[69.] [Enclosing from the Secretary of [undecipherable] Aug^t 1800 [undecipherable] for the attention [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Surgeon at Niagara — Kerr. letter 2^nd Dep^t 1800] I have examined the document referred to me relative to the compensation which ought in justice to be allowed the district Surgeons for attending the Garrison of Niagara. And [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Opinion, the pay of an assistant, or deputy [undecipherable] will be adequate to the service rendered. D^r Muirhead attended from 25^th Aug^t to 9^th Nov. 1799. D^r Kerr from 9 Nov. 99. to 14.^th Jan^y 1800. I have the honor to be with great respect Sir Your Obedient Servant Geo. Gillaspy City of Washington July 28.^th 1800 Samuel Dexter Esquire Secretary of War Extract of a Letter from the Secretary of War to Major J. J. Ulrich Rivardi commanding at Niagara. Aug 12. 1800 "It appears that D^r Muirhead attended from the 25^th of August till the 9^th of Nov.^r 1799; and D^r Kerr from the 9^th Nov^r 1799 till the 14^th of Jan^y 1800. If the Gentlemen are willing to accept of the pay of assistant or Surgeon's Mate in the service of the United States, their Bill for the amount will be duly honored. You will be pleased to notify them accordingly." Pay 30 D[undecipherable] [undecipherable] — 6 36 [undecipherable] Copy [undecipherable] Extract of a letter from Gen^l Hamilton to the Secretary of War — June 5. 1800. "D^r Coffin the former Surgeon of Niagara having received a furlough which was necessary from his health, and the State of his public Accounts, the Commandant Major Rivardi was obliged to have recourse to the physicians of the British Post on the opposite side of the Streight." "Docto^r Muirhead attended the Garrison of Niagara from the 24^th of August 1799 to the 9^th of Nov. 1799." Sig^d J.J.U. Rivardi Maj^r [undecipherable] Reg. Art^y. "Doctor Kerr attended the Garrison of Niagara from the 9^th of Nov 1799 to the 14 Jan^y. 1800" J.J.U. Rivardi. Maj^r [undecipherable] Reg. A^tS. Copy [undecipherable]