War Department, 27^th January 1792 Sir I have received your Letters of the 15^th and 20^th Instant together with a plan of the Works — I really did not expect that you would have made So extensive a work, nor did Tender any Such thing. I do not understand why you do not send forward estimates, by which I may form a judgment of the expence — This is important, and you must do it — Confidence in your character has been the reason of my reposing So much [strikethrough: trust] in you, and I shall flatter myself that you will not give me any cause to think it misplaced — [marginalia: But Sir] but you [strikethrough: you] will finish the 1 Block houses and Barracks on the Site N^o 2, and also the third Block house, and the Pallisadoes round the whole — I think a Magazine of Turtles will be better than any other — I Shall direct the Paymaster to Send you Two hundred Dollars by this post — But remember