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and concert in all thanks[?], suspended my purpose, which will be delayed until the Generals tour of services expires, when I shall most certainly fulfill my promise made to you in the Letter to which I have reference--should it be deemed inexpedient by the President or irreconcilable to the public interests to indulge me at this moment in the Enquiry, which I have [unclear] from them[?], I beg leave at this time to solicit permission to pay my respects to Him & to you Sir, in the month of December next, as my private & domestic concerns call my attention to Philadelphia, and the [unclear] & detached State of the Legion, will leave no Command for a Second Gen'l Officer--

I make this request to you, because I am apprehensive of Major Genl. wayne[?] may oppose my wishes; & I shall feel myself officially[?] your good officer on the occasion--

The Gen'l has surveyed his route, but has [unclear] [unclear] me the use of his field notes, I may however from my personal observations assure you, that the sketch which I forwarded to you, in May, is more correct than could be exepcted-- I tendered the