Pittsburg February 23^d 1798 1a. Your letter of the 16^th instant is this moment come to hand accompanied by news Papers as usual and a letter to the Quarter Master General which is sent to him. I have again to request your attention to a subject on which I wrote you on the 20^th January 1797 and in order that the business may be now well understood I have herewith enclosed several Extracts of letters together with a copy of a letter from the Secretary of War relative to that subject, and altho' I have no reason to doubt your having paid the proper attention to my letter of the 20^th of January 1797 by obtaining a Patent in the name of the President of the United States for lots N° 37 & 38 in the town of Waterford, but as all the lots of that Town are subject to a forfeiture if certain buildings are not erected previous to the 17^th of August next, it is therefore necessary that applications be made to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, that these lots may be exempted from that condition of improvement as any buildings erected thereon would defeat the intention for which they were purchased by accommodating the Fort. I have tho' within these few days expected to have had the pleasure of paying you a visit during the latter end of the winter partly with a view to make a final settlement of my [underline: Commissary] Business, in that case would have brought with me such papers as are now on hand relative to that department, but as it is now certain that I cannot quit my post, I have this day transmitted four packets containing [undecipherable: Issues] of Provisions at Presqu'isle. Packet N° 1. For July, August & September 1796 N° 2 " October, November & December " N° 3. Jan^y from 19 April to 31^st May 797 N° 4. From 1^st Feb. to 12. April 1797 Also a Return of Provision at Presqu'isle and La Boeuf from July 1796 to May 1797 inclusive. Three other packets remain which will be forwarded by next Post or perhaps by Major Kirkpatrick who will set out for your city in a few days. I have this day found it necessary to draw on you at ten days sight in favor of John Neville for One thousand dollars which be pleased to pay and charge as usual. Two short cast Iron 24 pounders cannon were on the 19^th delivered by Daniel Fisher. I have not yet had any information from M^r Woodbridge respecting the goods carried by M^cElintock, but shall shortly have an opportunity of seeing M^r Woodbridge and shall then endeavor to have the business settled. I am Sir Your obed. Huml. Serv. Isaac Craig Samuel Hodgdon Esq. [Docket: M^r [undecipherable] Craig / 23 Feby 1798 / [undecipherable] Martin]