[Vol. 36, No. 88] [hi,] T. C. May 8^th 1799. Sir, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2^d instant. The business to which you allude, relates to an application made to me by the Surveyor General, for a party of men to assist in marking the Indian boundary line agreably to General Lempees Treatj — but, as the Surveyor General omitted to designate the time and the place where the men would be required, I have written to him for the necessary information — In the mean time I would by leave to suggest, whether it would not [strikethrough: obviate to prevent] [undecipherable] delay, if you were, to direct the Commanding Officer in the North Western Territory, to confer with the Surveyor General on the subject — and to afford him such assistance as he may deem adequate to the object. I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Sir Your Mo. Ob. Serv^t Major General Hamilton New York [address panel notation: 1799. / [undecipherable] May [undecipherable] / New yorke / [undecipherable]]