Letter, Darien, Governor George M. Troup / Thomas Spalding regarding procuring men and provisions in Darien

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Darien February 12, 1827
Dear Sir
Your letter of the 5th February I received last.
night Governor Randolph has not yet arrived, nor
has Mr McBride. Until they do. I am unapprized
of what arrangements may have been made at Milledgeville.
I find we could procure men as cheaply here,
as they could have been procured at Milledgeville,
provisions of every Character, much cheaper. I am satisfied,
that in making a provision for two or three months in
the Wilderness, well baked biscuit & Bacon, one the
only articles to be depended upon, (and biscuit here is
Cheaper than ground meal above -
After receiving your first letter, I went to
Savannah for a day, for the purpose of ascertaining
whether, I could draw upon you thro' the Banks
there after seeing and knowing from Mr Randolph
the extent of the outfit to which we ought to go
I find that the Banks, do not like to accept
of Drafts upon the Treasury, and Mr Bulloch
says


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says your best course would be to transmit
check upon the State Bank in Savannah, to
an amount that would, cover all the necessary
expenditure - if this is determined upon, I request
You to to it as speedily as is convenient, the
extent of such a check (you who know, what has
been procured above, and no doubt can better
judge than myself having seen Mr Randolph,
how, and in what manner the United States is to
meet us upon this subject) will determine the
Amount-
My friend Mr Bell, accompanies me, and
Will keep an accurate account of the expenditures
of all monies, thus come into my hands.
And I remain Dr Sir
Yrs with Respect & Esteem
T. Spalding
To His Excellency
Geo. M. Troup
Milledgeville


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Tho. Spalding Comr.
12 Feby 1827