[Private] Philadelphia 16 Sept^r 1792 My dear Sir Agreeably to your request, I have sounded Mr Hammond and Mr Ternant upon their intentions of visiting Mount Vernon. The former returned from the Eastward a few days ago, and means one on Wednesday the 19^th for Mount Vernon where he expects [to] break in [undecipherable] and a half — Mr Ternant [who] is [undecipherable] in delicate health, [undecipherable] of some disorder, [and] he says he [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] he [w]ants to [go] any [undecipherable] until the latter end of [this] week — he [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The affairs of France are [progressing] from [bad] to worse, but the declaration of the Duke of Brunswick No[.] [undecipherable] 25 do July [seems] one of the most high handed [undecipherable] against the [undecipherable] of the [human] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that has, I [undecipherable] say appeared [undecipherable] Among [the] [King] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] through [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] the national guards who [now] [undecipherable] [war]. I sincerely hope you meanwhile [undecipherable] there may be on the recovery.