[Hon^d. Timothy Pickering Esq^r. Sec^y at War M^r. Pill Philadelphia] [Oct^r. 2, 1795 Draft of 200 D^ol] Canandaigua Oct^r. 2 1795 Sir, M^r. Pill now on his way to New York has advanced me two hundred dollars with an expectation of receiving it of you at Philadelphia, and I have been under necessity for money considerable time past for the use of the Six Nations, I wish you would have the goodness to pay to him or his order two hundred dollars on sight. I have no news to inform you, [undecipherable: probable reading M^r. Pill] & Williams have just [undecipherable: probable reading arrived] from Niagara — but have nothing particular. I have forwarded the packet intended to me, to Governor Simcoe. I am Sir (in haste) & great respect your most Ob^dt. Israel Chapin T.^o Pickering Esq^r.