Fort Washington March 7^th, 1792 2 oClock P.M. Sir The public Service [undecipherable] requires, that you make the following provision by the 1^st [undecipherable] at 10 oClock — to wit a thirty good fellow [undecipherable] to land & make ground — [undecipherable] to come 200 Men [undecipherable] Officers of [undecipherable] properly [undecipherable] offered — transport for the Bag- gage & Store, and for 1000 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Communication — Mr [undecipherable] with the Corps of Artif[undecipherable: Artificers], are to be held in readiness to march with this detachment, with their [undecipherable] notice, and besides this [archival notation: verso [undecipherable] no [undecipherable]] same tools, also take with the [undecipherable] HO, two [undecipherable] lances, 4 Work boxes, & a Grand Stove — the occasion being important, I shall rely on your exertion [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable], and have the honor to be Sir Y^r Mo: Obd Ser^vt J. Wilkinson L^t. Col. [undecipherable] Comd [Sam^l. [undecipherable] Don[undecipherable] Q. M^r. Ser^vt]