[Private] My dear Sir — —) I mention you an extraordinary report of a Committee of Congress made the last day of [last?] [session?] — I shall at this moment make no other comment upon it than to say it [undecipherable] it after [being?] founded in prejudice — [enough?] I shall hereafter [inform?] [of?] — You will perceive that you [undecipherable] are [treated?] [to?] with full freedom — The object of this letter is to [beseech?] that you [immediately?] confide [undecipherable] upon the means of your defence — and [the?] [same?] upon the [possible?] [such?] as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [and?] the [founders?] [very?] [fine?] — [I shall?] write [Judge?] [Milkey?] to [inform?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Public?] and more especially that where [undecipherable] — the [application?] — [Truth?] [Col.?] [Larjan?] [undecipherable] — also attend [to?] [this?] process — and [there?] [undecipherable] [Miller?] to his [others?] offer — as you observe [this?] [provision?] of [Miller?] it is [important?] That you [have?] to know the allegations [of?] [undecipherable] merely rejected — and [undecipherable] the appearances of the [others?] accompanying the [State?] — — You are accused of [having?] returned the [expenditure?] for [men?] — the [benefit?] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as you can do [undecipherable] by [Masci?] [Craig?] to and the [chance?] [Pittsburg?] — [Indorse?] The Committee were M^r Fitzsimons [Pennsylvania?] M^r Clark of [Jersey?] M^r [Kenny?] Delaware M^r [Findley?] [Pennsylvania?] [M^r?] [Hager?] [Georgia?] [M^r?] [Giles?] Virginia [M^r?] [Steele?] North Carolina [&c?] [I?] [request?] the [Secretary?] [please?] to [undecipherable] [communicate?] above — and here are the Committee who [enquiry?] [undecipherable] [land?] [have?] [indulged?] [where?] [before?] your defence — You are to confide [the?] [undecipherable] as your mind to [no?] [undecipherable] [Endorsement, written vertically:] May 12 1795 / [J. Hobdon?] / [private] / 1 [Enclosure?] [Docket, top of endorsement page:] I propose mine [putting?] to h— refuse to the Committee