Articles of Agreement made on the [undecipherable] day of March one thousand [undecipherable] hundred and ninety [undecipherable] Between Oliver Wolcott Junior Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America for and on behalf of the said States of the one Part, and James O'Hara of the State of Pennsylvania of the other Part[undecipherable] Whereas by a certain Agreement between the Parties to these presents bearing date the first day of June [undecipherable] thousand seven hundred and ninety-[undecipherable] it was Stipulated that the Party of the [undecipherable] part should furnish six Months [undecipherable] in advance at [undecipherable] Posts [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] and three months supplies at certain other Posts, if the same should be required — Now therefore this Indenture Witnesseth that the said Oliver Wolcott Junior for and on behalf of the United States of America, and the said James O'Hara for himself, his Heirs Executors and Administrators mutually covenant and agree with respect to all Supplies that may be [undecipherable] at the several Posts on the first day of June [undecipherable] thousand seven hundred and [undecipherable] in pursuance of the Agreement aforesaid — as follows — 1. That an Inventory shall be taken on the first day of June [undecipherable] next ensuing, of the several species of Supplies remaining unexpended at the different Posts, and which [undecipherable] been deposited there in pursuance of the stipulations in the aforesaid Agreement or of Requisitions from the Commander in chief. 2^d. That the Inventory shall be taken in presence of the Commanding Officer of the Post, and the party of the second Part, or his Agent, and Duplicate Receipts given therefore by the said Party of the second part, or his Agent, to the [undecipherable] or other responsible person expressing the Quantity and Quality of each Article 3^d. That the said Party of the second part shall and will [undecipherable] to the United States for all the Supplies that shall be [undecipherable] for as in the preceding Articles, he being allowed [undecipherable] a Deduction of twelve and a half per Cent as a full allowance of Wastage, leakage and Damage of whatsoever [undecipherable] excepting only such [undecipherable] as may be occasioned by fire, Water, an Enemy, or by the Troops of the United States. 4^th. That the Party of the second Part shall [undecipherable] the Supplies [undecipherable] to the Troops at the several Posts in rations to consist as follows Viz: One pound of Bread or Flour One pound of Beef or Eighteen Ounces of Pork Half a Gill of Rum Brandy or Whiskey One [undecipherable] of Salt Two Quarts of Vinegar } [undecipherable] [Hundred?] Rations Two pounds of Soap One pound of Candles 5^th. That the said Party of the first Part shall pay or cause to be paid to the said party of the second part One Cent for every Ration which he shall [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as a full compensation for his trouble and expense in drawing the same — In Witness whereof the said Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the United States hath hereunto set his hand and seal [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of the Treasury, and the said James O'Hara hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year above Written. [seal] Signed James O'Hara [seal] [seal] Signed Oliver Wolcott [seal] Sec^y of the Treasury Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of [undecipherable] Jones Robert Jones Heath