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Articles of Agreement made this first Day of August 1799 between James McHenry Secretary for the Department of War of the United States of America of the one part, and Jas O'Hara of the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] of the other part. — It is agreed and understood that the said Jas McH[enry] for and on behalf of the said United States of America and the said Jas O'Hara for himself his Heirs Executors and Administrators have mutually covenanted and agreed, and by these presents do mutually covenant and agree to and with each other as follows Viz — First That the said Jas O'Hara his Executors or Administrators shall deposit suffply and dispense all the Rations herein specified, and which shall hereafter be required of him or them, for the use of the United States, from the first Day of October 1799 to the 30^th Day of September 1800 at the underwritten places and prices following. — Complete Rations [undecipherable] — 13 Cents Oswego — 15 Lormois — 13 Niagara — 15 Fort Wayne — 14¾ Presqu'isle — 16⅔ (Defiance) — 13 Detroit — 16⅔ Miamis River — 13 Mackinac — 19¾ Knophy's [undecipherable] — 15 Fort Franklin — 13 Macao — 13- Le Boeuf — 14 Mississipi & Illinois ) Cincinnati — 13 Rivers above the East ) 20¾ Pittsburgh — 13 Side of the Ohio ) Greenville — 13 Kentucky under Mississippi [undecipherable] at Knoxville [undecipherable] 14 Cents in Tennessee [undecipherable] 14 Cents as 70 at St Stephens on the [undecipherable] Should any [undecipherable] be required at any place or within any other District not specified in this Contract, the price of the same shall hereafter be agreed on between the public and the Contractor, but it is to be understood, that it is the Option of the parties to require the delivery of the Rations at any of the enumerated places or forts the assigned to be consumed at other places or forts paying the stipulated prices at the places of delivery; provided, that if the Contractor shall have been required to deposit provisions at one place or fort, and shall afterwards be required to remove them, to be delivered at another place or fort, at which the price is lower than at the first mentioned place or fort, the price to be allowed for such provisions so removed shall be that which is stipulated to be paid at the first mentioned place or fort, together with the Expenses of transportation to such other place or fort — Second — That the Rations to be furnished & delivered by virtue of this Contract — shall consist of these articles Viz. Eighteen ounces of Bread or Flour and [when] neither can be obtained of One Quart of Rice or One & half pounds of salted [or] Indian Meal, One pound and a Quarter of fresh Beef or one pound of salted Beef or three Quarters of a pound of salted Pork; and when fresh Meat is issued, salt at the rate of two Quarts for every hundred Rations, soap at the Rate of four pounds, and candles at the Rate of a pound and a half for every hundred Rations — (and whenever the Commander in Chief of the Army, or the Commanding Officer of any separate Detachment or Garrison thereof shall so require) half a Gill of Rum or Whiskey or other ardent spirits, and whensoever supplies thereof shall be on hand. Vinegar at the rate of two Quarts for every hundred Rations. — It is understood, and agreed, that when the proper Officer shall make no requisition for Ardent Spirits, then shall be no issue of the same, and a Reduction in the price of every Ration, of which ardent Spirits makes no component part, be made, according to a Scale herein agreed upon. — It is understood, that it shall be at the Option of the General or Officer commanding any Army or any great Military district in all Cases not otherwise provided for by this Contract, to direct when, and how often fresh or salted Meat shall be issued by general Orders, to be promulgated a reasonable time before the issue is to commence; that in all cases where Salt provisions are issued, the Article of Salt shall not be required; that the Contractor shall always issue at least two Days in every Week, and the Option of Bread or Flour for the remainder of the Week be with the Contractor; that in the Delivery of Bread Flour or Meat, Compensation shall be deducted from the Gross Weight of every parcel weighed, for Draught & 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 Officer of Posts and Detachments may— require Deliveries by Companies. — Where the price of the Ration shall be fifteen Cents that each of the Component parts shall be as follows — Bread or Flour — 6 Cents Meat 6 Half a Gill of Liquor 2 Small stores 1 15 Cents 16⅔ Rations 10¾ — Bread or Flour — 6 Cents Bread 4 Meat 6⅔ Meat 4 Liquor — 3 Liquor 1½ Small 1¾ 16⅔ Small ¾ 10¾ 19¾ 14 — Bread &c — 8 Bread — 5 Meat 7 Meat — 6 Liquor 3 Liquor 2 Small 1¾ 19¾ Small 1 14 — 13 Cents 24 Cents — Bread &c — 4½ Bread &c — 12¾ Meat — 5½ Meat 7 Liquor 2 Liquor 3 Small 1 13 Small 1½ 24— 20½ — Bread &c 8 Meat 8 Liquor 3 Small 1½ 20½ 16½ Bread — 6 Meat — 6 Liquor 3 Small 1½ 16½ [Thi]rd — That the Supplies shall be furnished by the said [contractor] at the forts of Oswigo, Niagara, Presqu'isle, (Detroit, Fort Defiance) and Fort Wayne in such Quantities, as that there shall always be sufficient for the Consumption of the Troops for the space of [Sep?] months in advance, and at the fort of Michilimackinac in such Quantities, that there shall always be sufficient for the troops for the Space of Nine Months in advance in good and wholesome provisions, to consist of salted pork or Beef or both; and a correspondent Quantity of Flour & other Articles forming the Rations; and that there shall be required of the said Jas O'Hara furnished at each of the other posts of the