Pittsburgh 17^th November 1796 Sir I had the honour of your two letters 1^th 25^th 30^th ultimo. the instructions contained in them shall be punctually attended to by me. I have as far as has been in my power directed them to be put into operation. — — In my letter addressed to you from Detroit of [undecipherable: Sep] 10^th September last, I enclosed an estimate of the probable expenditures in the months of October, Novemb. & Decemb. — I am now beginning to draw bills to meet that expenditure — I have continued on the mode I first commenced of informing on you, and as the terms of my returns will now reject on him I shall to prevent confusion, unless otherwise ordered in [undecipherable] Continue on the same usage. I have drawn on the following bills since last advice, [undecipherable] Day. N^o 61 a Bill in favour [undecipherable: Abija] Hunt for 200 [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] days right dated 24^th November 1796. • 62 a Bill in favour John Meade, for 266 Doll 60 [undecipherable] 15 Day right dated 1^st Novemb. [undecipherable] • 63 a [undecipherable] — for — [undecipherable: James Longe] for [undecipherable] 15 days [undecipherable] 16^th Nov — 96 [The caption of the above Detroit, the United States [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] [undecipherable] me, [undecipherable] to my [undecipherable] Detroit, with a list of such articles as would be [undecipherable: essentially necessary] for [undecipherable] commerce — [undecipherable: the first Stores were books contained] them as should be sent [undecipherable] from [undecipherable: Niagara] or [undecipherable: Philadelphia] by the way of [undecipherable: Albany] or else to their [undecipherable] here to [undecipherable] — A great [undecipherable: proof] of the articles [undecipherable: contained] in the list cannot be [undecipherable: procured] on the Lakes, [undecipherable] the [undecipherable: troops] cannot do without them. — [undecipherable] with much great respect your [undecipherable: obed't serv't] [undecipherable] Jⁿ. Wilkins [undecipherable] a.m. a [undecipherable: Maj Gen] The Hon^ble James McHenry Sec^y of War