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                                Fort Jarvis Fish River
                                      Apr. 23, 1839,

Charles Jarvis [?] Esq.

  Dr, Sir
        I take this opportunity to inform you of my doings which is according to order, we arrived here after a hard seige, we then went to work on the block house & boom 

The Boom is completed, it is Four hundred feet long and is in a good place. The only chance there is from the lake to the mouth, at the mouth of the river there is [inserted] a small Isle with about nine acres of land in it and would be a very good chance for a boom to stop the timber that comes down the St John the English have surveyed the ground on the opposite bank and say they shall build barracks there. I have been down to Mr Baker but did not see him as he was gone away in the woods. I have two boats there now after potatoes which will be here to night. It is 14 miles from the Fort to Battery. I have hired two Frenchmen to help us build some canoes. I have six built already and [?] found ten in the woods and we have been finishing them off, so that we have quite a few. The men are all well & hearty, and satisfied with this situation which is very pleasant. we shall move in the house tomorrow, it is very strong built is is principally built of hewn timbers 20 inches thick and on a high point of land, we can reach both ends of the boom with a musket from the house the French have been here and they are glad that we Americans are going to have this land they are all friendly - There is three [?] Frenchmen here that are agoing to work for Mr Buckmore [?] and the man that brings this letter wants to return and I dont want him here, so I let him go with them Your Obt. Servt, Alvin Nye A. A. L. Agt.

Copy Fort Jarvis Fish River Apr 23.1829. Charles Jarvis Esq Sir Mr Bunker wishes to send Forty dollars to Mr David