Pfeiffer aplogizes for surpassing the customary limits with respect to stores. But he still needs the small parcels that have not been sent and will gladly pay their carriage. He is anxious to have them conveyed by public wagon because he will soon be travelling further west and will find it difficult to receive goods sent by private conveyance.
General Anthony Wayne expresses concern over the movements of a French agent on the frontier, contemplating whether or not it would be prudent to commit more forces to the western posts.
Acknowledges receipt of pay, muster, and receipt rolls that will be examined and credited on the books of the War Department accountants office for Craig and Sergeant John Toomey. Disposition of Captain John Wade's draft. Discusses drawing bills for the pay of the "troops on the upper posts of the Ohio."
Notifies Vischer that due to the mistake of Nehemiah Freemen in paying Captain Littlefield's men for August, Vischer is to use the money Simmons sent for that purpose to pay them for September.
Simmons informs Freeman that his payment to Captain Littlefield's detachment was "highly improper," as Simmons had already forwarded the money to Albany to Lt. Vischer.
Notifies Kalteisen that his account is indebted to the U. S. which sum he should apply to the recruiting service. Crediting of "passage money" for Kalteisen and his soldiers from Philadelphia to Fort Johnson. Kalteisen's pay.
Acknowledges receipt of a receipt roll that will be credited on the books of the War Department accountants office. Acknowledges receipt of muster and pay rolls. Money for the pay will be forwarded by Daniel Stevens, federal supervisor at Charleston, South Carolina.
Simmons certifies that $335.40 is due Samuel Nicholson, Captain of the frigate building at Boston, being his pay and subsistence from July through September 1796 to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson Superintendent of Boston.
Request goes out to clerk of shipyard at Norfolk [Gosport] Virginia to remove live oak timbers from the ground, separate the bolted timbers, gather all the remainder of timbers and ensure they are exposed to the air. If stem and floor are bolted, leave them as they are. Protect from sea and rain.
Request for the appointment of an orderly in the Fort Johnson hospital with a recommendation for "old soldier" Charles Murphy to fill the position. Enclosed with Kalteisen to Simmons, 11/01/1796.
General Wayne discusses the British removal from U.S. territories and the poor repair of inherited military fortifications. Wayne encloses an estimate from the Quartermaster detailing the costs involved in repair.
Notification that he will receive his pay from Nicholas Fish, federal supervisor in New York. Requests that Dayton send in his receipts and vouchers for examination to settle his account.
Notification to Stevens that he will receive funds that he is to transfer to Captain Michael Kalteisen at Fort Johnson for the pay of Kalteisen, Ensign Robert Torrans, and Kalteisen's men. Cited in Stevens to Simmons, 10/21/1796.
