Hamilton stresses the importance of distributing the additional regiments and cavalry among the States according to the orders contained in the report from the Commander in Chief.
Certification of payments; $223.23 to Edward Butler, formerly a Captain of Levies, for clothing furnished by him to sundry men of the company of levies.
Certification of payments; Israel Chapin, Agent for Six Nations of Indians for laborers, blacksmiths, gunsmiths, medical assistance for 1798, including construction of a church, and a grist mill for the Oneida Indians
Encloses report to Quartermaster General. Requests sums needed to settle accounts. Asks for information about the Volunteers of Kentucky. Seeks strict justice for Captain Butler, requiring General Wayne's instructions.
Encloses correspondence with Griffith McRae regarding auditing with the Treasury Department. Discussion of fortifications in Wilmington, North Carolina.
McHenry assures Hamilton that he has received his letter for General Wilkinson and that it will be forwarded to Knoxville and sent from there by express to Wilkinson.
Hamilton informs Washington of the geographical division of command between him and General Pinckney. He has sent for General Wilkinson so as to learn more of the affairs on the western scene.
"A letter from the Secretary of War places under my superintendence the posts and troops under your immediate command. All further communications therefore respecting them, including reports and returns, are to be addressed to me not as heretofore to the Secretary of War..."
Response to report on Jacob Death with information from Isaac Craig about how Death only worked for three days, then left town with a woman of irreputable fame. News from Levi Hollingsworth about shipment of muskets, promising to investigate.
Reports that Mr. Owner set off for Pittsburgh and found McHenry's folks in the humor for reading. Sends volumes of the Gleaner by Mrs. Murray, sister of Governor Sargent.
Hodgdon read a collection of essays and plays titled "The Gleaner" by Mrs. Murray, sister of Gov. Sergeant. He believed it to be on agreeable subjects and worth the money paid for its purchase. Hodgdon sent Craig a novel entitled, "The Monk" which he believed to be deep and dreadful. Request to forward enclosed letter
