[To John M^c Wendell at Albany Philadelphia 18 May 1791 —] Philadelphia 18 May 1791 S^r I have just received your letter of the 27^th of April offering to sell me half a [strikethrough: flame] or 250 acres of Land within the Masconeus Patent. Although I should not be unwilling to purchase the said Land at a publick [strikethrough: price] value of the fee is part of the to associate or [undecipherable] company [undecipherable] yet [undecipherable] for the present. But I may you not confine to Confider yourselves as under a case engagement to me but allow as much for your land as [undecipherable]