Certification that $335.40 is due Captain Samuel Nicholson of the Navy of the United States, being for his pay and subsistence from October through December 1797.
Harris is directed to deliver twenty pieces of sail duck, delivered to the public store by mistake, to Mr. Dowers for the use of the schooner building for Algiers.
Cited in Simmons to McCall, 02/15/1798; Cited in Simmons to McCall, 05/14/1798.
William Simmons informs Ensign McCall that the amount of his estimates is forwarded to John Habersham. Simmons informs McCall to expect payment from John Habersham.
List of public stores at Lamberton. Those soldiers given horses for the Western Expedition were not returning the animals and demanded pay for keeping them.
Request to transmit book left by Mr. Smith with McHenry with the title on the back,"Negotiations," but inside is, "Introduction to Public Law of Europe founded on Treaties."
Certification that $138.03 is due at detachment of recruits stationed at Ellis's Island under the command of Lieutenant David Hale, being his and their pay for February 1798.
Certification that $39.29 is due Boyd Vaughan, Clerk of the Navy Yard at Philadelphia, being the balance of his salary from November 11, the date of his appointment, to December 31, 1797.
Certification that $102.96 is due Lieutenant Samuel C. Vance, Paymaster of the 3rd Regiment, being the balance of his account for their pay, subsistence, and forage from January 1796 through June 1797, including his own pay, subsistence, and forage through December 1797 and pay as Quartermaster through October 1796.
Addresses fraudulent claims by officers and soldiers from the old Continental Army for obtaining bounty lands. McHenry now requires that all claims be forwarded to the War Office on or before January 1, 1799, so that the claims may be strictly examined.
Transcribes a discussion between a Chickasaw chief and American. The chief insists that his people are aware that whites will stop at nothing to take their lands and reminds the American that they remember the terms of past treaties. The Chickasaw then says that he has been informed by Spanish Louisiana Governo Gayoso that Americans want to take possession of their lands and demands an answer to that allegation.
