[No. 35 13^th Dec 1792 to Major Gen^l Knox Sec^y of War] No. 35 Legion Ville 13^th Dec. 1792 Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1^st Instant, which I received on Sunday morning. The enclosed copies of letters came to hand by express from Fort Washington yesterday, it is probable that you are in possession of the Originals before this period, as Gen. Wilkinson mentions a special messenger by the way of Kentucky. Inclosed with highly confidential dispatches, that the service not permit by the same [strikethrough: and] there came — I also enclose you a copy of a letter from Col. [undecipherable] of the 8^th Instant, at which time not a syllable of the terms upon which we were to have peace, had been communicated by the Confederates, — on the Contrary he is on good hunting ground. I cannot bear it. However the affair of the [undecipherable: Chillicothe] under the auspices of [undecipherable] Fort Klein [strikethrough: undecipherable] [strikethrough: undecipherable] [strikethrough: undecipherable] the enclosed copy of the Deposition of M^r Smalley [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] letters will [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] any thing the Confederates can say The Confederates have [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] or [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] immense [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] idea [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Need With [undecipherable] considerable in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I pray at every exertion be made to Complete the Legion, add to the [undecipherable: Citizen Riding], as be in condition to take the field in force in the Spring — I [undecipherable] to placing myself at [undecipherable] at present and [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] conviction to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] differently in the field[?] I have the honor to be with due esteem Respectfully Your Most Ob^t Very Hum. Ser. [signature: A. Wayne] [address panel: The Hon^ble Major Gen^l Knox / Secretary [of War]]