Philadelphia Oct^r 6^th 1800 Sir To enable me to furnish the Shirts required by your letter of the 24^th Ulti^o I request you will be pleased to direct the sum of Four Thousand dollars to be remitted to me, & for the Axes & Hoes for the Choctaw Nation of Indians agreeably to your letter of the 30^th Ult^o. One Thousand Dollars —— I enclose conformally to your letter of the 24^th Ultimo an estimate of the expence of the Surveyors Office for one year — I am &c—— Hon^ble Samuel Dexter Esq^re Sec^y of War [turn over]