[your dispatches ten hours from the time of his arrival I have the honor to be with great esteem Sir your humble Servant H Knox Jef from Major Gen^l Wayne N^o 14 From Major John Stagg Secretary to the Secretary of War War department August the 25^th 1792 Sir, In the absence of the Secretary of War, who is gone to New York, but expected to return this day, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter to him of the 17^th instant, together with the communications from General Paterson, Captain Cof[undecipherable] — and I now transmit you, enclosed a copy of the Secretary's letter to you dated the 1^st instant. You have also herewith transmitted your invoices of Clothing — military and hospital Stores sent forward from the 20 to the 23 of August inclusive. I have the honor to be with the highest respect your most obed^t Servant Jo^s Stagg Jun^r Ch^f Clk. Major Gen^l Wayne