[Endorsed: Wilmington / 29 June / 1793] [371] Major [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [321] [undecipherable] [351] Wilmington June 22^d 1793. Dear Sir I rec'd to day Your letter of the [undecipherable]. You bear I assure You with more indifference than myself the disappointment occasioned by Mr Balls friends, and Mr Hodge's belly ache. [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] done Mayor to [undecipherable] letter as with his [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of Your Company. [undecipherable] to make the par[t] becomes provide [undecipherable] must a dinner for You a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for that any personal expence to [undecipherable] Your engagements and leave me to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] When I considered Your character for punctuality the last moment could scarcely [undecipherable] from me a belief of the failure of Your undertakings. Your new arrangement for a Chester Party seems to be made as much of cause as if Your credit remained unshaken. I have been twice the Sport of broken [undecipherable: probable "engagements"], from which the last [undecipherable: probable "proof"] I can draw; is caution as to any new agreements of a similar nature which I enter into. When You are at Chester if You will send me word, I shall have some hope that a fresh disappointment will not be added to those which I have experienced. I do assure You I have [undecipherable] all confidence I could rely on no [undecipherable] which could be made. I would thank you to procure [undecipherable] one of the morocco [undecipherable]. A. B. We pay You for it. Make my love to [undecipherable]. I am Your Obt. Serv^t. J. A. Bayard [Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24. 1804. R.P.O. 401810]