Provisions issued at Fort Pitt to Mr Willing for 30 Men on a Voyage to New Orleans Viz
6500^Ib Biscuit & Flour
3000^lb Beef Is 5200 Rations Bread
3000^lb Pork & 5400 d^o. Meat
That is Rations for 30 Men 180 Days
70 Gallons Wiskey at ½ Pint ⅌ Man ⅌ day
will last 30 Days—
Suppose 5 Boats to ascend the Rivers rowed by 20 Men each is 100 Men—It will require 90 days Provisions is 9000 Rations or
11250^Ib Flour &
9000 Pork — also
560 gallons of Rum
Querie—How are they to be supplied?
I recommend to M^r Willing to fix on a Plan with the Commanding officer for the purpose & it will not be difficult to execute—But orders should have been given by Congress—

It is to be lamented that you had not been able to leave this the 1^st. of October The Time I have so often pointed out to Individuals of Congress. You should now be about leaving Orleans to ascend the River & thereby secure your Passage & at one third the Expence of Provisions &c—I now dread the Issue.

G M