[Col John G. Steele rec 3, 1797 15/11 1797] Treasury Department Comptrollers Office 5^th December 1797. Sir; On an adjustment made at the Treasury of the Accompts of William Johnston Contractor for procuring supplies at a Treaty held with the Creek Indians at Colerain in the State of Georgia in the spring of the year 1796, it appeared that sundry articles and supplies so procured by the Contractor, were retained by James Seagrove Superintendant of Indian Affairs, for the use of his Department. - A Copy of the Abstract of those Articles, with the receipt of the Superintendant annexed I now transmit enclosed, on which you will be pleased to cause the requisite entries to be made in order to charge and hold him accountable for the same in the books of your Office. - I am Sir, very respectfully, your Obed: Serv^t [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r —