Requests note of every species of store at Fort Mifflin in first return in order to present an accurate list to the Post and to know what was on hand when Gibson was put in charge of the store. Instructions for dismounted guns, with notes of caliber and carriage. Requests information about the true state of the post and its supplies as part of Hodgdon's duty.
Reports that public store holds coats for privates, sergeants, musicians, as well as uniforms, some of which are damaged.Thinks it best to have them ordered to posts for troops who will probably need clothing, such as Capt. Taylor's regiment in Georgia.
Has shown letter to Secretary of War, who requests that an advance be made to Capt. Holt, that vouchers may be returned as soon as possible. Postscript to Captain Holt's letter on 4 July 1799, forwarding an estimate of expenses
Certification of payment; $46.21 to Jacob Noyes, Contractor, for supplies of rations, quartermaster, and hospital stores furnished troops of Portland Maine.
Certification of payment; $13.50 for retained rations to Captain William Lawrance, 1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia, commanded by Colonel Francis Gurney, ordered out to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania 1794.
Simmons informs Stevens that Capt. Francis K. Huger's receipt was received. Simmons also informs Stevens that his commissions will be paid in the usual manner.
Forwards a recommendation from General Hamilton for a man to fill a second lieutenant's post; McHenry mentions that since few volunteer to be subalterns because of the poor pay, applicants for such low offices should generally be accepted.
Quotes a recent letter from General Pinckney reporting that the Creek Indians are reneging on their promise in the Treaty of Coleraine to allow the running of the boundary line between the U.S. and Spanish Florida. Pinckney believes the commotion among the Indians to be the work of a French officer in the Spanish service. Discusses the possibility of altercations with the Creeks. Forwards additional correspondence from Pinckney, believing that his preparations are proper, but will probably not be necessary.
"I received this morning your letter of the 17th July instant and have submitted Mr. Thomas Y. How[e] to the President to fill the office of 2nd Lieutenant, and recommended the appointment..."
Beall is listed as replying to the Circular of 7/13/1799 in which McHenry asked for the details of each officer's military service which would be used in settling their relative rank.
Certification of payment; $9.93 to Private John Gardner, 1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers, for pay, subsistence, and travel expenses from West Point to Philadelphia, his place of residence.
Certification of payment; $351.09 to Tobias Lear, Secretary to George Washington, General of the Armies of the United States for pay, forage and subsistence, April, May and June 1799.
Certificate respecting John D. Mercier, formerly of Canada, asserting that he was a successful merchant in Canada before siding with the Americans during the revolution.
