[To Major Stagg — 25 Decr 1791] [Nov^r Recy] Philadelphia Dec^r 25. 1791 My Dear Stagg I have this moment received Your representation of the [undecipherable] I hear strong testimony [strikethrough: for you] [of] your [undecipherable] fidelity and Industry and entire anxiety for the [service] you possess and [undecipherable] here — [undecipherable] your [undecipherable]— I am [sensible?] the [time] you receive [for your] [funds] and both [indulgence] [from] demands and your [family] — [It] m[ust] defer that you [must] [have] been — [undecipherable] to [deny] [undecipherable] — I [undecipherable] [could] [once] [be] [so] [undecipherable] from [them] [when] will have — [become] [upon] the [undecipherable] [at] [undecipherable] [Knowing] [But] [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] in the proper [prepare] of [the] any [means] I [would] [endeavour] to devise [some] proper [mode] to accomplish [your] [wishes] — [In] [the] [mean] time, [from] your own [undecipherable] in the [subject], and [confuse?] him [the] [object] [is] the [delay] [accomplished], [wood] [cannot] [th—] [have] [arise] as [feels,] as [Inside of Phila. Dec^r. 25. 1791 2^d Sheet XXX.67 2] perhaps you may concern the idea, for the [strikethrough: after] [undecipherable], but the accomplishment of your [undecipherable] desire on this instance is [also] to [secure] [with] [strong] [undecipherable] — I my[self] [undecipherable] [friendship] and [Sincerely] [undecipherable] Major Stagg