[Mr. Jones] M^r Jones . Accountant's Office — A charge is presented to this Office for admission to the credit of the Quarter-master General, of eighty dollars, for so much paid by his agent Samuel Hodgdon Esquire, in April 1798, to W^m Sturgis for riding ex^pt — from Shippensburg to Pittsburg, and thence to Philadelphia, with dispatches from the Secretary of War to General Wilkinson, and his answer — said to be by agreement with W^m Rippey of Shippensburg — has any such service been performed, and was W^m Rippey duly authorized by the Secretary of War, to make any such contract for the amount of his Compensation? — A charge is also presented for the expences of [undecipherable] for going to New York with a case of Pattern Muskets said to be ordered there by the Secretary of War — was he so ordered in 179[8?]? — Did the Secretary of War order or direct Samuel Hodgdon Esquire, Agent for the Quarter-master General, to purchase a horse to accommodate Col. John McKee on his way to Pittsburg in the month of February last? a charge for a purchase of this kind is introduced. Did the Secretary of War order Samuel Hodgdon to purchase ten pieces of Hessians in February 1799. and for what purpose were they — Jeremiah Condy Clerk A.O. D.W. Mr. Condy. [strikethrough: I certify by] By order of the Secretary I answer yes to each of your Queries — the horse purchases for McKee was for the use of an Indian — H. Jones Ch. Wo. May 23. 99.