The accountant of the War Department requests M^r. Jones will be pleased to inform him the Contract price of Rations at the Natches from April to October 97 [left margin calculations:] 46 oz 221 458 221 [right margin, April 16^th: columns of figures — 4/9. 0. 3/5, 2/3, 1 7 1; below: 6. 0 2, 6. 2 1, 5. 6 0, 1 9 1] From 1^st April 1797 to 1^st June following — Dift. For wing lb of Bread or fine 10 Cents " Do Do Beef or 3/4 of Pork 10 Do " Do Do Candles —————— 30 Do 20 1.13/100 " Do Do Soap —————— 36 Do " Do Quarts of Salt —————— 40 Do " Do Do Vinegar —————— 7 Do From 1^st June 1797 to 30^th September 1798 — Seventeen Cents [page 2 — arithmetic calculations:] 16 15 80 16 4.8 —— 24 4 14 21 14 28 4.2 —— 298 954 15 —— 4770 954 47 —— 143.57 46 13 138 465 —— 6.03 84 21 168 8.4 2 —— 1774 843 252 106 630 10 685 —— 1781 424/85 954 4 —— 9/3816/424 26 21 18 30 650 14 2000 650 —— 9100 390.0 65 390 [strikethrough: 395] 3.25 —— 9497.25 41 864 —— .287 —— 41.0371