[undecipherable] Sir You will please to rec[undecipherable] when I was in Philadelphia you [undecipherable] [undecipherable]d me to build a Grist Mill & [undecipherable] for the Oneida Nation of [undecipherable] in fulfillment of the treaty made with them by Col Pickering & to expend on both of them eight hundred dollars & no more. — I have some time ago contracted with workmen to erect the two buildings & finish them for one & have employed a faithfull man in the Neighbourhood to over see the work occasionally. The buildings are considerably advanced and money is wanting to proceed with them — I have advanced some already and would wish to have the eight hundred dollars furnished to me as soon as possible, as the workmen are in want of it. I would be much obliged to you Sir to send me with the money for the Oneidas three months of my salary from the 31^st March 98 to the 30^th June agreeable to the enc[undecipherable] enclosed. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] are [undecipherable] would be best the [undecipherable] the money in post notes drawn on my name for more safety — [undecipherable] to must [undecipherable] its notes for a hundred D[undecipherable]. I have nothing new to inform you — the Ind[undecipherable] of the Six Nations are [undecipherable] peaceable [undecipherable] [undecipherable] among themselves with the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] in Lower Can[ada] a number are now here on their way to council with them in order to [bring?] a bout a sett[lement?]. [left margin, rotated: undecipherable]