Sir [undecipherable] 7^th Sep^t 1796 Inclosed is the Estimate for the [undecipherable] Department & also from the Indian & Hospital departments for the months of July [undecipherable] & Sep^t 1796. The Indian & Hospital department was paid on [undecipherable] the immediate order of Major [undecipherable] Wayne. It was impossible for me sooner to make up the [undecipherable] any way Complete, as so many accounts had been contracted previous to my arrival at [undecipherable] posts, [undecipherable] Expenditures for this place I could form no accurate [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] I had been present sometimes. Am Sir with great respect Y^r most obed^t Serv^t [undecipherable] Wilkins [undecipherable] R. M. G[undecipherable] For The Hon^ble the James McHenry Secretary of War [undecipherable] forward [undecipherable] Copy of Estimate — An Estimate of the Expenditures for the months of July, Aug^t & Sep^t [17]96, in the Q. M. department; and also the Indian & Hospital departments. Doll. cts. On [undecipherable] for occasional [services?] [averaging?] [undecipherable] 13.00 and [Saddle?] hire Hire of private teams for transports from Fort Washington by [different?] posts 2 g[undecipherable] to [undecipherable] posts — [undecipherable] miles back 3a.[undecipherable] [undecipherable] at Fort [Washington?] — [undecipherable] [half?] 4.00 [horse hire?] [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [?] 3.0 [Ferriage?] of [undecipherable] at [Detroit?] — [undecipherable] [Ferry costs?] of [undecipherable] purchased authorized on the back of [Ferry costs?] of [undecipherable] purchased authorized on the back of [Provisions?] [undecipherable] 1[undecipherable] The river [Cahois?] 3[undecipherable] for [cutting?] down to [undecipherable] [?] [each?] [undecipherable] 5[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 333 for [cutting?] [100?] cords wood 25.[undecipherable] 180 for the purchase of [undecipherable] [undecipherable]10 for [boards?], [travelling?], [repairs?] [cage?] for garrison at [Detroit?] [undecipherable]20.1[undecipherable] for [lumber?], [travelling?], [undecipherable] [undecipherable]4[undecipherable] freight of the [Sloop?] [Niagara?] hire of the [Schooner?] [Vessel?] 104[undecipherable] [Charter?] of the [Schooner?] [undecipherable] [Charter?] of the [Schooner?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for the [captain?] [undecipherable] of the [Schooner?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Subsistence?] for the [captain?] men after the [undecipherable] 9[undecipherable]0 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Damage?] V for [medicines?] [undecipherable] [Departments?] 2460 [Assistant?] in Q. M. department 1226[undecipherable] [Saddlers?] A.0.I. [undecipherable] 165[undecipherable] [Labourers?] 216[undecipherable] [Waggoners?] 9[undecipherable] [Pack?] horse men 3[undecipherable] [Boatmen?] Armourers [Armourers?] [undecipherable] carried forward — 22[undecipherable].[undecipherable] [Estimate] Continued Doll. cts. Amount bro^t over 22,932. [undecipherable] Indian department: payments of the Indian Store Keepers, Indian Interpreters, and for the purchase of cattle, directed by Gen^l Wayne for the use of the Indians — 1500. .. Hospital department: purchase of medicine & Hospital Stores 150. .. Doll — 24,582. [undecipherable]