[Private] Col. [undecipherable] Cincinnati Nov^r [undecipherable]^th 179[2] Sometimes my dear [undecipherable] I am apprehensive you will [undecipherable] me officious in my communication[s] may proceed however from friendship and the disposition to render you and the public [service?] when ever you [have?] the [undecipherable] — [There?] you have only to express it, and I [shall] be silent for [I am] not [disposed?] by a "timid [undecipherable]" — [Amongst] the military, as well as other [dispo-] [sitions?] of men at leisure in this Country are many [undecipherable] critics — more harm may be [rapidly?] [mounted?] and the [frequent?] mistakes that have relation to the War Dep^ts may, judging from [precedents?], be made [use?] of to [diminish?] — [Sometime?] there [have?] lately come down the [River?] [under?] M^r [Hartley?] said to be without Order [a?] [quantity?] of [Invoice?] [made?] in [numbers?] — How [these?] [reached?] as [muskets?] [there?] I [do not?] — The Rifle [Guns?] many of them from the [makers?] in very bad order and inferior by 2[0?] [%?] to pri- vate purchase of the same Price [4].10 — Those mistakes as to shipping [,?] marking and invoicing may, if they exist have [happened?] by [Carelessness?] at [Pittsburgh?] or at this [place?] — [Philadelphia?] [Together?] or they may not in fact be at [ease?], but [hearing?] of them I be- lieved it would produce no [injury?] to hint the Subject in a private Letter and that it [might?] [justly?] be of some use to you — As [Indian?] affairs I will say nothing — [I?] will however now [detail?] to you the milita- ry [Route?] of the 6^th [an?] "[affairs?] of Honour" but [this?] [accommodates?] in the main I believe to [those?] [has?] place in every point of view — The [honour-] [ous?] [Behavior?] of their [Commanders?] [accepted?] — Be pleased to [present?] my best Respects to m^r [Knox?] and be [assured?] always very affectionately your most obedient [undecipherable: Wm Sargent?] [undecipherable: General [Knox?]]