Major General Alexander Hamilton recommends Lt. Col. Aaron Ogden, Commandant of the Eleventh Regiment of Infantry, for the post of Deputy Quartermaster General.
Recommended Aaron Odgen to act as Deputy Quartermaster who is willing to accept appointment to position. Ogden requested delay in appointment which Hamilton saw as a reasonable request. Mentioned death of Charles Smith.
Enclosed account of barge builder and the original order of Hamilton to build the barge. Requested Miller make a draft on the Branch Bank so Morris could pay the builder.
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 and routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
McHenry is submitting to the Senate copies of a report made to the House of Representatives relative to claims respecting militia services in the State of Georga. It will include the claim for compensation by Jonas Fauche respecting the services of the Troop of Militia Dragoons which is intended to present the true situation of all the claims of unauthorized services stated to have been performed by the Militia of Georgia.
Summary of events leading up the the unauthorized calling up of militia in Georgia to defend the frontier from the Creek and Cherokee Indians. Included details of petition for protection submitted to Congress.
Refers to letters received from Edgar Patterson with invoices and receipts for clothing, artillery, and cavalry and other items for Colonel Butler. Retains trunk from John S. Porter.
Certified residency of Gedion and Mary De Lesdernier in the U.S., citing fits of insanity as prohibiting travel to defend their status as refugees from Nova Scotia to Congress.
Recounts travails of De Lesderniers, and seeks financial assistance for hardships. Petition for relief is on behalf of the author's parents, Gideon and Mary deLesdernier.
Rivardi approved of Hamilton's method of payment for clothing. Rivardi wrote Sec. of War regarding expenses of transporting the clothing from Oswego to Niagara. Mentioned that when circumstances rendered it unavoidable, Rivardi sought reimbursement from J. Miller instead of the Secretary of War.
Seeks to understand the facts of Lieutenant Davidson's claims. Received report from William Blount. Information proves that Mr. Allison was paid. Refers to records of Mr. Howell, late paymaster. Refers to tribute to the late General Washington.
