Order to move to City of Washington just received, it is said the President wanted to have all Public Offices open at that location by the fifteenth of the month. Recent changes are great and unexpected.
Account examination for Miller not advanced and therefore Simmons can not comment. He believed Secretary of War was engaged with more momentous affairs of the Department and would send Miller abstracts of account allowances as soon as they were examined.
David Thompson, who acted as a recorder at a Court of Inquiry held at Fort Niagara by order of Major General Hamilton, should be compensated. If there is no rule that applies to his case, Simmons should act according to his judgement.
Harris is directed to deliver horsemen's tents, common tents, sergeants' swords and belts, and a drum and sticks to John Wilkins, Quartermaster General, for transportation to Ebenezer Stevens at New York. They are intended for two companies of Artillerists and Engineers marching from West Point.
McHenry received letter from Hamilton regarding the embarrassment of delay in settlement of accounts for scheduled and ordinary expenses. He also observed that the selection of a new Inspector of Artillery should be left to his successor because of the intimate connection that officer must have with the Dept. of War.
McHenry has received a letter from the President to reduce the twelve regiments to Maj. Generals Hamilton and Pinckney and orders Hamilton and Pinckney to make immediate arrangements to reduce the regiments on June 14th.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Rivardi requests Hamilton's guidance in honoring General Peter Hunter, commander of the British forces in Canada, and the Duke of Kent, son of George III, upon their visit to the garrison at Niagara.
Hamilton consoles McHenry regarding his resignation - allegedly forced by President Adams - and assures McHenry that he should be happy at being released from the fetter. Property, liberty, and even life are at stake with the impending anti-federalist rule under Jefferson, according to Hamilton.
Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert informs McHenry that he has been requested by John Adams to arrange a meeting between the Heads of Departments at his house at 7:00 that evening.
Notification that the construction of all Federal buildings in Washington D.C. are complete and that the movement of public offices to that location from Philadelphia was authorized by John Adams.
