In addition to discussing the materials needed for the construction of the canal on the Potomac, Hodgdon extols the virtues of dogwood in the manufacturing of musket stocks.
Smith is urged to expedite the shipment of articles intended for the troops at Oswego. The pattern arms seem to have been lost probably due to the wrong mark on their box.
Certification of payments; $90.50 for pay to detachment of 1st Regiment of infantry stationed at West Point, New York under direction of George Fleming, military storekeeper for the service of the ordnance department.
Mentions copy of James Wilson deposition taken before John Gibson and letter from Edward Day late Deputy Commissary to Army, relating to accounts of James O'Hara, contractor for supplying army with provisions.
Carroll expresses his gratitude of McHenry's recommendation that he become a volunteer aid-de-camp to General Washington as soon as he enters into active service.
Hodgdon acknowledges receipt of Stevens' letter covering his return and Geddes' bill on the Secretary of State. The amount of the bill will be remitted soon.
Responds to questions about cash allowances to officers, hoping to augment the potential service of the US army. Plans to submit names to heads of departments and the attorney general.
Included in a discussion of payroll concerns, Stoddard mentions the case of Richard Bourk who was excepted on the Muster Roll by Lietuenant Hale. The Secretary of War has approved Bourk's discharge so long as he returns his bounty and clothing.
It appears there are three month's pay due Joseph Kelly alias Patrick Cannon, late of Capt. Blackburn's Company and enlisted by Staats Morris on the first of the current month. Having enlisted him by his real name in 1792, Morris therefore reenlisted him under that same name.
Governor Jackson cites Ensign McCall's letter as further evidence of Colonel Gaither's ill will toward the citizens of Georgia. Jackson maintains, therefore, that justice demands the removal of Gaither from the frontier of Georgia.
