Articles of Agreement Made on the fifteenth day of August, Anno Domini one Thousand Eight Hundred. Between Samuel Dexter Secretary for the Department of War of the United States of America, of the one Part, and Alexander Dalrymple Orr of Mason County, in the State of Kentucky of the other Part. — This agreement, witnesseth, that the Said Samuel Dexter, for and on behalf of the Said United States of America, and the Said Alexander Dalrymple Orr 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: the Said Alexander Dalrymple Orr, his Executors or Administrators, Shall deposit, Supply, and Issue, all the Rations herein Specified; and which Shall be hereafter Required, of him or them, for the use of the United States, from the first Day of October one thousand Eight Hundred, to the thirtieth Day of September one Thousand Eight Hundred and one, at the respective places, and prices following. 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, and within the Said State ten Cents and two Mills. For every Complete Ration Issued at Knoxville, at all posts and places within the State of Tenissee, at South west Point, and at Tellico Block House twelve Cents. [page 2 undecipherable] and a quarter of Fresh Beef, or one pound of Salted Beef, or three quarters of a pounds 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 one pound and an 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, there 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 conformable to a Scale herein after agreed upon. — It is understood that it Shall be in the Option of the General, or Officer Commanding an Army, or a great Military district, in all cases not provided for by this Contract, to direct when and how often fresh or Salted Meat, Shall be issued by General Orders, to be promulged a reasonable time before the issue is to commence, that in all cases where Salted provisions are issued, the Article of Salt Shall not be required, that the Contractor Shall always issue Flour 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, one per cent 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. That where the price of the Ration Shall be ten Cents and two Mills, that of the component parts Shall be as follows:         Bread, or Flour . . . . . . . . Four Cents         Meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . Four Cents         Half a Gill of Liquor . . . . . . one Cent & five Mills         Small parts . . . . . . . . . . Seven Mills That where the price of the Ration Shall be twelve Cents that of each of the Component Parts Shall be as follows:         Bread, or Flour . . . . Four Cents         Meat . . . . . . . . . Five Cents         Half a Gill of Liquor . . two Cents         Small parts . . . . . one Cent That where the price of the Ration Shall be twenty one Cents, that of each of the Component parts Shall be as follows:         Bread or Flour . . . eight Cents         Meat . . . . . . . Eight Cents & seven mills         Half a Gill of Liquor . three Cents         Small parts . . . one Cent & three mills That where the price of the Ration Shall be fourteen Cents, that of each of the Component parts, Shall be as follows:         Bread & Flour . . Five Cents         Meat . . . . . . Six Cents         Half a Gill of Liquor two Cents         Small parts . . . One Cent Third. that the said A.D. Orr Shall furnish Such quantities of like provisions, at each of the Posts and places, Mentioned and provided for in this Contract, as Shall be Sufficient for the Consumption of the Troops, for the Space of at least three Months in advance. Fourth: that no whiskey, or ardent Spirits, but Such as has paid the excise, Shall be purchased by the Said A.D. Orr, 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 [strikethrough: Opinion] of the Commanding Officer of the Post, be unsound or unfit for Use, a Survey Shall be held thereon, by two uninterested persons, one to be chosen by the Commanding Officer, of the Post and the other by the Said A.D. Orr 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 A.D. Orr or his agent Shall fail, or Neglect, 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 and in that Case, it Shall be lawful for the 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 Absolute failure 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 the account of the Said A.D. Orr. Seventh: That whenever any articles, constituteing 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. If at 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, by the Contractor or his agent, at the Contract price. Eighth: That the Said A.D. Orr, or his agents Shall at each Post, or place, where Supplies shall be Required under this Contract, render, a Monthly abstract, to the Commanding Officer thereof, Specifying the quantities and Species of the Supplies on Hand. Ninth: That all loses 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 under this Contract, being the property of the Contractor, as well as in other property, necessarily used in transporting the Same, Shall be paid for at the Contract price, of the Rations, or the component parts and at an appraised value of the other articles, on the [strikethrough: 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 [strikethrough: the] Loss, and the Amount of the articles for which Compensation is claimed. Tenth: That Escorts, and Guards, for the Safety of the Provisions, and for the Protecting of the Cattle, against an Enemy, Shall be furnished, whenever, in the Opinion of the Commanding General, of the Army, or of any post to whom application may be Made, the Same can be done without prejudice to the Service, and that the Said A.D. Orr 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 Escorts, 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 A.D. Orr his Executors or Administrators Shall render his accounts to the proper Officer for Settlement at least once in every Six Months agreeably to Such form as by the Comptroller of the Treasury May be Established, and Made