Pittsburgh March 6^th, 1793 Dear [undecipherable] I have received your favor of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] after [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] many and [undecipherable]haps. The [undecipherable] was [undecipherable] [undecipherable] application [Purchase?] of the [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] the Receipts of all [undecipherable] of United States [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Calling on M^r Whiteside [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] him to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] not [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to be attended to [undecipherable] considerable disadvantage to [undecipherable] As [undecipherable] [undecipherable] them [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] Purchase [undecipherable] my [undecipherable] it being one of the best Situations on [Pittsburgh?] and [undecipherable] to be very Cheap [undecipherable] one thousand Dollars the [undecipherable: Purchase] by M^r Whiteside — I have tho't it my Dear [undecipherable] to Request you to Undertake this Purchase for me & to advance the Money on any [undecipherable] you please, I should prefer Borrowing [undecipherable] you for a short time Until I can [undecipherable], Rather than sell my Certificates, but if it is Inconvenient for you to advance that Sum, be pleased to sell my [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Certificates, the [undecipherable] of which, perhaps added to the Interest [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] Pay[ment] of [undecipherable] which I hope you will [undecipherable] will amount to pretty near the sum Required, at all events I must again Pray you not to Neglect the first time you are in [undecipherable] to Call on M^r Whiteside [undecipherable] the Purchase, and forward it by [undecipherable] Post — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] three Months, at [undecipherable] p^r Cent p^r Annum, [undecipherable] the Purchase the Best can be Saved, it will be well, if not, we must Submit. You will please to observe that I left with you a Power of Attorney for transferring my Certificates [undecipherable] might think proper — I am Anticipating the pleasure of your Company, in may Next, and shall endeavour to Render your Residence on the Bank of the [undecipherable] make as Agreeable as Possible. Please to present my Respects to your good Lady & Family, and believe me, my Dear Friend Sincerely Yours Isaac Craig — [Col. Thomas [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]]