[Letter / from M: Smith, Lawyer at / Columbia — dated 25 July 1792 —] [address notation, rotated:] [undecipherable] Cincinnati July 25 1792 Dear Sir, I Should before this have forwarded to you to be handed to the President of the United States the necessary documents on the case of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] had it been in my power; being returnable to [undecipherable] the She-riffs could not with [undecipherable] [undecipherable] cer[undecipherable]tify that he had had [undecipherable] [undecipherable] proving [undecipherable] have them [undecipherable] [undecipherable] until they were returned [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] these will be of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] her turns; You may [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a full [undecipherable] accurate Statement by the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] opportunity after the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as you will be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] of the facts. the Letter directed to the president will come inclosed to you [undecipherable] in which I wish you to peruse, seal and deliver to him. with esteem Jon: Pennington Smith