[No 95] To the Honble Secretary at War, of the United States. Pittsfield, Jany 9^th 1787 Dear Sir. I was the last evening honored with the receipt of your favor of the 5^th P^r Bearer North. — As the State of Massachusetts has ordered a body of men to be kept up for four months from the 19^th instant, who will be stationed in the disaffected Counties, to watch the motions, & to counteract the Insurgents, the Magazine will in my opinion be quite safe, as no body of men can at tact to a point unnoticed, therefore we need not now guard against an attack here, in force — To prevent the Magazine of arms from being fired, & the foundation of the powder magazine from being sapped, are the only objects which from now claim your attention; to this service, 10 men will be fully competent. — You may also be assured that while I retain any command in this part of the country, the security of the Magazine shall be among the first objects of my attention. The Rebellion is so effectually giving way in every part, that little danger is to be apprehended from it. Jn^o