[Endorsement: Extract from the Contract of James O'Hara commencing 1^st October 1798 and ending [undecipherable] September 1799] An extract from the contracts of James O'Hara. Article 5^th That the party of the second part, his Executors and administrators, shall deposit, supply & issue all the rations herein specified, and which shall be hereafter required of him for the service of the United States from the first day of october, one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight to the thirteenth day of September one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine, at the respective places and following prices. For every complete ration issued at Oswego, twenty one cents and two tenths For every complete ration issued at Niagara twenty one cents and two tenths. For every complete ration issued at Presqu isle twenty four cents For every complete ration issued at Detroit twenty five cents and nine tenths For every complete ration issued at Michilimackinac twenty eight cents and two tenths. For every complete ration issued at Fort Franklin fourteen cents. For every complete ration issued at Pittsburgh seventeen cents and eight tenths. For every complete ration issued at Le Beuf fourteen cents. For every complete ration issued at Cincinnati sixteen cents and two tenths For every complete ration issued at Greenville fourteen cents. For every complete ration issued at Piqua town fourteen cents For every complete ration issued at Lorames Store fourteen cents. For every complete ration issued at Fort Wayne twenty eight cents and two tenths. For every complete ration issued at Fort Defiance sixteen cents and two tenths For every complete ration issued at any place between Fort Defiance on the Miami River to Lake [undecipherable] sixteen cents and two tenths. For every complete ration issued at Fort Knox and out-stations on the river Wabash, twenty one cents and two tenths For every complete ration issued at Masiac twenty one cents and two tenths For every complete ration issued at any place or places on the East side of the river Mississippi above [the mouth] of the river Ohio and upon the Illinois River, thirty cents and six tenths For every complete ration issued at any place or places on the East side of the Mississippi river below the mouth of the river Ohio to the southern boundary of the State of Kentucky twenty one cents and two tenths For every complete ration issued at any post or place in Kentucky, excepting on the Mississippi fourteen cents. For every complete ration issued at any place, or places on the east side of the Mississippi river below the southern boundary of the State of Kentucky to the southern boundary of the State of Tennessee, twenty one cents and two tenths For every complete ration issued at Knoxville, Telico Block House, and other posts or places in Tennessee, excepting on the Mississippi seventeen cents and eight tenths For every complete ration issued at any place, or places on the East side of the River Mississippi, below the southern boundary of the State of Tennessee, to the southern boundary of the United States twenty four cents. Should any rations be required at any places, or within any other districts not specified in this contract, the price of the same shall be hereafter agreed on between the public and the contractor, but it is to be understood that it is in the option of the public to require the delivery of the rations at any of the enumerated places, or posts, to be designed to be consumed at other places or posts, paying the stipulated prices at the places of delivery; provided that if the contractors shall have been required to deposit provisions at one place, or post, and shall afterwards be required to remove them, to be delivered at another place or post at which the price of the ration is lower than at the first mentioned place or post, the price to be allowed for such provisions, so removed, shall be that which is stipulated to be paid at the said first mentioned place, or post, together with the expenses of transportation to such other place or post. 2^nd. That the ration to be furnished, and delivered by virtue of this contract shall consist of the following articles (viz; Eighteen ounces of Bread or Flour one pound and a quarter of Beef, or three quarters of a pound of Pork A gill of Rum, Brandy or Whiskey And at the rate of two quarts of Salt Four quarts of Vinegar Three pounds of Soap and one pound and a half of Candles to every hundred rations. It is understood, however, that if the quantities of the component Articles of a ration shall be reduced by Law, the price to be allowed therefore shall be proportionally reduced. And it shall be in the option of the party of the second part to issue pork, Beef or Bacon, and in all cases where salted provisions are issued, the article of salt shall not be required. That in the delivery of bread, Flour or meal, one percent shall be deducted from the gross weight of every parcel weighed for draft and wastage, but each parcel weighed shall include no greater number of rations than are sufficient for a regiment, nor shall there be any allowance, where it comprises less than one hundred rations. In lieu of this allowance the commanding officers of Corps and Detachments may require deliveries by companies. It is also understood that the commanding officer may at any time, and at all times as he may think proper require of the party of the second part, Flour instead of bread. That where the price of the ration shall be twenty one cents and two tenths of a cent, that each of the component parts shall be as follows Bread or Flour, six cents and three tenths Meat — . . . six cents and three tenths Liquor . . . . seven cents and three tenths Small parts — one cent and three tenths That where the price of the rations shall be fourteen cents that each of the component parts shall be as follows                         Cents Bread or Flour —— 4 ¹/10 Meat —— —— —— 4 ⁶/10 Liquor —— —— —— 4 Small parts —— 1 ⁹/10 That where the price of the rations shall be seventeen cents, and eight tenths of a cent that each of the component parts shall be as follows                         Cents Bread or Flour —— 5 ¹/10 Meat —— —— —— 6 ¹/10 Liquor —— —— 4 ⁵/10 Small parts —— 1 ⁹/10 That where the price of the ration shall be sixteen cents and two tenths of a cent that each of the component parts shall be as follows.                         Cents Bread or Flour —— 5 ¹/10 Meat —— —— 5 ⁵/10 Liquor —— —— 4 ¹/10 Small parts —— one. That where the price of the ration shall be twenty four cents that each of the component parts shall be as follows Bread or Flour —— 7 ⁸/10 Meat —— —— —— 6 ⁹/10 Liquor —— —— 8 ⁹/10 Small parts —— 1 ⁴/10 That where the price of the ration shall be twenty five cents and nine tenths of a cent, that each of the component parts shall be as follows                         Cents Bread or Flour —— 7 ¹/10 Meat —— . . . —— 7 ⁷/10 Liquor —— —— —— 10 Small parts —— —— 1 ⁹/10. That where the price of the ration shall be twenty eight cents, and two tenths of a cent, that each of the component parts shall be as follows                         Cents Bread or Flour 8 ¹/10 Meat . . . . 8 ⁷/10 Liquor —— 10 Small parts 1 ³/10 That where the price of the ration shall be thirty cents and six tenths of a cent that each of the component parts shall be as follows.                         Cents Bread, or Flour —— 10 ¹/10 Meat —— —— —— 9 ¹/10 Liquor —— —— —— 10 Small parts —— —— 1 ⁷/10. The above is a true Extract, from the original Contracts                                                                 John Caldwell War Office                                                  Cl. Clk. War Dpt. 14^th November 1798.