action.
Treasurer of United States will remit $349.69 to Kilty. Simmons requested Kilty use sum to pay Captain Staats Morris at Whetstonepoint. Sum is payment for August and September.
Certification that $24 is due Private Patrick Hynes, waiter to Maj. Constant Freeman, being his pay from May through September 1797 and the balance of his bounty.
Swan transmits to McHenry the receipt of Capt. Andrew McClary for the sum of one thousand dollars on account of the pay of the Army up to the 30th of September 1797.
Treasurer of United States will remit $100.00 to Wentworth. Simmons requested that sum be used to pay Edmund H. Quincy, clerk of Navy Yard at Portsmouth. Payment is compensation for July through September.
Muster and pay rolls for troops at West Point for September plus abstract of the subsistence accounts for officers received. Simmons will adhere strictly to principle established in regards to settlement of subsistence accounts. Vouchers transmitted by Freeman passed examination leaving a positive balance of $230.74.
Certification that $349.69 is due Lieutenant Samuel Dyson and Captain Staats Morris and the men under his command at Whetstone Point, Baltimore Maryland, being his pay for August and September 1797 and their pay September 1797.
