Gentlemen,

I beg leave to inform Council that to-morrow I expect to proceed on my Journey to join the other commissioners appointed to extend the Northern boundary of the State, and as we are determined, if possible to compleat it this season, we shall no doubt be detained from our Families until late in the fall, before which time my Family will require a supply of cash; and as I have advanced a sum to the commissary, which I have no prospects of having replaced before I set off, I must therefore request the favour of Council to grant an order in my favour for One Hundred pounds. I am, with respect, Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant,