Burrows 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.
Found letter covering Col. Forrest's duties and receipt of S. Hulings for coopering. Requested additional records on Hulings from Hodgdon. Requested Hodgdon oversee Col. Forrest's land purchase as he may not attend to it until it is too late.
Davis encloses his account of the expenditures placed in his hands by the Treasurer along with the appropriate vouchers. The balance has been deposited in the Branch Bank of Boston for the Treasurer.
Letter, discusses funds for Frigate Constitution; encloses statement of funds for Frigate Constitution; mentions Congress; asks for cannon for upper battery.
William Simmons provides an extract of a receipt to Thomas Butler. The extract demonstrates that Butler is accountable for having received monies from Colonel Nevill.
This letter pertained to the account of Thomas Hughes of West Point. The letter states that it was "cancelled" and refers the reader to Simmons letter to George Fleming dated 17 Nov 1797.
William Simmons returns the pay and muster rolls sent by Capt. Elliot. Simmons states that Elliot must comply with established regulations before his claims can be settled.
Certification that $669.60 is due Captain John Barry of the Navy of the United States, being for his pay and subsistence for April through September 1797.
Certification that twelve dollars is due Private Enoch Flint, late of Captain Cornelius Lyman's Company, being his pay for September through December 1794.
Certification that $12.51 is due the estate of Private Jeremiah Daniels of Captain Kalteisen's Company in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being his pay from March 1 to June 4, 1797, the day of his death, which sum is payable to Rebecca Daniels, his widow.
Harris is asked to deliver to John Steel, coxswain of the barge belonging to Mud Island, for himself and the men on the barge, three watch coats, three pairs of boots, and three blankets.
Stevens acknowledges receipt of Simmons's letter and encloses the duplicate receipt for the sum remitted from the Treasury which is his commission on monies receieved and paid by the War Department for the quarter ending September 30th, 1797.
