Presque Jule
May 18th 1803

Dear Sir,  I arrived here the  next after I parted with you, more fatigued than my horse, I just in time to send you six hundred dollars by W. Reed, who sets out tomorrow for Canadaigua.  Two Hundred of this you will pay W. Follet taking his rec. therefore, specifying it as the first payment of a contract entered into by said Follet for erecting a mill at the Tuscaraora Village, be good enough to acknowledge the rec of the whole sum, as soon as you conveniently can send me a return of the different Nations of Indians and their relative situations, I hope you found all well on your arrival at home.  

Yours Sincerely, 
Callender Irwin

P.S. I will send you more when I hear from the War Department, don't forget Mayor Rogers Ind. Shoes- as so good an opportunity may not occur shortly, I have strained 200 more making $800 in all, I will trust to providence for more

There is not a sheet of paper in all this Town, I cut this out of my Book

C. Irwin