[New york 10 Aprl / 1790 — / to Gen C Wayne / Private] [left margin, vertical:] Major General Wayne New York 10 April 1790 My dear Sir I have received your favour of the 20^th of March You are now certain [I] find that — [the troops] all the troops which were within the power of the [Presid?] [bord?], have been [organized?] to [Georgia?] — They [consist] of three comp[anies] each of [seventy] non Com[missioned] and privates — and they will be stationed — at St Marys — [undecipherable: Brady's?] [Bluff?] on the Alatamaha — and at the [Rocky?] Landings on the [Oconee?] — I hope then [anon?] will [be to] [lessen?] the [amount?] the apprehensions of [it?] in [regard?] of people of [Georgia?] and of affording some degree of protection in [cases?] of necessity [But?] we are happy to [learn?] — [Georgia?] — from [the?] circular from the Governor of [the?] 16^th of [February?] that the Creeks [were?] [undecipherable] [favorably?] [disposed?] — [Hence?] peace with [our?] [force?] is much more desirable [by?] the United States [Therefore?] The Legislature [at?] [undecipherable] [fully?] [informed?] of all the [embarrassing?] [situation?] [of?] [the?] [frontiers?] and [they?] [are?] [better?] [prepared?] more proper [provision?] for the [undecipherable] — [With?] [respect?] [Yours?] You may be perfectly [reassured?] that the [Gov?] [before?] has no — [closure?] [of?] the troops [around?] But I cannot [answer?] for [he?] [undecipherable] [or?] [more?] [necessarily?] [complex?] The legislature [must?] [repeal?] [for?] [further?] [measures?] — Whatever [undecipherable] [the?] [pretension?] of [Georgia?] to the [Western?] Lands [is?] pretty [well?] established that they have no right to [enter?] or to [any?] [nearly?] [bargain?] a [commercial?] [transaction?] of [the?] [purchase?] of [their?] [Indian?] [land?] [claiming?] [but?] [themselves?] [against?] [the?] [purposes?] of the United States The United States [hold?] the only [constitutional?] right of making [treaties?] and [regulating?] [commerce?] with the Indians — [Hence?] the State of [Georgia] could not [delegate?] [its?] [claims?] to [undecipherable] [Indian?] [Cherokee?] [to?] [the?] [companies?] [upon?] [any?] [long?] [Indian?] [Cherokee?] — [as?] right [which?] [possess?] of [land?] to [extinguish?] [or?] [in?] the authority of [this?] [the?] claim of the Indians [is?] [in?] [James?] [undecipherable] — But this subject will [probably?] be [fully?] [investigated?] and decided upon — At present it does not [appear?] to [be?] the [public?] [attention?] [to?] [act?] [further?] on the affairs of [that?] [State?] [any?] [further?] than to [keep?] [Peace?] [in Place?] — and therefore I [prefer?] no [command?] [should?] be [appointed?] or [any?] [raised?] except in [case?] of an [invasion?] [by?] the Creeks — In that [case?] [They?] [undecipherable] [had?] [been?] [armed?] [the?] [worst?] in [times?] [upon?] [should?] be taken [in?] [the?] aggressor — It is however [not?] probable that some more troops may be [undecipherable] for the protection of the [Southern?] [Western?] [Frontier?] — M^rs Greene [M?] [cordially?] [love?] to you and [her?] kindest [remembrance?] [undecipherable] [to?] next opportunity — I [undecipherable] I am my dear Sir Your most ob^t [undecipherable] Major General Wayne [Docket, rotated:] New York 10 April / 1790 — / [to/la] Gen C Wayne / Private