War department September 21^st 1792 Sir In consequence of the letter of the county Lieutenant of Westmoreland, dated the sixth instant which you were pleased to deliver to me to day, I have written of this date, to General Wayne, of which the following is an extract.— "It is essential that the frontier counties should be amply protected—Complaint has been made to the Governor on this head by the County Lieutenant of Westmoreland, a Copy of which is inclosed—you will be pleased to erect such Stations, or send such patroles, as will afford all reasonable protection to the inhabitants, and banish any well founded apprehensions from their minds" I have the Honor to be with great [strikethrough: esteem] your most Obedient Servant Henry Knox Secretary at War His Excellency Thomas Mifflin [A true Copy] James Trimble Deputy Clerk [Endorsement, page 1: S.E. of Kn— / Spt. 1792 / from the [undecipherable]]