Certification that $155.13 is due Sergeant George Hackett of Captain Richard Sparks's Company 3rd Regiment, being the balance of his pay from May 1, 1795 to May 5, 1797, the day of his discharge.
Certification that $21.10 is due Private John Chapman of Captain Jacob Slough's Company of Levies, being the balance of pay due him from April 11 to November 15, 1791, including the time allowed for him to go home.
Congress has called for statements of sums necessary to complete the frigates for sea. Request estimate of costs to complete hull, finish equipment, supply military stores regarding USS Constellation at Baltimore.
Sent to Committee of the House of Representatives. Mentions cost and type of repairs to be completed in New York, Philadelphia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.
Certification that $175.04 is due Captain Joseph Elliott, of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, and the detachment under his command at Spring Garden, New Jersey, being his and their pay for May 1797.
Perkins reports on the progress of the repairs of the muskets at New London. He notes that the rolled iron needed to make the bands for completing the repairs arrived too late so they were forced to plate them with the iron they already had on hand.
Hawkins reports on various affairs on the frontier, the current attitude of the Indian nations in the region, and the progress of his survey of the Chereokee and Chickasaw border lines
Requests that Butler send receipts to the War Office for bounties and premiums paid to Army recruits necessary to settle the account of Lt. Robert Purdy
McHenry asks the Attorney General about the proper conduct for armed convoys in protecting American merchants against searches by ships of war of belligerent powers.
Request for list of ports and forts that require maintenance. Notification that few repairs or alterations have been made to fortifications, and military needs money to make such repairs along with regular troops to garrison forts from New York St. Mary's.
