[War Office 7 June 1797 To Tench Francis] Sir War Office June 7^th 1797 The Secretary of War desires me to request of you a Valuation of the live Oak Timber deposited at Mud Fork and also what remains in Georgia belonging to the Public, which Valuation He apprehends he means to lay before Congress — I am Sir with respect, &c Josiah Fox On the 1 February 1797 By Col [undecipherable] Account given [undecipherable] there was at the Island of [undecipherable: Opalos] the following Live Oak Timber at [undecipherable] Landing 99 [undecipherable] — 3076 feet Sold — [undecipherable] — 637 — [undecipherable]— — Tho [undecipherable] — 267 — 7636— 19110 feet [Small harbors since brought away] & delivered at the Yard & in [undecipherable] Back [undecipherable] last [undecipherable] — 10,000 7,110 [undecipherable] below 3,643 Now at [undecipherable] almost Chiefly large Timber the[re] could [be] brought off) At the Yard — 1[undecipherable]761 In [undecipherable] Yard — 1,800 Valued at [undecipherable] 14,761 14,761 Solid feet 18,404 [undecipherable] N.B. There are two Shops gone to [undecipherable] for Wood — June the 8. 1797 [undecipherable] Tench Francis Esq. Purveyor —