Informs Ensign Boote that the Accountant's Office has received his letter enclosing muster and pay rolls for himself and his recruits, along with three receipts for bounties paid.
Enclosed is a list of public clothing and arms forwarded by William Cook, wagoner, but among the clothing received there are no coats suitable for music.
The fifty boxes for the muskets will be finished soon and a thousand muskets will be cleaned and packed up for transportation. The carriages in the store need to be overhauled since the bands of the hubs are loose and need to be made smaller. Some of the older carriages need to be painted. Bryant asks permission to have them repaired so they will be ready to be transported on the next vessel bound for Portland.
Acknowledges receipt of letter. Discusses General Perkins; accounts; vouchers; journals he forwarded with expenditures. Discusses book keeping procedures. Discusses how being situated in Indian country necessitates taking measures in case papers and accounts are lost.
Hawkins is writing to Simmons with regard to the report of the commissioners appointed to mark the boundaries. He also questions the draft vouchers and the bi-yearly settlement of accounts.
Hawkins explains the three enclosed letters to McHenry. He also expresses concern over the boundary line between the citizens of the US and the Indians.
Certification that $68.98 is due Charles Wolestoncraft, Lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, being for his pay and subsistence from 8 June 1798, the date of his acceptance of the appointment, to 31 July 1798
