Collection

• Estimates Communicated to the House of Representatives, May 5, 1800.

  Estimate of costs for public services for the present year (1800) which include transportation costs, annuities for Indian tribes, rations for Indians at military posts. Some believe that the rations issued to Indians should be allocated from a separate account from the U.S. military.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
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  Enclosed Letter Concerning Contractors

  McHenry encloses to Alexander Hamilton the letter of E.B. Dayton to his brother, Senator Jonathan Dayton. Discusses the demands of Colonel Smith and his relationship with contractors.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Shabby Articles of Clothing

  Lt. Col. Nathan Rice asks if it would not be for the good of the service to issue some new clothing before the expiration of the year, so as to avoid the shabby appearance of soldiers wearing worn out clothes.
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  Establishing a National Foundry for Casting Cannon, Shot, and Shells

  Grants McHenry and Stoddert permission to establish a National Foundry for casting cannon, shot, and shells.
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  Authorization for Preparations to be Made for National Cannon Foundry

  Authorization for purchase of land and other operations to be undertaken for the purpose of building a national cannon foundry.
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  Payment from James Taylor, Captain 6th United States Regiment to Pierce Manning for expenditures on the works to be erected at Beacon Island, North Carolina

  Taylor makes payment of $500 to Pierce Manning to account for expenditures on works to be erected at Beacon Island.
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  Payment to John Devereux for expenditures on the works to be erected at Beacon Island, North Carolina

  Captain Taylor of 6th United States Regiment makes payment of $500 to John Devereux for expenditures on works to be erected at Beacon Island.

• Refund Required of Officers

  Major General Hamilton believes that the call upon officers to refund, as required by Col. Timothy Taylor, is a violent measure to which they will find it impractical to comply. The pecuniary embarassment occasioned by this action is injurious to the service and must be resolved by the Paymaster General.

• Disposition of Troops During the Summer

  Letter from the Secretary of War to Major General Alexander Hamilton. Since it is now time to decide on the disposition of the troops during the summer, it seems that Rhode Island is the point where the most is doing in the way of fortifications as it could be seized by a maritime enemy.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Notification of orders for Col. Smith and Rice to prepare troops for encamping. Since no sufficient fortifications exist to house and exercise the troops, Hamilton advised moving the troops to Rhode Island. Believed employing the troops to erect fortifications would be a good idea as RI is a desirable location to establish a defensible post against foreign powers.
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  Administrating compensation for officers

  Criticizes Col. Timothy Taylor's observations about officers and their accounts, arguing instead that officers need extra funds. States that it may be expedient to extend the powers of the Paymaster General to give officers compensation for extra services, pay them for traveling expenses, compensate them for apprehending deserters, and pay them for postage and stationary.

• Courts-Martial and Infractions of Military Discipline

  Routine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline.

• Courts-Martial and Infractions of Military Discipline

  Routine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline.

• Discharges of Soldiers, Etc.

  Discharges of soldiers should be founded on the certificate of the Inspector and Surgeon and approved by the Commanding Officer. Made note of regulations governing the pace of marching troops. Emphasized accuracy.

• Fixed Measure for the Pace

  Hamilton inquires about the fixed measure of the pace adopted by the French. He wants to know the reason for adopting a determinate length for all direct steps without regard to velocity.
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  Certification of payment; William Fulcher, Contractor, Richmond Virginia, for rations, quartermaster and hospital stores furnished recruits at Richmond

  Certification of payment; $227.49 to William Fulcher, Contractor, Richmond Virginia, for rations, quartermaster and hospital stores furnished recruits at Richmond.
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  Certification of payment; Ebenezer Stevens, Agent for the War Department at New York

  Certification of payment; $12188.88 to Ebenezer Stevens, Agent for the War Department at New York for expenditures on fortifications, quartermaster department, clothing department, and contingent expenses.
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  Certification of payment; Doctors Pendall and Dorsey for medicine and attendance on recruits at Hagerstown Maryland

  Certification of payment; $43.50 to Doctors Pendall and Dorsey for medicine and attendance on recruits at Hagerstown, Maryland, agreeably to report of Doctors Gillaspy and Strong.
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  Notification of Payment

  Receipts for the supplies provided to the troops at Richmond forwarded to the Office by Carrington. Balance due to Fulcher and will be paid by Carrington. Statement enclosed.
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  Remit Sum by Treasurer

  Treasurer of United States to remit sum to Carrington. Sum to be paid to William Fulcher, contractor at Richmond, Virginia.
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  Request for Receipt Rolls

  Ebenezer Stevens, agent for War Dept. Office in New York recorded a credit paid to Leonard. Simmons requested receipt rolls for the credit paid to Leonard.
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  Repeated Request for Information on Allowances

  Simmons repeated a request for information on allowances made to Thomas Howe and appointed Secretary to Major General Hamilton. Request related to the accounts of Caleb Swan.