[Administrative notation on wrapper: Letter from Major Craig, dated July 13. 1792] [Received from State Dep't. Nov. 2[undecipherable] 1894. R.P.C. [undecipherable]] Pittsburgh 13^th July 1792— Dear Sir I have not been able to for[ward by] this Post Vouchers for all the Charges against the Ordnance & [undecipherable: probable reading Quarter]master Departments During Your Administration, but have [undecipherable] [with] the [undecipherable] Schedule by which the Amounts will Appear— I [am] [confident] it is [undecipherable] with that Every Obligation should be Discharge[d] [undecipherable] of Your Dep[artment] During Your Administration is Account[able—] You will Please to Observe that [undecipherable] thousand Dollars Remitted to me by Order of Gen'l Knox was not Credited on the Abstract, & also that W^m [undecipherable] has Purchased & [—] several Articles of Groceries for which I have Requested him to Pay, this sum you will Please to Deduct out of the Balance that will appear in my favor [—] if not [inconvenient] [have] to Request a further Supply of these Articles, also a Set of 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 Compleat my Monthly Returns be Pleased to make an Apology to Gen'l Knox for it is the first time I have Neglected that Part of my Duty— Our Frontiers are all in Peace Reaping a Plentifull Harvest; our [hope] that Tranquility may last is [undecipherable]. It is [supposed] 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 Humble Servant Isaac Craig Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r Philad^a N B I am Confident that if Gen'l Knox was [perfectly] Acquainted with the many Difficulties with the Anxieties & Fatigue I had to [surmount] in Building the New [Fort] he would [undecipherable] Adequate Compensation— The Compensation of Clerks in the [undecipherable] Offices [generally] Please to fix as you may think [Proper], or indeed any of the [other] Charges [—] that Respects my own Compensation [—] [—] M^r [undecipherable] Gardener had 5/- per [day] & Board M^r [undecipherable] any— Isaac Craig