[Letter from Major Craig, dated July 13, 1792] [Received from State Dep't. Nov. 2[undecipherable] 1894. R.P.G. [undecipherable]] Pittsburgh 15^th July 1792— Dear Sir I have not been able to for[undecipherable] by this Post Vouchers for all the Charges against the Ordnance & [undecipherable] Department During Your Administration, but hav[e] [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] Schedule by which the Amounts will Appear — I [undecipherable] it is [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] that Every Obligation should be Discharg[ed] [undecipherable] Your Dep[artmen]t [undecipherable] During Your Administration is Accoun[undecipherable] You will Pleas to Observe that [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] Remitted to me by Order of Gen'l Knox w[undecipherable] not Credited on the Abstract, & also that [undecipherable] Knox has Purchased & [undecipherable] several Articles of Grocery for which I have Requested him to Pay, this sum you will Pleas to Deduct out of the Ballance that will [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] if not [undecipherable] [undecipherable] how to Request a further Supply of those Articles, also a [undecipherable] Table Casters but not of the Most Costly Kind — I have been so much Engaged these two Weeks Past That it was out of my Power to Complete my Monthly Returns be Pleased to make an Appology to Gen'l Knox for m[undecipherable] it is the first time I have Neglected that Part of my Duty — Our Frontiers are all in Peace Reaping A Plentyfull Harvest, and I trust that Tranquility may last is sincer[undecipherable] — It is Suposed we already feel the good Effects of the Negotiation now on foot — [M]rs Craig Presents her Respects to you [I am] Dear Sir with Great Respect your Obedient [your] Humble Servant Isaac Craig Sam'l Hodgdon Esq^r Philad^a N B I am Confident that if Gen'l Knox was [per]fectly Acquainted with the many Difficulties with the Anxieties & Fatigue I had to [undecipherable] in Building the New [undecipherable] that he would [undecipherable] an Adequate Compensation The Compensation of Clarks in the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Pleas to fix as you may think [undecipherable], or indeed any of [undecipherable] other Charges [undecipherable] that Respects my own Compensation [undecipherable] M'r [undecipherable] Gardener had 5/- p'r day & Board M'r [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — Isaac Craig