Certification that $64 is due John Steel, Coxswain, and the men employed on board the public barge at Mud Island Fort, being their pay for January 1797.
Certification that $18.06 is due Joseph Spence, late a matross [gunner's mate] in Captain Porter's Company, being his pay from January 1 to May 26, 1795, the day of his discharge.
Rochefontaine received a letter from Captain Littlefield in which he states that the pair of overalls mentioned earlier has been delivered by him to the Secretary of War.
Despite the depth of snow and extreme cold weather, Swan is transmitting the accounts and vouchers of the several paymasters via merchants who each winter travel to lower Canada and from there to Niagara.
Pickering laments deteriorating relations with France whose privateers continue to capture American vessels despite American declarations of neutrality.
Refers to Indian land negotiations over lumber and river access. Discussion of subject rights and protections. Mentions treaty with Chickasaws. Refers to Indians surrendering rights to land.
The contract between the United States and the proprietors of the Hope Furnace in Rhode Island states that an allowance will be made for boring the cannon from the solid. If the ninety four cannon already produced have been bored from the solid and the extra expense is justified, McHenry should notify Wolcott.
Certification that $708 is due Captain Michael Kalteisen and the men under his command at Fort Johnston South Carolina, being his and their pay through December 1796.
Estimate includes the cost of land within 15 or 20 miles of large city; wharf; mould; stores; blacksmith shop; sheds; annual supply of live oak and red cedar. Estimate of land to provide timber supply. Purchase of an island is suggested on the St. Mary's River at coastal Georgia.
Nourse wishes to give the Secretary of the Treasury information realtive to Mr. Pollard prior to any arrangement which might lead to Pollard's introduction to the Treasury Department. Hodgdon is asked to acquire from his late clerk any communications of that gentleman which should be sent in a letter directly to Hodgdon.
Enclosed are the pay and muster rolls of the recruits at the rendezvous for January 1797. There is also a receipt roll for December 1796 amounting to $122.46.
Enclosed receipt rolls and vouchers. Williams furnished his men and himself with rations, bounty, and contingent expenses due to lack of contractor to supply necessary goods. Williams seeking repayment through the Secretary of War and Col Rochefontaine.
