[Colonel Innes to Colonel Slough 4 December 1794 On the subject of his team & [undecipherable] Innis Received from State Dep. Nov. 24, [undecipherable] No 401[undecipherable] on Jonathan Slough [undecipherable]] For Westmoreland Dec^r 4^th 1794. 50 Miles from Pittsburg— I have had a most tedious and disagreeable Journey thus far- and have the mortification, from the total incapacity of one of [strikethrough: of] of the horse I hired with the wagon by the person at Lancaster to be Obligd to discharge the same at this Place— one of the three horses he furnished gave out at Wrights Ferry— and the other one— about the [undecipherable]livery of Sam^l Hill— from whence I have been Obligd to hire a team to draw my baggage together with the wagon at this place— I offered to furnish the bearer with a third horse to carry the wagon home— but he declined the undertaking— and I think with very good reason— for in the present State of the Roads I do believe it a thing impossible for him to get half way over the mountains with the team belonging to the owner of the wagon and the only horse I have to supply him with— I shall send you a particular statement from [undecipherable]— shewing the money I have advanced to supply the wagon and horses— on their way thither and back again in order that you may be enabled to settle with the owner— In Justice to the Driver I must add that he has in every instance done his duty— and is by no means to blame for the failure of the Carriage & horses— The latter of which from the beginning were inadequate to the undertaking— I have to thank you for y^r polite attentions to me while at Lancaster I am Sir most ob^dt Jas. Innes P.S. As I have fully paid the bearer his wages— I shall endeavor to get the wagon [undecipherable] by the team I hire here— at [undecipherable] before your county— and the owner says he will take it back on [undecipherable] days allowance— I have allowed the bearer [undecipherable] days to carry home the horses on which he has to be paid by the owner— [N.B. [undecipherable] should [undecipherable] desire to pay William Fullerton wages back [undecipherable] days wages and charge it [undecipherable] where it has to be [undecipherable] at the [undecipherable]]