Fort Pitt 17th. Jany. 1778
Gentn.
I do myself the honour to inclose you a demand made on me by Captn. Jas. Willing of the Arm'd Boat Rattle Trap, for Provisions to be sent to the Arkansaws,1 a Spanish post on the Mississippi and an Estimate made by Col: Morgan, as the Demand & Estimate both, were made on Supposition, and I have not had any orders respecting it. I beg to be favoured with your Instructions on the Subject, Captn. Willing Saild the 10th. at night with very Good Water I have the honour to be [&c.]
Edwd: Hand
L, DNA, PCC, item 159, 431-2 (M247, roll 178). Addressed at the foot: "The HonbIe. Commercial Committee." Docketed: "No. 78/Letter from/gen. Hand/17 Jan: 1778—/referred to the board of/treasury—."
1. See Colonel George Morgan to Captain James Willing, Jan. 1778, above.
