United States in a/c with Joseph Ellicott (Surveyor) &c^o Sept. 3 Stage hire from the City [of Washington] to Baltimore ............ 1 1 [d] 6^th 5^th At Spurriers 4/6 [undecipherable] [17]9[1] ~ 19 6 Stage hire from [undecipherable] Philadelphia 1 [undecipherable] 0 At the red house of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] ~ 9 [undecipherable entries] At Newport [undecipherable] ............ ~ 6 [Subtotal] 4 — 10½ Equal— 12.64 Expences in Philadelphia from the 6^th [undecipherable] until the 10^th following, while my Instructions were making out ..........) 1 6 From Philadelphia to the Rock Landing State of Georgia... Stage hire to Baltimore ............ 1 [undecipherable] 0 Chester 1/6 & Wilmington 1/6 New York 4/9 ............ ~ 6 10 Elkton Lodging 5/6 Susquehannah 4/8 ............ ~ 6 Buskton 1/10½ Acc. house 1/3 ............ ~ 3 2 11 & 12 at Baltimore 1/6 Stage hire to Geo. Town £1.40 2 3 At Spurners 3/6 Bladensburg 4/8 ............ ~ 5 To the Amount Carried forward ............ 6½ Equal— 16.83½ / 20.82½ Sept. 8 By Cash received of Maj^r General [H]Knox Secretary at War and sole Commissioner for Treating with the Creek Nation of Indians ......... 1000. Amount carried forward ......... 1000. D^o The United States in account with Joseph Ellicott (Surveyor) &c^o To the Amount brought forward ............ 29.52 Sept. 13 Stage hire from Geo. Town to Alexandria ............ ~ 5 0 Equal 0.66 Virginia Currency At Alexandria Lodging & Stage hire to Fredericksburg 1 12 9 Colchester 2/Dumfries 1/6 Stafford Court House 3/6 ~ 7 0 At Rappahannock Ferry [undecipherable] ............ ~ ~ 4 Fredericksburg Lodg. Stage hire to Richmond ............ 1 15 0 At the Bowling Green 2/9 at a Court house 4/6 ............ ~ 7 3 At M^r — Ordinary 2/6 ............ ~ 2 6 At Richmond Lodging & Stage hire to Petersburg 1 5 6 At the halfway house [undecipherable] ............ [undecipherable] 0 16 17^th at Petersburg Lodging & Shoeing my Horse ............ ~ 8 8 To one horse Saddle &bridle R^t N^o 4 ............ 24 0 0 13 Mile house 3/6. 35 Mile D^o 2/4 ............ ~ 5 4 At M^r Gee's Machine River Lodging &^c ............ ~ 5 4 18 At Johnson's Ordinary 3/6 ............ ~ 3 6 At M^r Taylors Roanoak River ............ 1 2 6 [Subtotal] 57 1 5 Equal 125.25 North Carolinia Currency 10 At Williamsburg 4/9 Rice 4/6 ............ ~ [undecipherable] 11 from thence my proportion of Expence between three of us to Hillsborough ............ ~ 0 6 20 [undecipherable] 21^st At Hillsborough ............ 1 0 0 [Subtotal] 2 [undecipherable] 2 Equal 7.34 Amount Carried forward in Dollars Cents ............ 162.62 By the Amount brought forward ......... 1000. By the Amount carried forward in Dollars ......... 1000. D^o The United States in A/c with Joseph Ellicott (Surveyor) [&c] To the Amount b^t forward ............ 162.82 From Hillsborough to the Southern boundary of North Carolinia, by the way of Guilford Salsbury, & Charlotte ............ 3 19 4 Equal 9.08 South Carolinia Currency To my proportion of Expence between three of us to Augusta State of Georgia, by the way of Saluda, Tyger River, & Ninety six ............ 2 4 4 Equal 0.50 Georgia Currency In Augusta M^r Garrett R^t N^o 2 ............ [undecipherable] 19 8 [undecipherable] Sundry Expences between Augusta and the Rock Landing Company with M^r Brownson a Commissioner on the part of the State of [Geo]rgia ............ 3 5 / 3 2 Equal 9.25. Expenditures at the Rock Landing Cash paid M^r [undecipherable] Middleton for going Express to Gen^l [undecipherable] in the Creek Nation [R^t] N^o [undecipherable] ............ 40.00 To one [undecipherable] as his Guide ............ 2.66 Cash paid J[ohn?] Corker [R^t] [&c] N^o 4 ............ 16.00 Cash paid [undecipherable] M^cLeod and Company Contractors [for receipt &] Account N^o 5 ............ 236.29 [Total] ............ 18660 To the Amount Carried forward in [Dollars] [Cents] By the A[mount] Carried forward ......... D^o The United States in [a/c] with Joseph Ellicott Sur[veyor] [&c]^o To the Amount brought forward ............ 486.[undecipherable] Cash paid Zaddoch Spivey [R^t] [&c] N^o 6 ............ 6.00 Cash paid James Jordan [R^t] [&c] N^o 7 ............ 10.00 To Sundry Expences from the 10^th of November until the 19^th following in Company with Maj^r Rich^d Call, Ascertaining the South fork of [Oco]nee River, Called the Appalacha ............ 