[Draft] [Endorsement: Fort Wilkinson Sept 3^d 1799 — Draft of a letter to John Harris Keeper of Military Stores Philad^a — went by post on Tuesday the 3^d Sept. 1799 together with a copy of Col. Hawkins's opinion on my Instructions as Factor] Fort Wilkinson Sept^r 3^d 1799 Sir, The Inclosed [strikethrough: free d from] herewith [strikethrough: about] is a copy of what I rec^d from Col. Hawkins, three weeks past, but [strikethrough: it] would have been forwarded by last Post, but about that Time I was confined seven or eight Days with a Fever, which is common in this [undecipherable] — the Indians complain much for want of [undecipherable], Flints, [undecipherable] and Blankets. In my last to you I mentioned that I saw no account of Blankets in the Invoice, but it was an oversight in me, & Bale N^o 5. is said to contain ten Stripes Blankets. — I am Sir your obedient & Hbl. Serv^t Edw^d Albright n. S. Factor [Mr. John Harris Keeper of Military Stores Phila]