Collection

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  Notification of Receipt

  Simmons received letter with enclosures, account to be examined. P.S. Simmons repeated his request for the receipt roll for the pay of Leonard's detachment.
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  Estimate on Expenditures of Insurrection in Pennsylvannia

  Nourse requested estimate of expenditures of military department for volunteer cavalry and infantry to suppress insurrection in Northampton County, Pennsylvania in 1799, Simmons replied with details. Total amount: $26,424.94. Amount did not include compensation for regular troops.
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  Lieutenant Calvin Morgan's receipts

  Notification of receipt of letter containing Lieutenant Calvin Morgan's receipts, information will be entered on the books of the Office.
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  Concerning the constitutionality of trying a captain

  Asks the Attorney General whether it is constitutional for the military to deliver Capt. Devin of the 4th Regiment - who had recently gone from Maryland to Tennessee - back to a municipal court in Maryland.
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  Charge for William Craft's Services

  Simmons should state the amount of the expenditures of William Craft as agent for the Department of War, and if Craft has exhibited a charge for his services, its nature and amount.

• Letter to the Accountant of the War Department

  Letter from Major Constant Freeman to William Simmons, War Department Accountant. Citation only.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

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

• Organizing the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers

  Enclosed is an Act which enacts a reorganization in which the present Corps of Artillerists and Engineers will hereafter be composed of a Regiment of Engineers, a Regiment of Horse Artillerists, and a Regiment of Foot Artillerists.

• School of the Navy, Etc.

  Hamilton regrets the dismemberment of the School of the Navy from the rest because he feels that all schools should be united under the Director General. Discussed general ideas of what should be taught at the School, and the differences b/w McHenry and Hamilton's ideas on the purpose of the institution. Enclosed, "An Act for establishing an Academy for Instruction relative to the Military and Naval Service of the United States."
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  Regarding the proposed School of the Navy

  Discusses the proposed act for establishing a military and naval academy, consisting of four different schools and headed by a Director General

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  Letter, Citation only

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  Letter, Citation only

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

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

• Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.

• My Unauthorized Absence

  Smith explains that he would never leave the cantoonment for twelve hours without Hamilton's permission but has an urgent need to see him on Monday at Noon.

• Recommending Individuals for Army and Navy Appointments, Etc.

  Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments and routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.

• Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

  Urgently required to visit Hamilton, the nature of which timing did not allow for previously obtaining official permission from Hamilton. Believed his reasons for visiting would excuse his lack of protocol.

• Letter to the Secretary of War

  Letter from James Price to James McHenry, Secretary of War. Image not available.
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  An Act Organizing Artillerists and Engineers

  Refers to a bill regarding artillerists and engineers. Encloses copy of bill which organizes companies and details of artillerists and engineers.
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  Organizations of regiments of artillery and engineers

  Discusses the organization of regiments of artillery and engineers, enclosed a draft of a Bill that will support the proposed changes.

• Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers

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

• Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

  Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
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  Certification of payment; Phineas Emans, contractor at Litchfield Connecticut, for rations, quartermaster and hospital stores furnished recruits 13th Regiment under command of Lieutenant Waugh

  Certification of payment; $73.37 to Phineas Emans, contractor at Litchfield Connecticut, for rations, quartermaster and hospital stores furnished recruits 13th Regiment under command of Lieutenant Waugh.
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  Certification of payment; Captain John McClallen, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers for expenses while attending court martial in New York

  Certification of payment; $99 to Captain John McClallen, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers for expenses while attending court martial in New York and expenses from New York to Albany.