6.84 Cash paid M^r [J.] Wallace of Ogeechee for 6 Days Board Commencing 18^th Jany 1792 [R^t] Bill N^o [16] ..........) 1 11 10 Equal 6.84 To Sundry Expences between the Rock landing and Fort Matthews, at the high Shoals of Oconee, to assist Maj^r [R^t] Call in laying out the Works ............ 4.60 Sundry E[xpenses] from the Rock Landing to Saint Marys— At Key Creek ............ 3 2 At Geo Town Ogeechee Lodging &^c ............ 5 2 At [undecipherable] [undecipherable] water branch [undecipherable] 3/7 ............ 3 7 At M^r Home[s] Lodging &^c ............ 6 3 At Augusta from 13^th untile the 20^th Board &lodging 1 2 9 At Gen^l Twigg[s] [undecipherable] House Lodging ............ 5 10 at the Widow [undecipherable] at the Jonas 4/ ............ 4 0 At Lamb's 2/6 [undecipherable] Lodging [&c] 5/4 ............ 7 5 At [Pierce's?] 4/[undecipherable] [Br]evilles Lodging [&c] 5/9 ............ 9 11 At Bostick's [undecipherable] Maj^r [undecipherable] 1/6 ............ 2 4 [Subtotal] 3 10 6 Equal 15.11 To The A[mount] carried forward in Dollars [and] Cents ............ 665.36 By the Amount brought forward ......... 1000. Sundry [undecipherable] furnished by Spei[r]s McLeod and Company Contractors for the Use [of the] United States [for?] ... [undecipherable] Sheeting 34½ furnished [for] [undecipherable] Tents ..........) 19. [undecipherable] Canvas 36½ yards ............ 13. [one] Saddle ............ 4. [undecipherable] ware 6 Dollars [undecipherable] ............ 6.50 [undecipherable] and one Mattrass ............ 20. [undecipherable] Knives & forks ............ 1. [undecipherable] ............ 1.63 [Total] 1065.13 By the [Amount] Carried forward Dollars [&] Cents ............ 1065.13 D^o The United States in a/c with Joseph Ellicott (Surveyor) [&c]^o To the Amount brought forward ............ 665.36 At Russells 1/9 Ebenezer Causeway 2/4 ............ 4 1 At Captain Dasher's 1/9 Ebenezer [undecipherable] 2/4 ............ 3 6 At M^r Sprewer's Lodging &^c ............ 10 4 At May^r Brown's in Savannah Board [undecipherable] Bill & Receipt ............ 4 3 5 Hires from Savannah to S^t Marys [and] Passage ............ 6 13 10 [Subtotal] 6 15 2 Equal 28.96 At Saint Marys board from the 8^th of November until the 13^th following ..........) ~ 4.14 D^o from the 19^th to the 25^th ............ 6.25 Cash paid [undecipherable] [Receipt] [undecipherable] ............ 40.50 Cash paid [W]illiam Moultray for board At Saint [Marys] [R^t] N^o 10 Geo. Curren[cy] 12 9 Equal 71.33 [Hires?] from [camp?] to Savannah ............ 4.25 Cash paid [M^r] William Brown of Savann[ah] for Board [R^t] N^o 11 ............ [15] [undecipherable] Equal 42.10 Cash paid [to] [undecipherable] Edward Stebbins for Sea [undecipherable] laid in for me on board the Ship J[enny] (Packet) for my [Use] from Savannah to [New] York [R^t?] N^o 12 ............ 10.30. Cash paid [to] James Marschalk for My passage on Ship Jenny (Packet) from Savann[ah] to New York [R^t] N^o 13 ............ 16.0. The A[mount] Carried forward Dollars [&] Cents ............ 898.20. The amount Carried forward Dollars [&] Cents ............ 1065.13 D^o The United States in a/c with Joseph Ellicott (Surv[eyor]) [&c]^o To the Amount brought forward ............ 808.39 [Doll. Cents] Cash paid H. Haches for board at New York [R^t] Receipt N^o 14 ..........) ~ 3.60 Cash paid James Carr for Stage hire from New York to Philadelphia [undecipherable] [R^t.] Receipt N^o 15 ..........) ~ 4.00 Sundry Expences between New York and Philadelphia ............ 3.12 Cash paid for Sundries Stationary ............ 12.50 To my Services as Surveyor on the Part of the United States Commencing September the 3^d 1791, and ending on My Return to the City of Philadelphia September the 4^th 1793 both days inclusive 731 days at four dollars and two thirds of a Dollar [per] day ............ 3411.33 Paid M^r James Jones for keeping my Horse at his plantation near Savannah from the 1^st of Nov^r 1792 until the 26^th of July 1793 thirty five weeks at one Dollar and fifty Cents [per] Week [strikethrough: Omitted] ............ 52.50 Total Amount in Dollars & Cents ............ 4385.44 By the Amount b^t forward ............ 1065.13 By Ballance due me ............ 3320.31 4385.44