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Third. That the party of the second part shall account to the United States for all the supplies which shall be receipted for as in the preceding article, he being allowed however a deduction of twelve and an half per cent as a full allowance for wastage, leakage, and damage of whatever nature, excepting only such losses as may be occasioned by fire, water, an enemy, or by the troops of the United States.

Fourth. That the party of the second part shall issue all the supplies as aforesaid to the troops at the several posts, in rations to consist as follows, viz.

Eighteen ounces of bread or flour.

One pound and a quarter of fresh, or one pound of salted beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted pork.

Half a gill of rum, brandy, or whiskey.

And at the rate of two quarts of salt, two quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and an half of candles to every hundred rations.

Fifth. That the said party of the first part shall pay or cause to be paid to the said of the second part, one cent for every ration which he shall issue as before recited, as a full compensation for his trouble and expence in issuing the same.

IN WITNESS whereof, the said Secretary of War, on behalf of the United States, hath hereunto subscribed his name, and affixed the seal of the War Office of the United States; and the saidCharles Wilkins hath hereto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written. [signed] H. Dearborn

Signed sealed and delivered in presence of } JN. Newman Hez. Rogers

[signed] Ch. Wilkins

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Contract Rations de

3d District 1 Oct. 1801

to the 30 Sept. 1802

by Charles Wilkins

Entd folio 408a417