West Point April 17^th 1792 Sir, It is with the highest satisfaction I inform you of the receipt of your letter of the 12 Inst. notifying me of my appointment to a Company in the 2 Regiment of the United States, together with my commission & instructions, of which I embrace the earliest opportunity to inform you of my acceptance — I shall make every exertion to fill the Company, and to discipline them — I very sensibly feel the obligation you have conferred on me by, the appointment of Lt. M^r Barry to an Ensigncy; & for introducing them to my Company. I should be happy to know who is to be my Lieutenant — I have the honor to be with great Respect Sir Your Mo^st Hum^l Serv^t Hamⁿ [undecipherable] P.S. the sum for cloathing is not come to hand — [address panel:] The Honble Sec^y at War Philadelphia [notation, right side, rotated:] Lt. [undecipherable] 2^d Reg^t [undecipherable] April 17 1792 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] captn