[Illegible Text notice: Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible. We have not been able either to locate a better copy of the document, or to enhance its legibility electronically.] Fort [Steuben?] May 25^th 179[7?] Dear General I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27^th [February?] last, and am greatly obliged to you for your [intentions?] [undecipherable] [intentions?] of attending to the [conduct?] of my [letter?] of the 10^th [undecipherable], whenever a [proper?] [Officer?] [undecipherable] shall offer — I have received Orders from [undecipherable] for [establishing?] a small [post?] [undecipherable] at the confluence of [French Creek?] with the [Allegheny?] Rivers, for the purpose of [checking?] the northern Indians from committing any [hostilities?] on the frontiers of [Pennsylvania?] — [undecipherable] in some [measure?] [undecipherable] and have also [dispatched?] Captain [undecipherable] with his [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Artillery men with a [field piece?] from [hence?] [undecipherable] the [little Post?] to take his [station?] there in — Captain [undecipherable] had arrived at [Fort Pitt?] [undecipherable] to [ascend?] the [Allegheny?] River on the 28^th [ult?] — I [enclose?] [undecipherable] Congress have [undecipherable] [requesting?] [undecipherable] the [Governor?] [undecipherable] some [undecipherable] [stations?] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of consequence [undecipherable] [officers?] in the [west?] for some [undecipherable] [undecipherable] have [returned?] to the [modification?] of [being?] [superseded?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I [should?] [say?] [something?] of the kind [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [give?] more [credit?] [undecipherable] [connection?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I [shall?] [undecipherable] [letter?] [note?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [observations?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [inspecting?] the [country?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [deficiencies?] — I am making [my?] [observations?] for [nothing?] and [personally?] again [undecipherable] [a?] little [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Pryor?] as I can [indulge?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [acquainted?] with the [dangers?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [dispatches?] to have 1 [?] been [undecipherable] [agent?] — My total is [undecipherable] 595— 0[?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [dollars?] [undecipherable] 1 [Company?] of [Infantry?] [Day?] [undecipherable] [Artillery?] [Company?] of [Artillery?] 1 [ditto?] [Artillery?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [ditto?] [Infantry?] [Day?] [undecipherable] 3 [ditto?] [Company?] of [Artillery?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 2 [ditto?] [Infantry?] [Day?] Total [undecipherable] [Companies?] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I [shall?] [arrange?] my [undecipherable] to the [best?] [advantage?], and shall use [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [promote?] the [federal?] [undecipherable] Mrs. [Harrison?] joins me in best [wishes?] to you. Believe me to be with the greatest [undecipherable] [esteem?] & [Regard?] Dear [General?] Your most [obed?] [hum?] [serv?] [signature — undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [greatly?] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [work?] [without?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [indulge?] me — [Endorsements/docket notations — undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]