[Gen^l Harmars Letters dated Nov. 29. 1790] It appearing unto me upon the representation by Letter (of the 6^th Inst.) of Colonel Levi Todd Lieutenant of Fayette County and Colonel Robert Johnson Lieut^t of Madisons County both in the District of Kentucky that it is the sense of a respectable body of Citizens in the said District that an Expedition should be immediately [strikethrough: should be] Orders taken against the Savages on the Wabash and for which they are agreed to furnish the Men I have thought it advisable and a tender to promote the Interests of the United States to consent that the same be carried into execution for which purpose I do hereby (in the absence of his Excellency the Governor of this Territory) authorize the several County Lieutenants of the District aforesaid to raise or cause to be raised or as Volunteers for the Occasion a body of mounted Militia not exceeding in Number Twelve hundred Men [seal] Given under my hand & Seal at Fort Washington in the County of Hamilton [undecipherable] of the United States North West of the river Ohio the 29^th day of Nov^r in the year of our Lord 1790 Jos Harmar Brig^r Gen^l