Estimates regularly furnished &c. the money &c [would?] in my hands for &c. to my making purchases of the ma- terials [undecipherable] of the [most?] and most [here?] preventing my being [indebted?] [undecipherable] to [the?] amount — It is however at times almost [undecipherable] both the having a [good?] regiment [?] [to?] [proceed?] and the [sending?] [hundreds?] [?] by the [money?] to have them [here?] It may be the [reason?] to send an estimate of what it would cost. I have the honor &c. with great respect I remain. Sir Your most obedient Timothy Seymour L^t. Rochefontaine Com[manding?] [United States?] & Engineers North[ern?] Parts[?] The following is a copy of a letter from L^t. Rochefontaine to [undecipherable] Seymour in answer to the above. West Point January 9^th 179[6?] Sir I received your letter [undecipherable] yesterday with the copy of a letter of the Secretary of War of the 21^st [November?] 1795 by which he desires me to send him the details of the [nothing?] [?] [?] [?] [?] with the money [specified?] and to have [informed?] the [claims?] &c &c. The [objects?] to which [?] [?] operations are re- quired and [?] [?] [the?] [letters?] had sent before and at the time I did not [?] I [?] it as having any object but I have [?] some [notes?] in future [?] and to procure in the mean time some information to the Secretary of War for the [former?] [proceedings?] — not [undecipherable] I [have?] done I have nothing to do with it. Major [Leonard?] he has his instructions from the Secretary to do it & he will give [?] an account [immediately?] to the [estimate?] of what is to be done I will do it as soon as I have some documents to regulate my calculations when a Powder Magazine [?] [?] [?] neces- sary and a set of Military Stores [?] by [?] [?] the store — [?] [operations?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [undecipherable] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] I am with great Esteem Sir Your obed[ient] [undecipherable] The following is a copy of a letter from [undecipherable] [Seymour?] to L^t. Rochefontaine in answer to the above. West Point [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 179[?] Sir Your favor of the 9^th [ultimo?] I received the [undecipherable]. His [January?] and [?] [?] my [?] [?] [?] by [?] letter [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] to give you a [?] I have [known?] at last [here?] [?] and the [?] [?] [?] relative to the [?] [?] [?] or [?] [?] on the day you took the [command?] and [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] to [?] [?] [?] to [?] the [magnitude?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] I find that [summer?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] delivered at the two [?] [?] landing[s?] they [have?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] them [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] Good [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] Fort Clinton. Good [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] that [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] I [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] of [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] — [?] [?] [?] [?] I [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [undecipherable]