in this [undecipherable], to accept your Bills, and receive the money from the Treasury which you may be authorized to draw for. I shall expect to be furnished with a quarterly Estimate of the sum of money and the Items for which it may be wanted in your Department, that I may take measures with the Treasury to meet your demands. You will forward the Statement for the present Quarter as soon as possible, it being proper that I should see, and decide upon Estimates previous to granting permission to draw. — In the mean while, should any pressing occasion arise, you may draw to a moderate amount on such person here as you may constitute your Agent, giving me due notice of the amount and the purpose it is to answer. Sir, October 7, 1796. I have received your letters of the 7^th, 9^th and 15^th ultimo. The Bills which you have drawn on [strikethrough: on] shall be accepted, and paid when presented. Sir, October 28 — 1796. I have been favoured with your letter of the 16^th instant by yesterdays Mail. As the Accounts of the Contractor must be settled in the Treasury Department, I shall submit that part of your letter relative to the aid afforded him in the transporting of provisions to the Secretary of the Treasury for his information, and such instructions as he may think [undecipherable]