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Memo respecting Sergeant Gardiner’s appeal; the Captain General had been authorized to discharge commanding officers and sergeants "and to delegate this power to such subordinate Officers as he might think proper…The Act passed in [October] 1815 gave no such right of delegation respecting Sergeants..."

Addressed to the Secretary of War, concerns an unpaid bill of $358 for beef cattle.

Concerning staff organization of the army; "I conceive it a medical defect in the Act for the organization of the peace establishment that most of the important branches of the Staff have been left without a Head…I would therefore recommend as a measure of primary consequence that such officers as have been provisionally retained by retained permanently." Folder includes two-page manuscript schedule of stationary staff and division staff.

Receipts.

Certifies that Guthrey, under Lieut. Col. Pilkington, was present at the capture of Moose Island, [Maine]. He "is entitled to any Emoluments arising from said Capture."

Regarding impressment and start of war; he recounts communication with Beasley during the war "stating that our impressed seamen had been delivered over, from differing frigates, to rescue them from the…fighters against their country, & [lodged] in prison." Many of them were imprisoned in Dartmoor, and the British government had demanded their release.

Record of Armstrong’s promotion through the army. "Shortly After the Attack on the Chesepeak" he became lieutenant in a volunteer company, a captain in the infantry, and appointed Brigade Inspector.

The Governor of Massachusetts [John Brooks] has accepted Stebbins' resignation as lieutenant colonel commanded and colonel by brevet of the 1st Artillery Brigade in the 4th Division of the Massachusetts Militia. He has been honorably discharged.

Regarding three months extra pay due to Colerick, a volunteer marine, for services in the Battle of Lake Erie. He served under the command of James Coburn; "I have never received any part of the extra pay…" Includes a two-page deposition by John Payne regarding Colerick, dated November 16, 1818. Payne was a captain of a troop of volunteer dragoons detached from the Kentucky militia.

Clement seeks pay for his time as paymaster in the war; he incloses letters regarding power of attorney.