Certification of payment; $18.09 pay to Private Daniel Davis in Captain Streets Company, Colonel Carlisles Regiment of Maryland Militia employed on the Western Expedition in 1794
Simmons requests the necessary vouchers to account for the purchase of Beacon Island in North Carolina. The Island was purchased from John Gray Blount.
Certification of payment; $171.44 to Edward Carrington, Supervisor of Virginia, on account of commissions on receiving and paying monies from Department of War, printing advertisements, proposals for contracts, postage, and public letters.
Returns of Quartermaster stores for month of January 1800 from the War Department of Tennessee, specifically at Southwest Point. This includes receipt of a horse for the use of an agent for the Indian Department in the Cherokee Nation
Major Craig informs Samuel Hodgdon that the river is closed with ice and all western shipments of stores are halted. He discusses accounts of Captain Vance and Mr. Clark.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Certification of payment; $71.34 to Gillaspy and Strong for medicines and attendance on sundry officers and privates in service of United States, agreeably to certificate of Doctor William Shippen.
Simmons asks Miller to inform him if General McPherson received any public property while on the recent expedition to Northampton County (Fries Rebellion).
Requested Simmons examine the accounts and vouchers of I. Chapin, deputy agent for the Six Nations of Indians. Mentioned Simmons previous judgement on payment and allowances for I. Williams.
Letter from the Sec. of War to the Chairman of the committee on national defense. Discussed the radical changes to current militia that would create a more organized and well trained standing army. Supported the formation of a standing army for superior defense of the U.S. Reference Roman military and Ceasar. Lists salaries of various officers and educators along with cost of building schools. Advised capitalizing on the current state of peace as a time to construct the necessary systems to support the nations defense.
