381To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 2 July 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to propose for your approbation John F. Heilaman of the State of Vermont and William C. Smith of Pennsylvania to be Surgeon’s Mates in the Army. I have the honor &ca. FC ( Lb in DNA : RG 107, LSP ). On the same date as the letter printed above, Dearborn informed John F. HEILAMAN and William C. SMITH that the president had appointed them surgeon’s mates in the army. The Senate...
382To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 10 June 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to propose for your approbation William King of the State of Pennsylvania and Joseph West of New Jersey to be Surgeons Mates, in the Army. I have the honor &ca. FC ( Lb in DNA : RG 107 , LSP ). After being notified of their appointments, WILLIAM KING was assigned to Fort Massac, near the mouth of the Ohio River, while JOSEPH WEST
383To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 7 June 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of proposing for your approbation John Livingston for a Cadet in the Artillery. I am &ca. FC ( Lb in DNA : RG 107 , LSP ). Following his appointment as cadet, JOHN LIVINGSTON reported to the military academy at West Point, New York. In April 1803, he was made a second lieutenant in the Regiment of Artillerists and sent to Fort Nelson, near Norfolk, Virginia ( Heitman,...
384To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 31 May 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of proposing for your approbation, Henry B. Brevoort , for an Ensign in the 2d. Regiment of Infantry. I have the Honor to be with great consideration Sir, Your Mo. Ob. Servt RC ( DLC ); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Dearborn; at foot of text: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received from the War Department on 31 May and “Henry B. Brevoort to be ensign”...
385To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 7 May 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I this day recd. a letter from Mr. Holt storekeeper at New London, informing me there is reason to believe the Negroes in that quarter have it in contemplation to possess themselves of the Arms at that place, notwithstanding the small guard which is station’d there—considering the expence of a larger guard and a Storekeeper, and the impropriety of having our public arms kept at a place not...
386To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, [22 April 1802] (Jefferson Papers)
The claims in favour of the State of Virginia for guarding the public stores belonging the United States, at Manchester and New London, as transmited by Govr. Munro, are as follows, viz. for guarding stores at Manchester, in the months of Septr. & Octobr. 1800. $543.44 for Do. at New London prior to the 15th. of April 1801 } 410.83 for Do. at New London subsequent to the 15th. of April }...
387To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 22 April 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Will it be proper for me to apply to the chairman of the Committee of ways & means for an appropriation of five or six thousand dollars for defraying the expences of compleeting the line between the Cherokees and North Carolina, and for runing and marking the Chocktaw line, and also for ascertaining and runing the lines of the reserved tracts in the Northwestern & Indiana Territories, or...
388II. Henry Dearborn’s Second Draft, with Jefferson’s Revisions, [20 April 1802] (Jefferson Papers)
having examined the proceedings of a Genl. Court Martial, of which Majr. Thos. Hunt was President, holden at Detroit on the eighteenth day of July last, for the trial of John Spence a private soldier in Captain John Whistlers Company, of the first Regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States, charged with seditious conduct at Fort Wayne on the third day of May 1801, by assailing...
389To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 17 April 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to propose to your consideration, Jared Mansfield of Connecticut, as a Captain in the Corps of Engineers. With sentiments of sincere respect, and high consideration, I am, Sir, Yr. Obt. Servant RC ( DLC ); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Dearborn; at foot of text: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received from the War Department on 17 Apr. and “Nominations...
390To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 16 April 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of proposing the following gentlemen as Ensigns in the Regiments of Infantry, in the service of the United States: (viz) Simeon Knight Vermont 1st. Regiment Joseph Dorr ditto. 1st. ditto. George T. Ross Pennsyla. 2d. ditto. Accept, Sir, the assurances of my high respect RC ( DLC ); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Dearborn; at foot of text: “The President of the United States”;...