Letter regarding recruiting and contingent accounts with vouchers of Dayton returned by Simmons. Dayton only received $47.86 to his credit, the remaining vouchers were inadmissible. Simmons advised future vouchers should contain specific sums for goods and services purchases.
Certification of payments due; $12 is due Private John Martin of the 3rd Regiment and Waiter to Captain Thomas Lewis, being his pay for July through September 1797.
Regarding the Spanish presence at Chickasaw Bluff - located in Tennessee - and Spanish intentions to reoccupy a post in clear violation of Pinckney's Treaty, which placed the Chickasaws under U.S. territory.
James McHenry expresses hope that Isaac Guion has distributed annual presents to the Chickasaws; notes that Spanish officers have obstructed enforcement of the treaty in the U.S.-Spanish Florida border region, but opines that they have been doing so out of fear of a British invasion down the Mississippi. Reiterates that the President and Secretary of War have issued orders to Guion and Wilkinson aimed only at executing the treaty. Directs Guion to leave a small detachment at Chickasaw Bluffs, if necessary, to prevent the Spanish from re-occupying it; registers alarm that citizens of the region have armed themselves and declared independence from Spain, though Spain's jurisdiction over them theoretically ceased some time before.
McHenry expresses frustration at conflicting orders out west in relation to the Chickasaws and Spanish in Tennessee. Alludes to the Spanish breaking the terms of Pinckney's Treaty of 1795, which placed the Chickasaws under U.S. territory. McHenry also reports that he has recently been attacked by a case of the fever.
Swan transmits to McHenry a form letter in which he states that he has drawn a duplicate set of bills on McHenry for the sum of $569 in favor of Lt. James Sterrett for the subsistence of the Army up to September 30th 1797.
Swan transmits to McHenry a form letter in which he states that he has drawn a duplicate set of bills on McHenry for the sum of one thousand dollars in favor of Lt. James Sterrett for the pay of the Army though September 30th 1797.
Swan transmits to McHenry a form letter in which he states that he has drawn a duplicate set of bills on McHenry for the sum of one thousand dollars in favor of Lt. James Sterrett for the pay of the Army though September 30th 1797.
Swan transmits to McHenry a form letter in which he states that he has drawn a duplicate set of bills on McHenry for the sum of one thousand dollars in favor of Lt. James Sterrett for the pay of the Army though September 30th 1797.
Swan transmits to McHenry a form letter in which he states that he has drawn a duplicate set of bills on McHenry for the sum of one thousand dollars in favor of Lt. James Sterrett for the pay of the Army though September 30th 1797.
Request for more persistence regarding the person delivering the anchor for frigate at Baltimore. If not yet completed, order one from Portsmouth New Hampshire. Frigate cannot get near the wharves without heavy anchors and is exposed to much danger. Expresses thanks for attention to frigate United States and exertions to assist the sick on board. Requests that Francis exercise judgment and discretion in rendering further assistance as may conceive to be proper for safety of ship.
Directs correspondence regarding heavy anchors for the USS Constellation in Baltimore, to be transported the moment they are ready (if not yet completed, instructed to order one from Portsmouth).
Swan encloses to Simmons the receipt of Lt. James Sterrett, Paymaster of the First Battalion of Artillerists and Engineers, for the pay, forage, and subsistence of the men assigned to the battalion during the years 1795 to1797..
