[Archival notation added later, upper portion of cover sheet:] John Doughty 1784–1846 Lt Col. of Artillery & Engineers Built Fort Harmer (Marietta, O.) and Fort Washington (now [where?] Cincinnati now Stands). See Ala[bama?]. [Docket notations written at angles on cover/wrapper, left panel:] [Fort Harmar?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Maj^r Doughty's Letter [Docket notation, right panel, perpendicular:] [To be?] [refer'd?] [to?] [as?] No [undecipherable] [filing?] [undecipherable] [long?] [some?] [New?] My D^r Pratt Fort Harmer 30 June 87 I rec^d in New York your obliging Letter & am [undecipherable] to your Request wherein you desire me to [supply?] any Money I may receive [going?] on the purchase of [Sundries?] — I have brought you forward the Articles mentioned in the enclosed [Account?] I find the [prices?] of [beans?] [watches?] to amounts do [90?]% on the first Cost — the whole I have charged in the Amount of Public Monies I paid for the troops now [amounted?] to [do?] Business you will be so good as to [account?] with [him?] you so much & find me as [rough?] [that?] I may fill with [Ready?] — [the?] first which is [infinitely?] better than any [else?] brought on the [River?] it will [send?] you in about [?/½?] Gallons & [th?] Articles in [the same?] [proportion?] — you will find [70?] [to?] [bring?] [there?] & so [defray?] the duty of each of [that?] & [to do?] [rates?] as [for now?] [to buy?] & [a?] [Direct?] me to [bring?] [them?] for me and [it?] [they?] may some of [age?] to [hand?] — this [is?] of the best quality & was landed the Day before I purchased it out of the [property?] of [them?] in [purchases?] for [merchants?] — each [can?] in the [contains?] about 2½ D — the [offering?] [Men?] paid are [run?] in one [Parry?] as [that?] [packed?] up in the [Bro?] [100?] of [Clothing?] where you will [find?] [it?] the [oystens?] are in a [Box?] you will give two [Kegs?] more than [you are?] [allowing?] [of?] [the?] [will?] you are good [as?] to [present?] [on?] D [falling?] [Letter?] in [the?] [case?] of [Jack?] [Smith?] with the [Men?] with my [best?] Resp[ects?] your Man that was taken near the [Garrison?] was [tomahawk'd?] a few miles up [Duck?] Creek the party who both him [were?] [five?] [Savages?] they carried his [scalp?] to [New?] [Town?] — [God?] bless you my D^r [?] & Believe me to be your [?] [friend?] [?] Pratt J Doughty 1 [Reg?] 10 [?] Gale [to?] Jamaica Spirit at 4/ — £3.3.0 1 D^o 1 [?] [Brown?] [Bungon?] at [?] — — — 2.14.0 1 D^o [?] [?] Loaf [?] [?] [?] — — — — 1.17.6 1 [Bag?] 20 [?] [Coffee?] at [?] — — — — — [?]. [?] [Mustard?] — — — — — — — — — [?].— 2 [Kegg?] — — — — — — — — — — 2.8— 2 [Canister?] [Tea?] at [?]/ — — — — — — 2.8 1 Box 6 [Kegg?] [Oysters?] at [?] — [?] [Cork?] £15.0.6 [1/16?] [?] [Deduct?] [?] [Penny?] [?] — [?] 18.9 [?] of [Credit?] £14.1.9 Expenses of Transportation [?] £7.10 £[?].2.7