Craig advised that mail to Presque Isle should be sent by land and ordered the immediate purchase of thirty pack horses. Advised purchase was made under the assumption that money from Hodgdon would have arrived by mail. Park uncertain of how to proceed.
The clerk has received a letter from Major Craig in which he expresses the need to purchase thirty additional pack horses for the journey from Pittsburgh to Presq'Isle. Since no money has been received from Hodgdon, the clerk has borrowed money for that purpose with the promise of immediate re-payment. All of this has lead to the delay of the purchase.
Tousard warns that an officer who is charged with recording the proceedings of the Council and conducting correspondence with Simmons would have little time to learn the duties of an Artillerist and Engineer without a clerk to assist him. Since the Secretary of War must be very busy, he aks Simmons to decide on this proposal.
[Mostly illegible] Appears to accept Pickering's offer of the post as commissioner for the negotiations between New York and the St. Regis [Iroquois] Indians.
Simmons certifies that $3.61 is due Cadet Philip Landais for the balance of his pay in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers from March 16th through June 1795.
Simmons certifies that $3.61 is due Cadet Philip Rodrigue being the balance of his pay as a Cadet in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers from March 16th through June 1795.
Simmons certifies that $3,086.96 is due the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates who arrived at West Point during June and July 1795 for the arrearages of their pay through May 1795 and the pay of all the men for June 1795.
Informs the Secretary at War that Nathan Gorham has not disbursed monies allocated for the mounting of artillery. Asks the Secretary if Gorham should be ordered to make the designated payment or return the money forthwith.
