Instructs him to supply money to a lieutenant for the contingencies of
the recruiting service and informs him that the paymaster of the army
has already supplied the latter with funds for the payment of bounties
and premiums.
Instructs him not to stop any more droves of cattle that are destined
for Middlebrook, [N.J.] and to draw salted beef for troops until Foote
can procure cattle.
Instructs him to procure two machines for driving piles and forward
them to Fort Johnston, Charleston, S.C., where they will be delivered to
a captain in the Corps of Engineers.
Informs him that the United States Treasury will remit money to him
on the accounts for fabricating arms, for the Indian Department, and for
clothing for the army; encloses a letter [not present] for his consideration
that recommends persons as contractors for the manufacture of arms.
Instructs him to govern himself regarding the posts and to take due
notice of returns of military clothing on hand according to information
previously transmitted by Dearborn.
Discusses forwarding letters to Burr's "Jersey Correspondents" by the
safest means; mentions his own ill health and that he remains at
Middletown "for the Convenience of bathing"; informs him that Burr has
left the army and expresses a desire to settle accounts; mentions malice
aimed at Wadsworth and remarks: "Conscious Innocence will generally
secure a Man from the Mortifications of Calumny but the same Course
will also make him more sensible of, and more justly incensed at, the
Injury offered him"; inquires about "the petty politicks of our friends."
Informs him about the whereabouts of a lieutenant who resigned; instructs him to procure a vessel to transport the military, factory, and annuity goods for the Choctaw Indians from Philadelphia to Fort St. Stephens, [Ala.]