[Col. Oswald June 29. 1786 8. Copied] New York June 29^th 1786 Sir Since my letter in answer to yours, in which you were so friendly as to inform me of M^r Sullivan's intended attacks on my Character in the public Prints, I have been honored by the unanimous Congress with an approbation of my conduct — should M^r Sullivan still persist in his unwarrantable purposes, I wish you to publish this [undecipherable: which I herein inclose?] as my answer to his aspersions. I am Sir Your Obed Serv^t [Colo Oswald]