known to him. Thirteenth: That whenever the Secretary of War, Shall in pursuance of this contract, and on account thereof, make advances or payments to the Said A.D. Orr, the Said A.D. Orr Shall receive, ^{as Cash} if Requested, by the Said Secretary, drafts from the Secretary of the Treasury in his favour, on the Collectors of Revenue or other persons holding public Monies, in the Vicinity of the [strikethrough: above] any of the above mentioned Posts. Fourteenth: That all such advances of Money, as may be Made to the Said A.D. Orr towards the Supplies to be furnished pursuant to this Contract, and all Such Sums of Money 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 A.D. Orr, in complying with the Stipulations, herein contained, Shall be duly accounted for by him, by way of Set off, against the Amount of Such Supplies, and the Surplus, if any, repaid to the United States immediately, after the expiration of ^the this Contract, together with an Interest, at the Rate of Six per Centium, per Annum, from the time of Such expiration, until the Same Shall be actually paid. And that if any balance Shall on any Settlement of the accounts of the Said A.D. Orr, his Executors and Administrators, be found to be due to him or them, for, or by reason of the Rations which Shall be Supplied, pursuant to this agreement, the Same Shall be immediately paid. And that no unnecessary or unreasonable delay, on the part of the Officers of the United States Shall be given to the Settlement of the Accounts of the Said A.D. Orr, his Executors or Administrators. And Whereas, by a certain agreement Made on the first Day of August 1799. Between: James M^cHenry then Secretary of War and James [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] [undecipherable] of the State of Pennsylvania, it was Stipulated, that the parties of the Second Part Should Deposit three months Supplies of Rations, at the Posts and places herein before Mentioned, if the Same Should be Required, it is agreed between the Said Samuel Dexter, and the Said A.D. Orr, — First. that an inventory Shall be taken as soon as possible, which Shall comprise all such Supplies as Shall have been delivered on or before the last day of September next, by virtue of the Said agreement, and Shall on that day remain unexpended. Second: That the inventory Shall be taken in the presence of the Commanding Officer of the Post, and the party of the Second Part, or his agent, and duplicate receipts given therefor, by the Said party of the Second Part, or his agent, expressing the quantity and quality of each Article. Third. That the party of the Second part, Shall account to the United States, for all the Supplies which Shall be receipted for, as in the preceding article, he being allowed, however, a deduction of twelve and a half per Cent. as a full allowance for wastage, beakage and Damage of whatever Nature, excepting only Such losses as May be Occasioned by fire, water, an Enemy, or by the Troops of the United States. Fourth: That the party of the Second part, Shall issue all the Supplies as aforesaid, to the Troops at the Several Posts, in Rations to consist as follows: Eighteen ounces of Bread, or Flour. One pound and a quarter of fresh, or one Pound of Salted Beef, or three quarters of a pound of Salted Pork. Half a Gill of Rum, Brandy, or Whiskey. And at the Rate of two quarts of Salt, two quarts of Vinegar, four pounds of Soap, and One pound and an half of Candles, to every Hundred Rations. Fifth: That the Said party of the first part Shall pay, or cause to be paid to the party of the Second part, one Cent for every Ration, which he Shall Issue as before recited, as a full Compensation for his trouble, and expences in Issuing the Same. 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 of the United States, and the Said Alexander Dalrymple Orr, hath heretoset his hand and Seal the Day and Year first above written. Signed, Sealed, and                 Signed   Sam^s Dexter Delivered in presence                             A.D. Orr  [seal] J^no. Newman Hez. Rodgers Memorandum It is hereby further agreed by and between the parties to the within Contract as follows. Viz: That at each and every place Mentioned, in the aforesaid Contract, where the whole of the Small parts of the Ration Shall be estimated at one Cent, the Value of the different articles composing the Small parts Shall be as follows. Four pounds of Soap . . . . at thirteen Cents per pound   52 Cents Two quarts of Salt . . . . . at eleven Cents per quarts   22 . One pound & a half of Candles   at Sixteen Cents per pound . .   24 Two quarts of Vinegar . . . at one Cent p^r. quart . . .   2                                                               ——100 That at each and at every place where the whole of the Small parts, Shall be estimated at one, and three tenths, of a Cent, the value of the different articles composing the Small parts, Shall be as follows. Four pounds of Soap   at fourteen Cents per pound . .   56 Cents Two quarts of Salt . . at twenty one Cents per quart . . .   42. One pound & an half of Candles at twenty Cents per pound . .   30. Two quarts of Vinegar . . at one Cent per quart . . .   2.                                                               138 That at each and every place where the Whole of the Small parts of the Ration, Shall be estimated, at Seven tenths of a Cent, the value of the different Articles, composing the Small parts Shall be as follows.         Four pounds of Soap . . . at Nine Cents & an half per pound   38 Cents.         Two quarts of Salt . . . . . at Six Cents per quart .   12.         One and an half pound of Candles: at twelve Cents per pound .   18.         Two quarts of Vinegar . . . at one Cent per quart . .   2.                                                               ——70 [seal]   In witness whereof &c: &c: —                                   Signed   Samuel Dexter Sealed and Delivered                                   A.D. Orr  [seal] &c &c. J^no. Newman Hez. Rodgers