[Hon^d. Timothy Pickering Esq^r. Sec^y at War M^r. Till 3 Philadelphia] Canandaigua Oct 2 1795 Sir, M^r. Till now on his way to New york has loaned me two hundred dollars with an expectation of receiving it of you in Philadelphia. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 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 in sight. I have no news to inform you, [undecipherable] & M^r. Williams have just [undecipherable] from Niagara — but have nothing particular. I have forwarded the packet inclosed to me, to Governor Simcoe. I am Sir [in haste?] [at great?] respect your Is^l Chapin Tim. Pickering Esq^r.