Wilkins perceives that certain persons have plowed and planted the field immediately below the fort and have fenced in the ground in the rear of the Catholic Church and are proceeding to build on it. As this land is included within the survey of the Military Reserve, Wilkins asks whether these persons are acting under the direction of Menet and, if so, by what authority Menet claims the land. Copy of L.S. To this Menet adds a copy of his own answer.