Folger, acting as soon-to-be Consul in Saint-Domingue, recommends a French appointee - Citizen Lamontagne - to aid in the service of commerce between France and the United States.
Notification that the Secretary of War has approved his request for an advance of his pay and that he will receive his pay from Nicholas Fish, federal supervisor in New York.
The Secretary of War directs Hodgdon to provide a wagon to transport the baggage of the Western Indians and their interpreter to Pittsburgh. They are eleven in number and an officer should accompany them.
Informs Carrington of the documentation he requires to make payment William Graves's draft. Another account approved. Advises Carrington of the Department's policy on payments for the apprehension of deserters. States the "premium" paid for apprehending each deserter.
Simmons certifies that $24 is due Henry Saunders, a soldier in the 2nd Regiment, being his pay from May through October 1796, he having received a furlough to visit his friends from Lieutenant Colonel David Strong.
Simmons certifies that $40.51 is due William Rose, keeper of the public jail at Richmond, Virginia, being the amount of his account for the maintenance of sundry deserters lodged therein by officers in the service of the US.
Simmons certifies that $145.88 is due Captain William Littlefield of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being his pay for October and November 1796 and his subsistence from August through November 1796.
