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[illegible] I may further be permitted to Draw for a Sum of Money (or to be [furn]ished] with it) from time to time, not Exceeding five [Hun]dred Pounds Sterling in all on acct to defray all the Traveling [Ex]pences from it, & to Pay the Wages and Provisions for the people requisite to Assist me when Surveying ~ And that I may have a Recommendation to the Governors of the Different States to be furnished with a Boat and Guides where I have occasion for Should the Goverment be pleased to approve of my propositions I shall Cheerfully engage myself to furnish, twelve months after the [illegible], I have recieved the Approbation, a Map with the Necessary Plans annexed to it, with every explanations, Remarks, and an Estimate of the Expences attending it, if no unforeseen accidents happen. I shall likewise not omit, to make all Military [Obs]ervations, as far as my Capacity will Permit me, if demanded. And I promise that the whole Sum of Expences in making these [Sur]veys Shall not exceed five Hundred Pounds Sterling, excluding hire of a Boat or Guides I may be furnished with at times [illegible] Requisite An Apprehension, that the interested [Motives?] of the Different States, under the former Government could [illegible]strate my Wishes has hitherto prevented me to attempt to lay [illegible] Present Proposition sooner before the Honorable the Congress I hope, that my humble and well meaning proposition may meet with Kind Reception and if the Execution of so great a Plan should be thought Premature