Certification that $160.60 is due Henry DeButts, late captain in the 4th Regiment, being for his pay and subsistence from April 1 to December 31, 1797, the day his resignation was accepted.
Sales of furs and skins by James Seagrove, Superintendent of Indians Affairs to the Creek Nation, being on account of the United States the same having been received in pay for goods furnished to Indians and factors from the public goods in his possession at a time when they could not purchase Indians goods in Georgia.
Russell acknowledges that he has voluntarily enlisted to serve one year in the Marine Service, unless sooner discharged, according to the Act passed July 1st 1797 which provides a Naval Armament. The rules and articles of the Navy against mutiny and desertion have been read to him and he will be paid six dollars per month.
Immediately after receiving instructions for forging carriages for canons, Craig sent bill along to forge to fulfill order. Craig will now countermand his order, but believes the carriages are nearly complete. If that is the case, they must be paid for. Maj. Freeman now in command of Capt. Pierce and Lewis' companies with plans to continue to Fort Massac but believed they will winter over in Pittsburgh due to ice on the river. Commander-in-Chief has arrived from Westward; his wife and his family have arrived from Philadelphia and will winter in Pittsburgh.
Steele wants to know whether the books of the Superintendent show James Seagrove of St. Marys as a debtor to the United States for money owed the public stores. Seagrove wants to settle his account with the Treasury and will leave St. Marys as soon as navigation can be arranged,.
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Document gist from 12/15/1797 as follows:
William Simmons informs Lt. Steele that Major Craig will pay him. Simmons also informs Steele that his claim to be reimbursed for musicians has been rejected.
Capt. Webb's verbal answers to Simmons' inquiries have been ill natured and evasive. Lt. Hough has received the pay due him, knowing that the horse claimed by him is the property of the US. Capt. Webb had previously asserted that his and Lt. Hough's horses were private property.
Cover for receipts from Capt. Frederick Frye, George Fleming, Lt. Nehemiah Freeman, Robert Rowan, and Lt. David Hale in the amounts listed. Cited in Simmons to Fish, 12/11/1797.
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Document Gist of 12/18/1797 as follows:
Simmons notifies Hand that he has received most of the vouchers needed to settle his account but there is still $3.57 that has not been documented.
Letter, citation only. Cited Documents Gist as follows:
Letter, describes Peirce's orders; discusses publication of general orders; discusses settling public accounts; discusses army corruption; mentions death of Anthony Wayne; mentions state of Georgia frontier; discusses galley design for Mississippi River.
Charles Carroll recommends Joseph Wilkinson, the son of Colonel Wilkinson of Calvert County, to the Secretary at War for appointment into the army. Carroll asks for news from Europe and France.
Uriah Forrest, an American statesman from Maryland, writes to James McHenry on his successful efforts to get James Lloyd elected to the Senate, filling a vacancy caused by the resignation of John Henry. A fellow Federalist, Forrest praises Lloyd and his credentials to serve in the Senate.
