[Copy] United States July 25^th 1791. Sir The President of the United States directs me to inform you that he thinks it best for the letters and papers from Col^o Pickering to General St Clair to be sent to General Butlor without a Seal, that he seeing the necessity of these letters to General St Clair as soon as possible may use the best means of conveying them to him with dispatch and safety. I have the honor to be Sir &c. Signed Henry Knox Secy of the President of the United States H. C. Major Genl Henry Primenes [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] of the Secretary service— Copy — General W^m Irvine [undecipherable] C. S. [undecipherable] [Endorsed: [undecipherable]]