[(Duplicate)] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [War Department / [undecipherable] 1788 —] (Duplicate) War Office September 4^th 1788 Sir In the absence of the Secretary at War I had the honor to write you on the 22^d Ultimo, at the same time enclosed you a resolve of Congress of the 20^th Ultimo, appointing you Agent for the Chickasaw nation of Indians the first was addressed to the care of, and to be forwarded by the post master at Richmond, and a duplicate to Hillsborough North Carolina with similar directions. I now transmit you a resolve of Congress of the 5^th Instant accompanying a Proclamation of the same date which is intended to have an extensive circulation, and therein I take the liberty to enclose you ten copies. I have the Honor to be Sir Yours Most Ob^t Servant H Knox [Colonel Joseph a Martin Agent for the Chickasaw Cherokee Nations of Indians]