[FCA22] Articles of Agreement, made on the Thirty first day of [undecipherable] 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 William Colfax of Bergen County in the State of New Jersey of the other part. THE AGREEMENT WITNESSETH, That the said Samuel Dexter, for and on behalf of the United States of America, and the said William Colfax his heirs [undecipherable] do mutually covenant and agree [undecipherable] and with each other, as follows, viz: First. That the said William Colfax his heirs [undecipherable] [undecipherable] shall [and will furnish and deliver] [undecipherable] rations to such troops of the United States as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the year one thousand eight hundred and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from the thirty first day of December of [the present] year [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the State of New Jersey, where the daily Issues shall be two hundred [or upwards,] Fourteen Cents per Ration, and where the daily Issues shall be under two hundred [undecipherable] cents per Ration. New York (the western parts excepted) [where] the daily Issues shall be two hundred or upwards, fourteen cents, [seven and a half mills;] and where [the daily Issues shall be under two hundred,] [undecipherable] cents [per Ration.] Connecticut and Rhode Island, and [undecipherable] (the Armory at Springfield excepted) where the daily Issues shall be two hundred [or upwards,] Fourteen Cents; where the daily Issues shall be under two hundred, Fifteen Cents per Ration. New Hampshire and Vermont, where the daily Issues shall be two hundred or upwards, [twelve] Cents [per mile;] [undecipherable] where the daily Issues shall be under two hundred [Thirteen] Cents [per Ration] [undecipherable]. Second. That the ration to be furnished and delivered by [stores?] aforesaid, Shall consist of the following articles, viz: Eighteen ounces of bread or flour, or when neither can be had, an equal quantity of corn meal; one pound of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the army, or the commanding officer of any Superior [undecipherable], or garrison [undecipherable] Shall [undecipherable], half a gill of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] vinegar, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. Third. That Supplies Shall be furnished by the said William Colfax [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [FCA23] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the said [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the said William Colfax [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the [undecipherable] aforesaid have hereunto set their hands and seals, the day and year above written. Signed Sam^l. Dexter Will^m. Colfax [seal] Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Jn^o. Newman Andrew Dexter J^r. Copy John Goulding