troops, for the Space of at least, three Months in Advance. Fourth — That no Whiskey, or ardent spirits but such as have paid the Excise shall be purchased by the said James O'Hara for the purposes stipulated in this Contract. — Fifth That whenever or as often as the provisions stipulated to be furnished under this Contract shall in the Opinion of the Commanding Officer of the Post be unsound or unfit for use; a Survey shall be held thereon by two disinterested persons, One to be chosen by the Commanding Officer of the post, and the other by the said Jas O'Hara or his Agent (and in Case of Disagreement, a third person to be chosen by mutual Consent who shall have power to condemn such part of the provisions as to them may appear unfit for use But if the said Jas O'Hara or his Agent shall fail to appoint a person to inspect the said provisions within five Days after notice being given by the Commanding Officer of the post, which Notice shall be in Writing — [then] there, and in that case, it shall be lawful for the said [Commanding] Officer, to appoint such persons, as he may think proper, to inspect the provisions under Oath, with power to condemn as aforesaid. — Sixth That the Commanding General, or person appointed by him, at each post, in Case of an absolute [Deliver?] or — Deficiency, in the Quantity of Provisions contracted to be delivered and kept up, shall have power to supply the Deficiency by purchase, at the Risque, and on Account of the said Jas O'Hara. — Seventh — That whenever any Articles constituting the Whole or any part of the ration shall not be in Store and withheld from the Officers and Soldiers, Due Bills shall be given therefor, payable within two Months by the Delivery of the Articles withheld. — Yet the Expiration of the said two Months, the Contractor, or his Agent, shall not deliver the Articles expressed in the said Due Bills within ten Days after Demand being made therefor, payment for the articles so withheld, shall be made in Money, shall be made by the Contractor or his Agent at the Contract prices. — Eight — That the said Jas O'Hara or his Agents, shall at each port or place where supplies shall be required under this Contract, render a Monthly Abstract to the Commanding Officer thereof specifying the Quantity and Species of the Supplies on hand. — Ninth That all losses sustained by the Depredations of an Enemy, or by means of the Troops of the United States in Articles intended to compose Rations to be issued (more [under] this Contract, or [undecipherable] in transporting the same, shall be paid for at the contract Price of the Ration — or the component parts, and at an appraised Value of the other Articles, on the deposition of one or more creditable characters, and the Certificate of a commissioned Officer, when the same can be obtained, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the Articles for which Compensation is claimed. Tenth That escort and Guards for the safety of the provisions; and for the protecting of the cattle against an Enemy shall be furnished, whensoever within the means of the Commanding General of the times, and of any post to whom application may be made, the same can be done without prejudice to the service; and that the said [blank] shall not be answerable for any Deficiency of Supplies at any of the said Posts or places, if it shall appear upon satisfactory proof, that such Deficiency was occasioned by the Want of proper Escort and Guards. — Eleventh — That at all stationary posts, proper Store Houses shall be provided on behalf of the public, for the Reception and safe keeping of the provisions deposited from time to time at such posts respectively; and the Contractor shall suffer no loss for want of such Stores. — Twelfth — That the said James O'Hara his Executors or Administrators shall render his Accounts to the proper Officer for Settlement, at least once in six months, agreeable to such Forms as by the Comptroller of the Treasury may be established and made known. — Thirteenth That all such Advances of Money as may be made to the said Jas O'Hara towards the supplies to be furnished pursuant to this Contract, and all such sums of money as as the Commander in Chief may be obliged to disburse in order to procure Supplies in Consequence of any failure on the part of the said [blank] in complying with the Stipulations herein contained shall be strictly accounted for by him by way of debit, or against the Amount of such Supplies, and the Surplus if any, paid to the United States immediately after the Expiration of the term of this Contract, together with [undecipherable] — from the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] expiration until the same be actually paid. And that if any Balance shall be at any settlement of the accounts of the said [blank] his Executors and Administrators [undecipherable] to be due him or them for or by Reason [of] the Rations which shall be supplied, pursuant to that Agreement, the same shall immediately be repaid. And that no unnecessary or [undecipherable] [undecipherable] all Officers of the United States shall be given to the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] said [undecipherable] his Executors or Administrators — In Witness whereof the said Secretary of War on Behalf of the United States hath hereunto subscribed his name and affixed the Seal of the War Office [Seal: the War Office of the United States] of the United States, and the said James O'Hara hath hereunto set his Hand and seal the Day and Year first above written. — James McHenry — Sec^y of War — Signed sealed and delivered Signed { James O'Hara [L.S.] in presence of — John Caldwell [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [Copy] [Aug. 1. 1799]